Posted in General on Jan 15th, 2007
There was a good eighth of an inch of ice on Sam’s water dish this morning when I let him out, and I think our pipes are frozen. I can get cold water from two of the three taps in the house, but no hot water. This is the middle of Phoenix, Arizona, man! […]
Posted in General on Jan 14th, 2007
New position at work is going OK so far. They have not, however, kicked in my raise, and pitiful though it is, I wants it, precious. I must enquire. This morning, though, I must hie me out into the freezing cold. The snow does not lay round about, but might as […]
Posted in General on Jan 11th, 2007
Here is the first part of Chapter 3. More to come, but probably not till the weekend. I think this will end up being four chapters.
It was a chilly night by California standards. A breeze plucked fitfully at the leaves still clinging stubbornly to the trees, and the moon was almost full, […]
Since a number of people on my flist have been having less than great days/weeks/months/years, I offer the J.D. Dorian cure for EVERYTHING! Want, take, have.
ros_fod has a piccy up of the cover to Issue #2 of the Buffy comic here. Very nice artwork. And Buffy’s not wearing Kevlar.
Posted in General on Jan 5th, 2007
We made out pretty well this year. The major things were ‘house’ presents; we replaced our dying TV and dead food processor. I got a very cool-looking card game from fenchurche, and a nifty little cat statue and a mouse pad from nutmeg3. Mom got us a set of champagne flutes, and […]
Posted in General on Jan 1st, 2007
I’ve made a few changes to the previous part, which you may or may not have seen. This is the last part of Chapter 2.
Fingers brushed his shoulder, cool and insubstantial as air. Giles straightened with a start, assuming that Buffy had returned, or perhaps that Dawn had come up for some forgotten […]
Posted in General on Jan 1st, 2007
And fandom_wank’s heart grew three sizes that day!
Apocalypse nigh, film at eleven.
Made rosette cookies this morning - they’re something my Mom used to make for a special treat. They take some preparation and require some practice to get right, but they’re really nifty.
First of all, you need something that’ll hold about two inches of hot fat - a deep fryer, a large skillet, or a […]
