Part of me feels like demanding a do-over for today. Part of me shudders at the prospect of reliving a single second. Daughter was the designated Christmas-tree-putter-upper and decorator at her house. Big tree, unstable base – which collapsed the whole 8+-foot mess on top of her. Her hands got cut up trying to catch…
Bleck Friday and Snider Monday
This opens with a disclaimer and a (short) rant warning. I have nothing against Christmas/Yule/Kwanzaa/Hannukah/Festivus, or any winter holiday you celebrate. The lights? The over-the-top decor? Love ’em. Tacky or sophisticated, bring it on. The incessant carols trying to force some joy between the cracks of a fractured society? It’s all good. (Though thankfully I…
Flash in the Pan
I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I worked today – if you can call watching movies on Disney “working”. Oh, I did my job, too, but it was dead as a doornail. I zoomed through reports because there wasn’t anything else going on except reports. (I usually put the “multi” in multi-tasking.) Since G…
Tis the Sneezin’
I was so jazzed last post I didn’t say anything about having a tooth yanked out last weekend. It was proactive dental work on a demon tooth, pulled before the thing had me so miserable I couldn’t stand myself. Except I’ve been miserable ever since, anyway. Oh, don’t get me wrong. I’m not sorry I…
I Haz PHOTOSHOP!
I can finally use Photoshop again!!! I can finally use Photoshop again!!! G copied all my files over from the old laptop last night, so they’re on the new and functioning Lenovo. So you get pictures instead of incessant whining. I have a ton of photos to go through. This batch is a mix of…




