Archive for January, 2006

SPOILER ** 24 ** SPOILER

Monday, January 16th, 2006

THIS ENTRY IS ABOUT THE FIRST EP OF SEASON 5 FOR THE TV SHOW 24. PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK.
OMFG, AIEEE!
You’re not still reading are you? Cause I’m about to bust out with some all caps freaking out, and if you’re reading along but haven’t seen the first episode of the season… […]

Totally unrelated things.

Saturday, January 14th, 2006

Just as a note: If you are dog-sitting and the dog in question requires assistance with his dingleberry poop… shouldn’t you get hazard pay? For handling dog poop? Poop on a hair-string? A string still connected to the dog? Really.
In a more serious vein, this week I did something that terrifies me. Though I’ve […]

del.icio.us

Thursday, January 12th, 2006

I was going to make this post about del.icio.us and how cool it is–how simple it was to set up, how it just works… and then the linkroll went kerplooey. Poo.
I don’t know what’s up. Everything else seems to be working fine, but the linkroll to the right hasn’t picked up a new link […]

The rice factor

Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

I am convinced there is a gene that controls the ability to properly cook rice. I say this because my inability to cook a simple, starchy side dish is legend. K can attest: it comes out burnt or wet or half-done; it boils over or dries out or turns to gelatinous goop. The only thing […]

wrap-up

Monday, January 9th, 2006

Stuff that happened:

An unfortunate event: The passing of Bruce McManlypants. On Friday night we attended a quasi-wake for one of the coolest cats to ever be. Brucey was the rescue and beloved child of M and R, and a constant fixture of our DnD escapades. He ruled the roost with an iron-clad will and […]

TGIF 5

Saturday, January 7th, 2006

Long week. The kind of days that seem strung together just to remind you you’re alive, and of what’s most important: Family. Whether it’s the blood kind or the chosen kind, the homo sapiens or the cute and fluffy… it all boils down to what you make of it and who you make it […]

Go. Read. Now.

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Before we headed out to Disneyworld® this past November, I happened upon a short story I had read–skimmed, really–a few months before. It was a short piece titled Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom. I had blown through it the first time, filing it away as something to be explored again, if […]

Let the househunting begin

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006

I’m trying to compile the truly really totally final version of the list of things I want in a house. So far, I know I want:

Large kitchen. After dealing with two different configurations–tiny rectangular kitchen and small-yet-airy corner kitchen… I really want more kitchen space. More counterspace, more floor space, more cabinet space, an […]

Seven things.

Monday, January 2nd, 2006

Passed on from Robust, damn his hide:
Seven things to do before I die

Hop the pond. Multiple times, obviously, since foreign worlds can’t all be seen in one go.
Retire from work and spend the days puttering around the house/commune/woodshop, giving young whippersnappers sage advice (due to my wisdom at venerated age, naturally).
Form a commune. I want […]