Upcoming Farewell

I so desperately love my little 12-inch Mac Powerbook. But I am not posting from it today. As of yesterday, whenever I try to access any internet-related applications, it provokes the spinning ball of death icon, and I am forced to do a hard shut down. I am going to the “Genius Bar” tomorrow to … Read more

Blog Blahs

Today I took a look at my sidebar for the first time in a while, and discovered over half my links are defunct. That’s lame. Also noticed that for the year 2009, I have to date 70 posts, which is down from every year since I started this blog… Either of these things might be … Read more

Sexy Food

This morning I was reading a blog and the author was talking about food porn– “There’s all this music and close ups of cutting and fingers wiping off knives, and it’s not for any real reason – it’s not to show a technique or anything, it’s just to get you all hyped up, if y’know … Read more

Alone in the House

Today was a good day. I was up around 8am. On to real writing work (not emails or facebook) by 8:30, and managed to forge through six or so relatively focused hours of work by 3:30. Then I went outside while the sun was still out, which I failed to do yesterday. Tonight I took … Read more

Two New Things That Irritate Me

1) When people pronounce “jargon” like “jar gone” with the emphasis on the back half. Is this actually the correct pronunciation and I’ve just not known? It sounds pretentious. 2) When people in public restrooms use the paper seat covers on the toilet and then leave them there. This is basically saying, “I cannot abide … Read more

Awake at 6 AM

Not because I have to be. But since I am, I should be writing…things other that this blog. But I’m not. I’m fretting. I’m worrying. A few days ago–since no real companies seemed willing to come repair the air conditioner that my ambulance chasing handyman left in disrepair for less than the cost of a … Read more