Random (but not really)

Saturday, December 29, 2007

Twoo Wuv

Yes, despite his major character flaw that I thought would be a deal breaker, I do indeed love my new laptop. It’s a Champagne Sony Vaio CR203E. It was on its way out, with new, bigger, and shinier models coming int to take the spotlight, but despite the fact he was picked up at a [...]
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Categories: Computers & Technology  

Friday, December 28, 2007

Happy Dance!

Merry Christmas to me! I just got a new laptop! Yippee! Reduced for quick sale floor model, it has everything I want except for the awful Vista operating system. But I guess I can live with that, especially for the price I got. My most important criteria was the keyboard, which meant I was looking primarily at [...]
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Categories: Computers & Technology  

ACK!

Ack! My vacation is half over! Quick! Hurry up and relax!
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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Happy Boxing Day!

I hope everyone had a good Christmas, assuming that is the holiday you celebrate. I’m going to try and stay away from the computer again today. We’ll see how that goes.
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Sunday, December 23, 2007

As I promised mysef, I’ve been reading when I haven’t been baking, and in the past day I finished an excellent mystery Bangkok 8 and then read an excellent supernatural fantasy Kitty and the Silver Bullet. As usual, links to the reviews are on the sidebar. Now I have to figure out what I’m going to [...]
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Categories: Books & Reading  

Saturday, December 22, 2007

Walnut Cookies

This was my Dad’s requested recipe this Christmas. It originally came from one of his aunts (all long dead), so I feel perfectly safe posting it. This is half the recipe. Last year I made the whole recipe and I thought we’d never get rid of all the cookies–my Dad’s favorite or not. I also [...]
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Categories: Food, Uncategorized  

AWOL

My goal for the next two days is to be a baking fool (now that I have a dishwasher! Yippee!) Wish me luck! Also, for anyone in town? This is a good time to stop by out of the blue and visit.
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Categories: Food  

Sci Fi Geek (No Kidding)

I received 70 credits on The Sci Fi Sounds Quiz How much of a Sci-Fi geek are you? Guess the Sci-Fi Movie Sounds hereCanon powershot
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Categories: Movies & TV  

Friday, December 21, 2007

Ooohh Dreeeeamweaver…

I’ve been having strange dreams recently. Well, that’s nothing unusual, since between my imagination and the anti-depressants, I’m used to strange dreams. What I mean is that I’ve been having strange dreams for me. For the past week I have been having unusually violent dreams, where the protagonist (sometimes me, but not always–about half my dreams seem [...]
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Categories: Books & Reading, Depression, Writing  

Today’s Word

passel   \PASS-ul\   noun : a large number or amount Now I want to watch Firefly again. Inara:  Maybe you should think twice about letting go of Saffron.  You two sound like quite a match. Mal:  Maybe you’re right.  Maybe we’re soul mates. Inara:  Yes, great.  I wish you hundreds of fat children. Mal:  Could you imagine that?  Me with [...]
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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Plans versus Reality

My idea of what I was going to do this morning: Get up Eat Breakfast Take Michael to work Write Do some laundry Start a fire Read a book What actually happened this morning: Get up Take Michael to work Run by my office to pick up power supply for PDA that I forgot to take home last night Eat breakfast Get kitchen ready for new dishwasher after [...]
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Categories: Uncategorized, Writing  

Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Par-tay!

I am disappointed to report that Andy did NOT read “Moo Baa La La La” aloud during the party. However, Heather (his wife) assures me that he will be made to do so. Heh. Next year? Dr Seuss. Especially the ones with the tongue twisters.
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Categories: Books & Reading  

5… 4… 3… 2… 1…

VACATION! (throws papers in the air and runs out the door) That’s right! I’m on vacation until the 7th of January! (happy dance) I’m gonna read and bake and read and relax and read and get a massage and read and play on the computer and read and… I dunno… maybe I’ll read some. YIPPEE!
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Categories: Books & Reading, Non-Sequiturs  

Tuesday, December 18, 2007

Random Maintainance

I’ve been doing minor work on the website (as you may have noticed, when the sidebar kept getting error messages). Pay no mind to the man behind the curtain. All is well. I’m also working on updating my blogroll. I’ve had some down time to read around recently, so I added some sites I’ve been checking regularly. [...]
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Categories: Uncategorized  

Stupid Computers

How is it that within the course of a few hours, my knowledge of web design can make me feel like a total genius and then like a total idiot. Someone at work wanted advice on setting up an on-line survey. Yesterday I was able to explain to him what he’d need to do using HTML [...]
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Categories: Computers & Technology  

Monday, December 17, 2007

Put Down the Book and Back Away Quietly

Went looking for a birthday book for a friend’s child’s first birthday this year, and I have to say that although some of the possibilities looked abysmal (Pet the different parts of the dog and don’t pull his ears? Ugh.) There’s something about Sandra Boynton that I can’t resist. We actually had trouble deciding which [...]
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Categories: Books & Reading  

Gee. Just What I Wanted.

Whether we wanted it or not, Michael and I get a new dishwasher for Christmas. Take home lesson: Don’t by a GE dishwasher unless you think that replacing the pump after three years, and then having the replacement pump go bad in three months do to a previously unnoticed leak is okay. We’re going with a Kitchen Aid [...]
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Categories: House & Garden  

Still Cranky

Speaking of Rodriguez… Today’s Word of the Day: craven  \KRAY-vun\  adjective : lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted And now I am officially done with the topic of Rich Rodriguez.
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Categories: West Virginia  

Sunday, December 16, 2007

Why My Feet Hurt

Today’s accomplishments: Peanut Butter Blossoms M&M Cookies (with and without walnuts) Pumpkin Spice Cookies (with and without walnuts) Pumpkin Whoopie Pies* Sugar Cookies * Actually made and taste-tested Those are added to: Lemon Sugar Coins Spice Cookies Nutmeg Sour Cream Cookies Sugar Cookies Plus, for my Mom’s birthday I made: Carrot Cake cupcakes (with and without pecans) No-bake Lemon Cheesecake What I have left: Bar cookies of multiple types Walnut cookies Rugelach Anything else [...]
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Categories: Food  

Dear Rich Rodriguez

Fuck you. “I plan on being at West Virginia the rest of my career” my ass.
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Categories: West Virginia  
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