If I were to buy a MacBook, now, how long do you think I should expect it to last (assuming normal use) before something broke on it like say, for instance, it randomly shut off and stopped turning back on again ( Read more... )

I haven't posted this here yet.  I am officially employed!  (in a more permanent state then a summer theatre job).  I will be working at Orbital Sciences Corporation as an Associate Engineer.  I start January 12 ( Read more... )

i have no idea how long since I last updated, but this has been brought on by several things.

This needs to be shared.   For the first time since 1991, the best selling vehicle is no longer the Ford F-series pickup.  (Yes you read that right, for the past 17 years, the best selling car in every single month has been the ford F-Series.    This May, ( Read more... )

This summer, depending on my job situation, I hope to have some free time for a road trip.
Having only never traveled as far South as Duck, NC, as far West as Akron, OH, and as far North/East as Boothbay Harbor, Maine, I feel I need to expand my horizons,  (quite literally, as my horizons so far have consisted of the Appalachians to the west, and ( Read more... )

there is a family of otters living in the pond at my parents' house.  this weekend she was fortunate enough to snap a few photos of them.  I apologize for the quality... we didn't have a powerful enough zoom, and the otters move fast, so the auto focus didn't always have time to work


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Just a random thing:  I've got an extra plastic underbed box (with wheels) and three plastic drawers (two of which are the same size and will stack on each other).  I don't need them this year and haven't really got a place to put them, so if anyone wants to borrow them for the year, let me know.  (If you want to buy them that's fine too).

Haven't done a Deathly Hallows post yet, but here are some of my thoughts/realizations that I've had over the last few weeks:

Here are a few things that I didn't understand when I first read the book, but which I now think I understand fully:
1) Why Harry didn't die in the Forbidden Forest: 
    -Theory 1 is that he was master of the Hallows.  We ( Read more... )

Sorry I've been out of touch for the last week.  Just got back from a week long trip to Maine with my family.  It was wonderful.  Spent most of the time wandering around the various parks/nature preserves there, went on a whale watch (saw some fin whales, nothing too exciting though), and I don't want to brag, but two nights got cold enough that we ( Read more... )

So, as part of the HP7 release, Old Town Alexandria is being "Potter-ized"  http://potterpartyoldtown.wordpress.com/Read more... )

[1. Who was your best friend?] Pat Waters
[2. What sports did you play?] Disc!
[3. What kind of car did you drive?] 1997 Honda Civic (at least, when my Dad wasn't driving it)
[4. It's Friday night, where were you?] At home, except for seven Fridays a year when I was running a show.
[5. Were you a party animal?] excluding cast parties, I went to... i ( Read more... )