My laptop, which despite carefully reviewing Consumer Reports “preferred” brands and models has largely been a PITA since I bought it, died a couple months back. Since it’s largely an auxiliary deal anyway, and has become the machine I associate with “fun” writing as opposed to “work” crap, which causes me to shudder every time […]
So two or three days ago I’m listening to the radio, and I hear that my state has the highest rate of identity theft problems in the country. “Wow,” I think, “I’ve been really lucky, I guess.”
So I get home to a letter from some dumbass company I’ve never heard of. “We’re really really sorry, […]
This was a whole lot more fun than I expected. I found myself laughing out loud. I must quit, at some point, and get some bills paid!
Line Rider
You must see “Why We Fight.” There’s a reason it won stuff at the Sundance Festival. It has some holes in it, but overall it’s a darn good fill-in for history-challenged folks.
I love this time of year. It’s cool and crisp, but the ground is still warm, nature is heavy with fruit and settling into mellow, and critters are getting ready for winter. This little Sister was outside my office window this a.m. I couldn’t get past the glass to shoot her, so this isn’t perfect, […]
I don’t know what to do with her. She wants to handle as many of her daily issues as she can, and I want her to, but every time she does, she fouls them up so badly that I have to undo massive amounts of screw-up before getting the right thing done.
Case in point: I’d […]
Finally, finally, finally, I seem to be getting closer to the end of this bleedin’ yard project. After coming home from the 42 Months art installation this a.m., during which I wore myself to the bone herding a bunch of Grannies and a couple of very nice volunteers, I finished putting in the weedcloth, staked […]
Went to see “The Illusionist” last night, as second choice because “Little Miss Sunshine” was at the Pickford, whose seats are so horrible that I can’t walk for a week after sitting in them for a movie-length period of time.
I’m not sure what I expected, but this movie sure wasn’t it. Beautifully, beautifully—and did […]
Ignore the lens flare, please. Finished the stairy things under the stairs, and the garden-storage thingie fits and is level and doesn’t threaten to fall out, and the stairs are all level and quite stable. I’m impressed with myself. And yes, there are stakes behind the cedar four-by, too, so it won’t flip around and […]