Archive for November, 2006
Retail aversion therapy
If you've ever worried that you might have shopaholic tendencies, I may have discovered a cure. My sister has lived in the same house for more than twelve years, about the same amount of time we've lived in ours. We're helping her move into a new place, and since our own property is on the [...]
Posted: November 28th, 2006 under Miscellaneous.
Comments: 16
Lonesome Dove: The Outlaw Years
I've never run into anyone else who watched this show. It's surprising that I got sucked into it, because I don't watch much TV and am not a big fan of westerns. As far as I can tell, the two main reasons I got hooked back in 1996 are a) bad insomnia and b) I [...]
Posted: November 27th, 2006 under Miscellaneous.
Comments: 6
Probably not for all tastes
John and I saw Tenacious D's The Pick of Destiny today, and although we laughed ourselves silly, I'm not sure everyone would enjoy it as much as we did. I saw a few people walk out, as a matter of fact. We both love musician humor and are huge fans of Tenacious D's standup act, [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2006 under Miscellaneous.
Comments: none
It rains inside my printer
I’ve been doing a LOT of printing lately, and something about all those warm, laser-printed sheets of paper together in a small space causes condensation to form inside my LaserJet. I first noticed it last year while I was getting Lord of Fire ready to submit for the Golden Heart. When I pulled a stack [...]
Posted: November 25th, 2006 under Tech.
Comments: 14
An attack of the vapors
John informs me that, not only is Doom going to be on HBO Tuesday night, but Karl Urban is in it. The Rock was plenty enough reason to watch it, but a movie with two of the models I've used for characters? Wow. The Rock is one of the models I used for Larek vul [...]
Posted: November 20th, 2006 under Miscellaneous.
Comments: 13