Victory!

I am the proud new owner of a thing that holds up my stereo, holds my music, and has space for a few toys & games. It's just the right size to hold LPs, too.

Plus, lunch with the nice people who brought me my new piece o' furniture and took away a bunch of superannuated electronics.

They are most excellent.


Today's earrings: peace signs, chickens

Bedtime reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

Fuzzy peril

Today's earrings: llamas, rabbits

Bedtiem reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

March Madness

has pre-empted my Thursday night appointment tv.

*sigh*


Today's earrings: frogs, lily pads

Bedtime reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

Happy St. Gertrude's Day

She's the patroness of gardens and cats, and also people who need a place to stay.


Today's earrings: tulips, peas

Bedtime reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

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

Happy Ides of March!

And also, Dan Luten's Brithday.

I decided to mark the day by trying out the bar & grill that just opened in Hallidie Plaza. The kitchen seems to be doing ok, but the counter staff do not yet have the hang of the registers.


Today's earrings: eyes, liberty dimes

Bedtime reading: The Danger, Dick Francis

Busy evening

Wine & pizza with b2 - we got to see the counter clerk's new boyfriend, and he is, as promised, most cute. We refrained from doing the Ooooo-oooo! noises while he could hear us. We're such grown-ups.

Later, M & SJ stopped by. They'd just seen Avatar, which they said was perfectly formulaic and most lengthy. And that despite what I'd heard, the nerve-cluster touching thing wasn't sex.
Darn.


Today's earrings: skeletal fish

Bedtime reading: Driving Force, Dick Francis

Punch

There was an old owl lived in an oak,
The more he heard, the less he spoke;
The less he spoke, the more he heard,
O, if men were all like that wise bird!

Today's earrings: owls, trees

Bedtime reading: Driving Force, Dick Francis

Land of the inappropriate cover tune

Road to Nowhere.


Today's earrings: scarabs

Bedtime reading: Driving Force, Dick Francis

Cold-blooded

http://www.keysnet.com/news/story/178919.html


Today's earrings: turtles, other turtles

Bedtime reading: Driving Force, Dick Francis

Illumination

The Cricket has lit up my life. She's the best & the brightest.

Thanks, Cricket!


Today's earrings: boots, buses

Bedtime reading: Driving Force, Dick Francis

To cable, or not to cable?

Just got a bill from Comcast, so I need to call and browbeat them into not sending me any more bills. Or I could let them coax me into becoming a customer again.

On the "stay away" side, we have the expense, the general evil of monopolies, and the specific evil that is Comcast. Also, Netflix and next-day online rebroadcasts.

On the "go back" side, we have my Thursday night conversations with b2 and the delights of channel-flipping.


Today's earrings: lizards, rocks

Bedtime reading: Rat Race, Dick Francis

I understand there was an earthquake today

A 4.1, in Milpitas.

I didn't feel a thing.


Today's earrings: racing camels, rabbits

Bedtime reading: Rat Race, Dick Francis

To the bookstore!

I picked up some books for Tiger after work. I hope he doesn't already have the one about the little red lighthouse.


Today's earrings: mice, other mice

Bedtime reading: Rat Race, Dick Francis

Bookcases

I want one that's 32" wide and eight feet tall, and one that's 8 feet long and about 40" high. I'm thinking about Ikea for the tall one. Or should I wait until I find a giant bookcase that's not disposable? Decisions, decisions.


Today's earrings: sparkly turtles, plain turtles

Bedtime reading: Proof, Dick Francis

Happy Solstice

Today's earrings: coffee cups, suns

Bedtime reading: Proof, Dick Francis

Survivor wrap up

Natalie beat Russell and Mick in the final vote. This is huge, people. The last time a woman beat a man in the finals was All-Stars. Eleven seasons ago.

Sadly, the production team decided not enlighten us as to how Natalie accomplished this feat. They felt their time was better spent further fluffing Russell's ego. The production team makes me sad.


Today's earrings: llamas, chickens

Bedtime reading: Proof, Dick Francis

Today in book boxes

Paperbacks, King-Maron; hardcovers, Henderson-Nordoff&Hall; mixed box of Gorey and vintage paperbacks, including some armed services editions.


Today's earrings: mice, moonstones

Bedtime reading: Slay Ride, Dick Francis

Today's bright idea

I'm thinking about putting a long flourescent tube on top of the bookcase/room divider. Not sure if it'd be bright enough, or maybe too bright? Fret. It would be fairly fast, cheap, and easy, though.


Today's earrings: roses, flowers

Bedtime reading: Slay Ride, Dick Francis

Song of the day

There's a pulse in the new-born sun;
A beat in the heat of noon;
There's a song as the day grows long,
And a tempo in the tides of the moon.
It's all around us and it's everywhere,
And it's deeper than Royal blue.
And it feels so real you can feel the feeling!
And that's The Majesty Of Rock!
The fantasy of Roll!
The ticking of the clock,
The wailing of the soul!
The prisoner in the dock,
The digger in the hole,
We're in this together...and ever...
- - David St. Hubbins & Derek Smalls

Today's earrings: skeletal fish

Bedtime reading: Dead Heat, Felix Francis