11am tomorrow, H-Hour. That’s when I go under the knife. I know it’s a bit over-dramatic, but that’s how I’m feeling right now. I just can’t seem to maintain an even emotional keel at the moment. I’ve had surgery before, my hip replacement decades ago and my gall bladder just weeks ago, but this one has me really worked up. … Continue reading →
The website We Choose The Moon is covering the Apollo 11 mission “live” (with a 40-year audio delay). There are countdown and mission timers, Flash presentations of facts and images, and Twitter feeds of CapCom’s and Columbia’s (and eventually Eagle’s) statuses. Looks like they’re planning to follow the mission all the way to the landing, at least. I’ve got the … Continue reading →
10:42 News is that the house contract is almost done and we can overnight it to the sellers in the next couple of days. Please let this all work. # 13:14 For the Interstella 5555 fans, a great Daily Costume pic of the Crescendolls: dailycostume.com/archive/greenabsence/ # Sent subspace radio by LoudTwitter … Continue reading →
07:41 Mythbaby: “Mythbusters” Build Team member Kari Byron is pregnant! Congratulations! Guess she’ll be missing some of the rougher stunts. # 14:50 Walked to client and back, about 10 minutes each way. Great day for it, 70 degrees out. # Sent subspace radio by LoudTwitter … Continue reading →
10:14 Ok, fandom: if you say, “Oh, I want to be *just like* Rorschach”, or indeed any Watchmen char, I suspect you’ve utterly missed the point. # 10:33 Huh. The WoW Armory seems to be busted, I can’t look anyone up. # 11:08 @UrsulaV Fools on the Internet are like the legendary Hydra – cut one down, and two more … Continue reading →
08:26 @tangowildheart Vilya was the elven Ring of Air, on the hand of Elrond in LotR. # 11:20 I can’t remember the zip code of the last place I worked, but I can give you the names of the three elven rings in no time. *eyeroll* # 12:40 @meiran Be strong. We may knock one down, but the Internet has … Continue reading →
14:35 Just got verbally approved for the house loan. Stomach doing acrobatics. # 21:04 @jephjacques The correct response to that is to blow him a kiss and say “thank you” in your best “Queer Eye” Carson Kressley voice. # Sent subspace radio by LoudTwitter … Continue reading →
07:49 @starstryder That’s right! you need Katamari Damacy instead: tinyurl.com/iPrince # 07:51 Wow. Absolutely exhausted yesterday, nearly wrecked on the way home. Think I’m feeling better this morning. # 13:33 @queenofpith If a Richmond Dave & Busters installs the VWE MechWarrior simulation pods, I am so there! # 14:56 Job perk: had lengthy hallway discussion with boss this morning about … Continue reading →
06:25 Since I didn’t manage to see a single new movie in 2008, the Oscars piqued my interest not at all. # 09:15 Sewing machine FAIL. Got nice book, but was too busy with other errands this weekend to sit down and play with machine. Maybe later this wk. # 19:14 @fuzzface00 I found out about the anti-air flak in … Continue reading →
12:00 Is Londo’s line “pecked to death by cats” or “nibbled to death by cats”? There’s been some debate about this. # 13:05 Google isn’t sure, but Twitter and Facebook say “nibbled.” Kind of a shame, I think “pecked to death by cats” is funnier. # 13:32 Converting my elfie mail access from POP to IMAP, since these days I … Continue reading →