Sergio is my hero
I wouldn't normally post in the middle of the day, but I gotta say: Comcast tech guy Sergio is my...
Review: The Best Years of Our Lives
Rob recently recommended The Best Years of Our Lives, and I think someone else had recommended it not long before,...
Various notes
Long and tiring day today, mostly spent couch-shopping. The saleswoman at Ethan Allen continued to be clever; for example, as...
Prius again
I called the Hertz rental counter at the San Jose airport last night to ask if they had any Priuses...
Counseling report
Had my first grief-counseling appointment. I think it went pretty well. I told the doctor at the start that I...
A few good things
Some good things that've happened recently: Had lunch with Susan G, whom I hadn't seen in much too long. Had...
Customer Service Demon back to normal
I suppose there's something mildly reassuring about the return of my customer service demon; makes me think the world is...
Spam notes
Noted in passing: got spam this morning from one Ereshkigal Browne. Who knew that the goddess of the underworld had...
Belated happy Mother’s Day
Somehow I neglected to post the entry I had in my head on Sunday, which went something like: Happy Mother's...
Assorted notes
Spent most of the day Sunday going car-shopping and couch-shopping with Kam. Car shopping: test-drove a Honda Civic hybrid. Had...
Violence in fiction
It seems to me (though I'm probably wrong) that I'm seeing a whole lot more stories than usual featuring things...
How to interact with me
In a comment the other day, Jennifer P. wrote: Are you going to be at WisCon this year? And if...