Mailed taxes

And! my coat rack arrived, and I have assembled it. I think it's going to work nicely.



Also, M & N took me to see the Veronica Mars movie. I found it most enjoyable. :)

M's been telling me I should get some art

I was thinking maybe something like this:

It's by Thomas Easley. I do love his chickens.

Today's earrings: ants, suns

Bedtime reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

Jupiter in Retrograde 6/15 - 10/13

...As the planet of the future, retrograde Jupiter will prompt you to examine your goals and how you'll get there. Heeding your intuition can keep your goals on track - or help you find a new path altogether. Be open to receiving messages from unexpected (unseen?) sources that can guide your direction - signs from the universe, if you will. A sign may come from meeting a long-lost friend who works in a field you've been considering, which propels you toward a new job. Or perhaps you'll suddenly hear a song on the radio that offers a clue about what you need to do.

During this time, be introspective and let the Universe guide you. Then you'll have a clearer perspective about your life, both spiritually and materially, after Jupiter turns direct.

- - Cortney Litwin, California Astrologers

Today's earrings: ants, planets

Bedtime reading: Twelve Fair Kingdoms, Suzette Haden Elgin

Forward Planning

Pi Day is on a Saturday this year. We should gather and consume pie.

There's an Author Guy Appearance in Petaluma at 7pm on Friday, March 27. We could do that. Or we could stick with the original plan of Capitola on a Wednesday. We should discuss this while consuming pie.


Today's earrings: ants, blue & green beads

Bedtime reading: Fool, Christopher Moore

I blame W.

If the Lame Duck had signed one particular piece of paper any time last week, I would now be on schedule.

I'm not on schedule.

grrrr. arrrgh.


Today's earrings: ants, rocks

Bedtime reading: Soon I Will Be Invincible, Austin Grossman

No news

Tenterhooks. OK, so it's not as bad as all that. But still.


Today's earrings: ants, swirly blue beads

Bedtime reading: The Girls of Slender Means, Muriel Spark

Warning: Lark's Vomit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy6uLfermPU


Today's earrings: ants, theobromine molecules

Bedtime reading: Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett

Super Heroes

Am I the only one who's a little bewildered at the idea that a complete bailout package for Wall Street must be passed this week or the world will end? I mean, what a coincidence that it's the last week of the last congressional session of Bush's last term when the bursting of the housing bubble (that's been going on for a while now) came to such an acute crisis that the government had to bail out Wall Street RIGHT THIS SECOND OMG GOTTA DO IT NOW! Funny how the timing works out, y'know? And - I know this is just crazy talk - wouldn't it make more sense to put together a relatively small program of short-term loans (using the exec's golden parachutes as collateral) that will get everyone through to January in a relatively liquid state, when the new Secretary of the Treasury can present the new President's plan for coping with the mortgage crisis to the new Congress? Doesn't that seem like the prudent thing to do?


Today's earrings: ants, blue beads

Bedtime reading: Men at Arms, Terry Pratchett

Trivial Pursuit

Went to a Kaboom-watching party, but the fog came in, so we played Trivial Pursuit instead. Turns out I know more about the 90s than I realized.

We had the cheese platter. :)


Today's earrings: ants, dopamine molecules

Bedtime reading: The Daffodil Affair, Michael Innes

No Picnic

Just a touch of food poisoning. I hate food poisoning...


Today's earrings: ants, peas

Bedtime reading: The Truth, Terry Pratchett

So disappointed

I thought this was the episode when that whiny, arrogant brat would go away... but they auf'd Kevin instead. So sad. Unfortunately, the judges were pretty much right, as far as the dresses went. But still - Christian needs to leave, and if at all possible join the Trappist Monks.


Today's acquisitions: 1 watch

Today's earrings: ants, stones

Bedtime reading: The Great War and Modern Memory, Paul Fussell

Company picnic

The weather suddenly got all seasonal, so a bunch of us picnicked in somebody's office. Then we walked over the SFMOMA to look at art.

Best thing is a running electric fan head hanging pendulum-style in the atrium, just above head height. It blows itself to wider and smaller swings, depending on which way the fan twists as it goes. Loved it!

The ring-of-poodles installation wasn't out, and the third floor was closed to hang a show... but that fan was worth the trip.


Today's earrings: ants, basketweave spoons

Bedtime reading: Making Money, Terry Pratchett

A reason to visit LA

I want to see the horned ant exhibit. And get the t-shirt.


Today's earrings: ants, rhinoceroses

Bedtime reading: "Hollywood Chickens," Terry Pratchett

Picnic

Potato salad and a little cold salmon for dinner.


Today's earrings: ants, rocks

Bedtime reading: Have His Carcass, Dorothy L. Sayers

Motion Toward

What is it about a pair of wayward whales (tm channel 3 news) that makes me giggle so? Perhaps it's not the whales. Perhaps it's the squadrons of people who've been mobilized to annoy the whales into going back to sea... or the legions of gawkers standing around watching the dorsal fins circle... No, I think it's the whales, and the way they're not going anywhere until they're damn good and ready.


Today's earrings: ants, stones

Bedtime reading: Logorrhea, John Klima, ed.