Why I didn’t bother updating today:

I got the updated bill for my new car’s insurance today. My rates went up only $33/half year. I figure that isn’t too bad at all. I still haven’t heard from The Socialist’s agent, who I left a request with to get a quote. Supposedly I can do much better with his insurance. I’m not…

“Do not meddle in the affairs of cats, for they are subtle and will piss on your computer.” – Bruce Graham Chocolate cake with chocolate icing. If there is anything closer to heaven on earth than that, it would have to do with good friends who insist that you go out and buy yourself dessert…

she’s asleep speawled across my lap and chest. my right hand is pinned beaneath her head. if i can’t type it singlehanded with my left hand, it doesn’t get typed. this was going to be a real entry, but right now nothing is more important than the grey one’s comfort. I thought I needed to…

My treat for anyone who visits here today: Bat Conservation International I have been a member of BCI for well over a decade now. They are a small not-for-profit group dedicated to bat research, education and conservation. They are based in the United States, but their activities are global. They work on a shoestring budget,…

My favorite radio station is doing a “top 885” song countdown. I’m not entirely sure what number they’re down to now, but they started this morning and won’t end until Friday sometime. They just played In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida. The long version. Simon and Garfunkle’s “Homeward Bound” has just started. It’s a very surrealistic blast from the past…

I had a mostly finished bottle of Soave Bolla hanging around. I killed that. It didn’t quite dull things enough so I hit the half bottle of Fume Blanc handing around in the fridge. That seems to have taken the edge off. I am reduced that that which I scorned.