The previous entry was #400 in the Movable Type database. It seemed like a good place to pause and catch up with my real life. Spent Saturday evening with Lisa, buying music and renting a movie. We are no longer allowed to go to the video store together. Inevitably we will walk … [Read more...] about Catching up
Life
Blackened skies
The street lights outside my office have turned on again, and it looks like night out there. The day started out reasonably sunny—a little cloudy—but two hours later, we're completely covered in black clouds that look like they could start spitting out tornadoes any … [Read more...] about Blackened skies
A girly moment
Maybelline Forever lipstick is very, very nice. It's the first drugstore-brand lipstick that I'm really happy with. … [Read more...] about A girly moment
Weekend
Long weekends are great for plowing through a three-mile to-do list. Item #1: finish Marsha's new site. If anyone can spot the problem in the stylesheet that makes Netscape 4 go boom, I'm all ears. (I've @imported it for now to avoid the problem altogether.) Item #2: cleaning … [Read more...] about Weekend
Go home
The rest of the afternoon is hereby canceled for lack of interest. … [Read more...] about Go home
Excuse Me
I'm too busy banging my head against a wall to be chatty today. Back tomorrow. … [Read more...] about Excuse Me
Home again
We're back from San Antonio, having learned the following: Lackland traffic sucks the new coffee/smoothie place in Leon Valley makes a mean chai smoothie my parents could not keep track of an electronic item if you glued it to their foreheads my dad's ribs really are the best … [Read more...] about Home again
On futility, and noise
A swallow is attacking its own reflection in my window. The soundtrack for my office sounds something like this: keyboard clatter THUNK cheep cheep! clatterclatter thunk thunk CHEEP! clatter … [Read more...] about On futility, and noise
Feeding the needy
Never again will I feel bad about sending food back to the kitchen in a restaurant. I ordered nachos at lunch today, and they came with jalopeños even though that wasn't listed on the menu. I sort of meekly asked if I could get some without, and when the waiter came back, … [Read more...] about Feeding the needy
Blackout
Apologies for the total lack of posting yesterday. I was on my way back from a morning meeting when the power suddenly went out across the county. It stayed that way all afternoon, and let me say that people in this town do not know how to drive when all the traffic lights go … [Read more...] about Blackout
