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So I was talking with a male friend yesterday online, someone who I respect rather highly. In the midst of the conversation (which was sort of a back and forth joke about what do guys/gals really want) he said: From what I’ve seen especially over at the diary site in many hostile entries, it’s very…

*ping* Comcast just increased my bill (again), so I was in a receptive mood last week when a Verizon representative came knocking on my door. More services, ten dollars less a month, and customer service completely based in the US (the Prof and I have literally spent a cumulative total of a dozen days of…

The Professor and I ended up seeing FotR with my contact in MIS (a huge Tolkien fan) and his wife (who has never read any of the books and wasn’t sure if there were one or two “b’s” in “hobbit”). My correspondence with him about the movie this morning follows. Some spoilers are included, I’m…

I never know if I should consider the anniversary the 25th or the 26th. Does it count from when I was opened up, or when they finished closing me after plugging in the new liver? Regardless. Somewhere a young Hispanic boy should have been turning 20 this year. Keep him and his family in your…

The little hellion made it through the night just fine. In fact, the goddamnedkitten didn’t even vomit once. Not only that, but just before I went to bed I found her up on the kitchen counters again, scouting about where the cookies had been cooling, looking for another tidbit. Sympathy and guilt gave way to…

My first flush of enthusiasm for the new sleeping pills has faded into a dull disappointment. Monday night’s miracle drug turned into Wednesday night’s drug of torture. Following directions, I took the sleeping pill about 9:30 last night. It is supposed to have a short period of onset, and they warn you not to take…