I’ve developed a new game. Being home all day and having the TV on (all day), you quickly discover that there’s not a lot on. I’ve developed a pretty safe routine. It gets spotty around mid-afternoon, mind you, but I’m still working on it. So I’ve started watching the forensics/true crime/cold case shows. I’ve always […]
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AUGHHHHHHH!!!!!!!! Ahem. I’m done working for the night, I think. I haven’t totally decided: • Work 9 to 6ish Monday through Friday, dealing with constant chaos, clients who change things a thousand times and then change them back… oh so many things. But with a steady income and benefits. • Work *ahem*11-ish to anywhere from […]
I keep writing rants and deleting them because they suck. So, I will just summarize: • There is nothing more exciting than spending a Friday night building a WYSIWYG relational database. • Allergies really suck. Especially when you’re mildly allergic to cats. • I forgot Dr. Jackson (Stargate) has the same North Face jacket I […]
Well my site’s still up and running. Woo hoo! My saga: 11:00 pm : purchase hosting services for newest site 11:10 pm : change DNS settings with domain holder for new site 11:30 pm : realize that not only is this site’s mail down, but so’s the entire site. No access. Big problem 11:40 pm […]
As per usual, it’s 3 AM and I’m up. Working from home seriously screws with your sleep schedule. But I am very close to launching my newest site. ANYWAY: As of per late, I have noticed a marked increase in traffic to my Hitchhiker’s quotes page. Which does my heart no end of good. So […]
Weird. I opened up this page to write some thoughts and I had totally forgotten about the helicopter last night. I’m watching Frontline in fact. A special on a regiment in Baghdad. I’m not getting into that. Other than to say I have a great deal of respect for anyone that fights in war. I […]
It’s 3 AM. There’s a helicopter that’s been nearby for half an hour. It’s loud and it’s creeping me out. It’s just circling over and over. Moving on: I’ve been working on my new website. It’s close to making a debut. Nothing to report, really. Except that I’m tired. Back to the helicopter. It finally […]
It’s Odds & Ends Sunday, which means I get to ramble. Bear with me. I think Daylight Saving has screwed with my schedule. I’ve spent the day (well the latter half of the day) working on my new site. And now it’s 11 PM and Cops is on. It’s rather curious, as they played the […]
Burns: …and this adorable little hat. On tonight’s Simpsons, Homer—whilst in prison—got a little hat a la Adebisi. Cracked me up. I love it when my favorite shows collide. And I’m thinking some Simpsons writer is definitely an Oz fan: from a promo… never actually in the episode Homer: You have enough blame to be […]
Okay, I got an email today that pissed me off. And I think I sent a rather too-grumpy email back. Sorry. I’m sure cosmic forces will smack me in due time. I’ve written and rewritten thoughts about this. And every time, I get clearer-headed and realize I really shouldn’t bitch. But this email I got […]
So every time I talk about this I get smacked down. But I suppose I’ll talk about it anyway. I’m currently winning The Secret War of the Claires. It’s a long-standing and, frankly, one-sided war, but all the same. It’s funny though, because the links vary day by day. Sometimes it’s an OC page, sometimes […]
As regulars (may) know, I tend to obsessively check my access logs. Mainly, actually, for 404 errors and hotlinkers. And this morning someone apparently viewed all my rants. Which freaked me out because they’re generally full of misspellings and missed words and missed links. So I had no choice but to edit them. Well, some […]
Happy April Fools Day. Or something. I briefly tossed around the idea of doing some sort of prank on the site, but decided I didn’t have the time or energy. Some of my ideas: • Pull the entire site and proclaim that I now felt television shows were the work of Satan. • Confess in […]
I’m having a mini-heart attack. Is anyone else watching 24? I think that the first season was the best, but this season is not so shabby. And this episode? Mini-heart attack. And then major heart attack. TONY! Tony! I didn’t watch last week’s episode, so I don’t know if he was in that. But Tony! […]
The people across the hall from me are cooking again. I hate it. It drives me insane. Because it ALWAYS smells so friggin’ good. I have—on several occasions—had to stop myself from knocking on the door and begging for leftovers. No, seriously. They must make some amazing food. […]
Random Story: I’m a bit of a cheese fan. Okay, a huge bit of a cheese fan. I like cheese, people. Anyway, whenever I get some cheese out of the fridge, wrapped or not, I get a cat. Doesn’t matter where she is in the apartment. I take the cheese out of the fridge, wander […]
Okay, I had been having a semi-crappy Sunday. I’ve been working on a website and having trouble with it. Not serious trouble, mind you, but it’s just been kind of a pain. So to keep my mind off of it for a moment, I went online to check email, visitor stats, blah blah blah. I […]
On the way home, listening to the radio, that Butthole Surfers song came on. You know the one: I don’t mind the sun sometimes, the images it shows. I can taste you on my breath and smell you with my nose…” Or something like that. Does it remind anyone else of Jim Carroll’s People Who’ve […]
All last night I kept reminding myself, “I have to pick up Mom at nine. I have to pick up Mom at nine.” She was getting her car serviced and needed me to pick her up. And I’m not good at waking up early (my version of early is before nine) so I was worried. […]
Well I’ve given up on the webcam. At least for the time being. The information I can track down online is spotty, and the applications I’ve found have horrible documentation. I have systematically hosed my system repeatedly, often mucking up the application that came with the camera. So a) the camera works, and 2) I’m […]