So it’s New Year’s Eve. Everyone is full of light and hope and best wishes for a new year. They’re also full of resolutions, even though we all know most resolutions don’t last. But hey. Gotta try, right? Sure. But I do goals, not resolutions, and I’ll talk about them…oh, maybe tomorrow. Maybe next week. […]
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Today I had the brilliant idea that I needed a new picture for the interwebs. The one I’ve been using, while I like it, is over two years old. So I got my camera. I’m no model, though. I thought about what would make the picture better/prettier/more interesting, and my cat jumped on my desk.
The last few days I’ve been learning things on the blog of the awesome Marian Schembari. (If you like the Twitter and Facebook buttons, or the threaded comments, or the pic in my About page, be sure to thank her.) One of her suggestions is to have a look at what I’m tweeting about, and
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…on Christmas Day, on Christmas Day… That’s how the song goes, right? Well, anyway. I did. I saw the ISS (the International Space Station) on Christmas Day. See, on Twitter exists this wonderful thing where if you follow @Twisst and you have your (can be generic) location in your profile, they will tell you when
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I got a pretty candle, some yummy chocolate, a Saiyuki DVD, a Calvin and Hobbes book, and a happy kid. She got a new phone, a cable box (we’ve been without TV for two years), nail polish, nail art, BIG hoop earrings…many girly things she’s been dying for. Oh, and Santa brought her fireworks. Thanks,
I hate the greed, the expectations, the bull from so many directions. But I love people being happy. So… Please forgive my rambling spiels, my bouts of grump and grinch, and believe that I mean this from the bottom of my heart: Merry Christmas. Happy (belated) Hanukkah. A joyous solstice (also belated.) Happy Kwanzaa. Happy
From a Failed Grinch Read More »
So I have a book out now. I spent the first part of the month promoting it as much as possible while attempting not to be obnoxious. Then the reaction set in, and I had to hermit a bit. (That’s totally a verb. I swear.) To make my cave-dwelling worse, I had some Bright Ideas