It’s what I do some days
On Sunday night, Mandrina asked me to start some water on the stove so she could make grits when she got home from rehearsal. As a pleasant surprise, I figured, “Hey, I can cook grits. They can be ready when she gets home!” Now, let’s be clear. We’re talking “instant grits.” The steps consist of
are currently hunting down the last remaining wise ass who refuses to toe the company line.
Mandrina mentioned she wanted to audition for a new Star Trek fan-series to be filmed in the Seattle area — Star Trek: Phoenix. So she vanished for several hours both days this past weekend. I spent my time sitting in libraries because it was too bloody hot. Guess who accomplished more? Well, come Monday the
Someone took my PayPal account on a shopping trip last night! So nice, my PayPal account doesn’t usually get to go out and have fun. However, I decided I wanted my six hundred dollars back. So I suffered through several hours of frustration with PayPal, my bank and my credit card company. Not the most
I just accidentally deleted almost a year’s worth of email. Unrecoverable. Not all the emails — most of them are automatically sorted appropriately. Over two thousand emails. Doh.
(A deal’s a deal. Even if I’m slow.) My back has been giving me grief for most of the last four years. I spent a year fencing on a pair of sore ankles, but then when I hurt my back as well, I decided to call it quits. Now, one might think that I might
(Hey, Abigail, shouldn’t that be lower-case-t-the?) I am slowly losing my mind. For all of you who were previously convinced that I had lost my mind long ago, I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news. First, the happy stuff: For our one year wedding anniversary, Mandrina and I had chaos with a
This is not a post about what wonderful things Joss Whedon has done. I’m not going to go into witty writing, great characters, and super-powered teenage girls. This is about my sudden incidental discovery which underlines why Joss is just so freakin’ awesome: PS: If you didn’t get it, look at his hat.
THIS WILL REALLY WORK! I know you’ve all received the emails telling you not to buy gas on a certain day, and you’re all well aware of how just plain dumb that is. My plan is far, far better, and is GUARANTEED to affect how much you SPEND on GAS. The most recent spin is
Dear Teenie Bopper: Congratulations are in order! You apparently have a new driver’s license. With that license comes a great deal of fun, and a lot of responsibility. However, there are certain things that they didn’t teach you in driver’s ed. First of all, my apparent air of casual disdain is not actually an attempt