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And just like that, I am now living in a rejected set design for the film Brazil.

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The attic dude is here again this evening, so the cats are locked up for their safety and the overall cleanliness of the house–we don’t exactly want to find bits of insulation in strange feline gift zones. I figured I should at least […]

After an afternoon study break to see The 40-Year-Old Virgin (amusing), we set to the task of cleaning up the yard, so that the overdue lawn mowing might occur. Had lots of little sticks and branches scattered about the back yard, and one skinny branch that was probably eight or nine feet long; those […]

Well, now that we have power again (after being down about 17 or 18 hours), I can post a bit about yesterday’s storm. We were having a late lunch at Moose Head, out on their new patio, as the clouds rolled in and the distant thunder rumbled ever closer. We managed to finish […]

Our house has air circulation issues (which are, for better for worse, to be alleviated later this summer, but that’s a whole ‘nother post), so when the weather gets humid and oppresively hot, our second floor gets and stays painfully uncomfortable, and there’s not a whole lot we can do about it. But it’s […]

This not being at work thing feels really good.
Last night I made one of my favorite “it’s sort of Indian” dishes, a mess of tomato and chicken and curry and toasted almonds, which I haven’t done in far too long. It was kind of like visiting an old and long-distant friend.
Part one of our […]

It’s been a very nice, simple, relaxing few days.
A couple major things that I had been working on launched last week, and are so far behaving more or less as desired. Always a nice feeling.
After five years of hearing the “we believe in training and investing in our employees” line, I have finally pestered […]

aquamindy and I (okay, mostly aquamindy, but I helped) installed a cat hole on our laundry room door this week!

Julia beholds the glory
Valentine enjoys the new opening
Julia through the arch

In thoroughly unrelated news, we have tickets to see One Man Lord of the Rings in Chicago in February!! My bounces of excitement and joy […]

Damp, grey Cleveland weather got you down? Insanely playful kittens keeping you up all night? Outrageous water bills knocking at your door?
Never fear–I have found the solution to all these problems, and more!
Behold… Whiplash, the Rodeo Monkey!
(And yes, there’s video too.)

Mood:amused

Had a wonderful day with Liz, the bestest wife in the world and the only lady for me!
Drove around parts east this morning and early afternoon to look at light fixtures, contemplate window treatments, replenish the spice rack, and ogle furniture. Rounded out the afternoon with napping and noodling with computers, and two episodes […]