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Hiding in plain sight

Yesterday, I needed a tape measure so I could cut a hole in my new bookcase to accommodate an electrical... (More...)

Productive but not productive enough

I had a fairly productive weekend, but still didn't come close to getting everything on my to-do list done, which... (More...)

Bring out the Ultrasonic Nebulizer!

I don't recall having heard the term "ultrasonic nebulizer" before a couple of weeks ago, but ever since I noticed... (More...)

Still sick

I was feeling significantly better on Monday, but then the cold got worse on Tuesday, and continued to get worse... (More...)

Update

Didn't mean to leave people feeling sorry for me (due to my previous entry, about being sick) over the weekend.... (More...)

Sick; also tired

Sometime around this past Sunday or Monday, I developed a sore throat; also, half my nose is clogged up, and... (More...)

Street closure explanation

A week and a half ago, I came home to find my block cordoned off by the police. I kept... (More...)

Weekend update

Thanks for the notes and comments on my entry about my father the other day. They helped. That evening, Kam... (More...)

Frustration and awe

Some notes on Saturday: Got my Hugo ballot in, just barely. Unfortunately, I ended up without enough time to read... (More...)

Unexpected street closure

Last night, I biked home from work, only to find my whole block cordoned off by the police. (This is... (More...)

Flying

I went on an offsite this evening with co-workers: "indoor skydiving," a.k.a. a vertical wind tunnel, at iFly over in... (More...)

Passport!

I'm hoping to travel to Mexico next month, but my passport expired last March. Finally got around to applying for... (More...)

Mullygrubs

I've once again been in that easily irritated state where minor annoyances can send me off into apocalyptic fits of... (More...)

Welcome to 2008!

As I remarked to Kam an hour or so ago, there's been a fair bit of good stuff this year... (More...)

Nice long weekend

Spent much of the weekend proper hanging out with Twig. (Including watching James Cagney in The Public Enemy on, what,... (More...)

Home alone

About a week ago, I announced that I wanted to make sure that I got enough alone-time this week. And... (More...)

What's up with me

The past few weeks have been kinda rough, though with some very good spots. Three weeks ago at work, for... (More...)

My weekend

I spent the seventeen and a half hours from Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. to Saturday at noon roughly as... (More...)

Still here

A couple of people have remarked on my silence of late--I've posted only five journal entries in the past two... (More...)

Erratic and irritable

This hasn't been the best of weeks. Neither have the past couple of weeks. Been sick, and haven't had enough... (More...)

One damn thing after another

As I noted the other day, I spent all Saturday morning fixing a problem with our submission form. I then... (More...)

The midnight blogger blogs again!

Last weekend, I attended a birthday/housewarming party, and saw some cool folks I haven't seen in years. But I got... (More...)

Quick updates

Sorry not to post much lately. The memorial on Saturday was good. More on that later, I hope. Sunday I... (More...)

Home safe

Made it home, only about three hours later than planned. (Flight delays.) Had a couple hours to check email and... (More...)

Gray

In cloudy Issaquah we lay our scene. I flew up last night, and am staying at the Larkspur Landing as... (More...)

Productivity and thunderstorms, baby

I did very little magazine work while I was in Boston. In the past two days, though, I've read about... (More...)

Nobody but the baby

I'm sitting on Mary Anne & Kevin's couch, reading and rejecting and editing stories while Kavya sleeps nearby. (More...)

Brief update

Con is now over. I have notes that I may type up at some point, but then again I may... (More...)

A few more notes

I neglected to say in my previous Boston entry: many thanks for the hospitality, to all who put me up... (More...)

Still here

Dear Journal, I'm sorry I've been neglecting you lately. (Note added later: somewhere around here is where I lost track... (More...)

Life updates

I've been a little glum and a bit stressed lately. My grandmother's health hasn't been so good for the past... (More...)

Groggy

I'm up in Washington to see Grandma for Mother's Day. Jay and Holly suggested this visit a while back, but... (More...)

A few notes on my week

My original plan was that I would spend most of this week working on stuff, mostly magazine stuff. I had... (More...)

Mostly asleep

Spent most of yesterday and today at Kriti. Going pretty well, though not as many attendees as one might hope.... (More...)

Recent daze

I have no idea what I've been up to lately. I'll try and reconstruct some of it. I guess Friday... (More...)

Week, movies, socializing, books, travel, etc

I never did get around to writing here about the tall ships. I would still like to, but the chances... (More...)

Week

The week just zipped past. Some assorted bits of it: "Pop! Goes My Heart" ran through my head for about... (More...)

