- 16:34 Bryant Lake Bowl's Cheap Date Night: Mondays 6 pm-12:30 am. 2 entrees, 2 beers each or a bottle of wine, and a round of bowling $28.
- 18:23 Wants. All of them. (via Tor) tinyurl.com/2sybby
- 22:49 Drat. Wanted to finish writing story tonight, but brain has turned to mush and will produce only drivel if I push it.
- 10:11 Science fiction tells me that deliberately creating an evil AI is a *bad* idea! ping.fm/3Wnts
- 11:26 Conclusion: MN "Taxpayers" League are assholes.
- 11:29 Since when is <$5/month/family a "massive" tax increase?
- 12:18 PostSecret Exhibit at Mpls public library through Nov. 30: ping.fm/Bsu3E
- 21:31 Successfully acquired Halloween costume! Now just need a little costume tape to make sure everything stays in place. What place has it?
- 22:06 Miss having Phil to put cold feet on. Is very sad.
- 22:27 Hot water bottles don't howl as entertainingly.
- 12:53 My hangovers leave me muzzy-headed with thrumming, weak limbs and a strong craving for bacon.
- 14:32 Aw. Google's being all celebratory and cute. www.google.com or tinyurl.com/3n7dp2
- 15:34 Treasured sign of Fall: It's cool enough to start lighting candles again.
- 18:46 Look at the pretty. I like Android Jones. (Via Tor) podcollective.com/browse/
- 10:15 A lot of visits to icanhascheezburger.com/ is a stress indicator.
- 16:18 Look at the pretty! (Illustrations via Tor.com) ping.fm/ZkYvo
- 16:26 Coined phrase of the week: (Wordspy) ping.fm/U1bft
- 16:33 Painfully funny (XKCD): ping.fm/sPNXD
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- 07:58 So if refinancing is so hard, why the Sam hell am I getting mortgage cold calls?
- 09:27 The hotness (SFW): tinyurl.com/5fe3v6
- 11:48 Have started reading ShadowUnit re-runs. Currently circling the rabbit hole and wondering when I'll fall in. www.shadowunit.org/
- 11:50 ++ Won free screening tix to see Ghost Town.
- 13:23 Interesting editorial re productivity & info-overload (Lifehacker): tinyurl.com/67eqvm
- 14:24 Why is the default gender of supporting characters male, unless they're a romantic interest? ::gnashes teeth::
- 16:48 Bachelorette reservations = fail.
- 17:35 I really wish I was allowed to spar etc. already. I could really use somebody to destroy right now.
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- 15:15 At about 2PM, my brain went, "Thunk. I'm done. Home now." So I called my ride and packed my bags. No closing ceremonies for me, & that's OK.
- 21:55 Windows Media player is now saying it can't sync wma files to my Sansa e260. I have the permissions; it should work! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGH!
- 06:52 Have had interesting idea for writing/mixed media/photography creations called "Building Rough Draft: XYZ". Not sure where I'll find time.
- 07:50 5 min. before I had to be out the door, I called work to verify which place I'd be at, and had to change from shorts to business clothing.
- 07:51 Dt art gallery now has elephant-themed displays. Republican convention influence much?
- 09:26 Mark Bittman's impressively simple and comprehensive 101 picnic dishes: (NYT) tinyurl.com/5j2sue
- 09:37 Was reading "God's Demon" on the bus, sitting next to someone reading a bible study guide. Very noticeable title page, too. Awkward!
- 10:23 I am saddened to report that Burger King's "Ketchup & Fries Flavored Potato Snacks" do not, in fact, taste at all like ketchup & fries.
- 11:20 Testing, testing
- 11:22 Excellent. I can now Gtalk IM updates to Twitter through ping.fm.
- 13:16 Got my first "preview" Christmas catalog in the mail. ::checks calendar:: Er....
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- 08:13 Filling in for co-worker at on-site = no coworkers, no work, and much internet time to catch up. I hope the trend continues!
- 09:10 Train graffiti is messages of art and rebellion and The Outside rolling through dustbowl towns with desperate kids.
- 09:47 Spam subject of the week: "Pimp your one eyed snake."
- 09:58 Drat, co-worker arrived. On the plus side, still no work!
- 13:32 Shorts and a tank top, hair in a bun, gum on my shoe sole. It's summer.
- 22:13 The next chapter of Vicesteed is up on Critters for critiques. ::drums fingers, refreshes email, drums fingers some more.::
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- 09:26 For 2 hrs this morning, a squirrel chattered madly outside our window. Later we discovered a cat had been waiting below all the time. #
- 21:50 Spam subject line of the week: "challenge the dark knight when you are ready." #
- 21:52 Meandered around the Stone Arch art festival this PM. Mostly commercial arts & crafts, but some were good. ++Sweepstakes & free stuff. #
- 22:04 Downloaded sci-fi fiction podcasts from Escape Pod (escapepod.org/) and e-audiobooks through Mpls public library. Set for the week. #
- 23:07 CSA cookin': pea vine, salad greens, radish, & feta salad with cumin/dill dressing was not great. Not awful, but not great. #
This pirate scarf might be worth learning to knit for.
DIY witch ingredient bottles are definitely on my "to do if I have time" list of decorations for Halloween. They look *awesome*. And easy. Two great things that don't go together as often as they should.
And if you've ever wondered what kind of painted art is my favorite, the answer is this kind. Which is why I have a new lj friend:
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hifructose. Well, that style and the Old Dutch Masters.
birdfigment, I have a lovely logo for the contest! I futzed with the proportions a bit and altered the text, but that's it.( Look )
New wallpaper on the home desktop. This one is just neat. I like reflections as a rule, and this particular example reminds me of the glass paperweights that I (would like to be) collect(ing).
Had a lot of fun arranging some scanner art. There are more and higher resolution versions of these images on my flickr account.
( Slightly creepy vegetable matter )
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