Weekend

At various times, there were three different plans for various people coming over Friday evening. I eventually cancelled all of... (More...)

Update/thanks

Thanks for the notes yesterday. The day was mostly fine, though every once in a while something would go wrong... (More...)

Exhaustion

Things still ultra-busy at work. Too many submissions still arriving at home. Sleep still elusive, or rather fragmentary--still waking up... (More...)

Weekend update

A few things I did this weekend: Washed, dried, folded, and put away four loads of laundry, plus the pile... (More...)

Groggy

Attended Mary Anne's baby shower yesterday. Fun, and good to see various people I haven't seen in much too long.... (More...)

Life like a dream

Ever have one of those dreams where you look at the clock and it's noon and you have to be... (More...)

Mary Anne's news

A couple of people have asked recently, so for those who haven't been keeping up with Mary Anne's journal, I'll... (More...)

Long but good day

Jay and Holly came to lunch at work today; we met up with an old friend of theirs who works... (More...)

Books etc

Too sleepy to write much--I've been staying up past 2 most nights recently, but tonight I'm suddenly exhausted. But wanted... (More...)

Computer game day

Today's been a day full of computer games. I took a vacation day, 'cause Mary Anne was here. We were... (More...)

Productive

I barely budged from the computer all weekend, except for some forays into other things that needed doing around the... (More...)

General notes, plus more Crusie

Sometimes I am a little grumpy and a little glum, due mostly to having been sick on and off for... (More...)

Mood swings

Had various invitations to Thanksgiving dinner for today, but although they were tempting, I ended up declining all of them.... (More...)

Eight hours

Slumber is still more sweet than toil, or so I hear. (More...)

Travel, comics, TV, spam, Halloween, birthdays

Sorry so out of touch lately. I have dozens of things I want to post about, as always, but somehow... (More...)

EMT!

I've been meaning to mention for a couple weeks now that Kam has some exciting news: she passed her EMT... (More...)

Immunity, traffic, anniversary

Got a call from the doctor this afternoon: turns out I am in fact immune to measles. So I must... (More...)

Assorted updates

Spent all day Thursday flying to Boston. Read SWAPA (an APA I'm in) most of the way, plus a little... (More...)

Assorted updates

I once again find myself struck with blogging paralysis--too many things I want to write about, not enough time to... (More...)

Exhaustion

Am very tired. Quick update, then off to bed. (Ever notice how when I say "quick" I mean "only a... (More...)

Disorganized

You'd think that if I were traveling across the country to a wedding, I might, for example, find out who... (More...)

Sleepy update

Sorry so little journaling lately. (And I've been even more remiss over at Neology. I do still plan to get... (More...)

Semi-offline

For the past two days, my cable modem has been intermittently stopping working for several hours at a time, then... (More...)

Reunion

I've been regaining contact with old friends in a variety of ways lately. For example, a few weeks back my... (More...)

Black & white

No, this isn't my entry in blog-against-racism week; I'm afraid that entry probably won't happen this week. This is just... (More...)

Clean and treeless

Things seem to be going pretty much according to plan so far. Which is to say, I got the books... (More...)

The plan for this coming week

If all goes according to plan during the next week, the following things will happen (among others): I'll get the... (More...)

Still here

Mary Anne pointed out that I haven't posted since shortly after my arrival in Chicago last weekend. I've been intermittently... (More...)

Weekend update

Some things I did this weekend, including several that I had not planned to do, in no particular order: Spent... (More...)

Father's Day plus assorted miscellany

Belated happy Father's Day to all y'all fathers! I hope you had a splendid day. My day was okay. Slow... (More...)

Flaky

I forgot to say in that previous entry: I've been awfully flaky lately about replying to email and such. I... (More...)

Street fair

Went with Sarah & Simon and Kathleen to the Sunnyvale Art and Wine Festival today. (On the way there, S&S... (More...)

Spring in my step

I was expecting to be unhappy about having to go back to work. My time off just zipped by, and... (More...)

Back to work

I have six other entries that I'm working on, mostly WisCon-related, but all I have time to actually post this... (More...)

Email coupons

United sent me a $50 travel coupon by email, because I went and fetched our luggage from MSN rather than... (More...)

Catchup

Been neglecting my journaling lately; sorry about that. (. . . I wrote this entry last night and thought I had posted... (More...)

Journaling paralysis (and general update)

And after all that fuss about how I was going to flood y'all with entries, I ended up not posting... (More...)