This says it all.

It's been a week of ups and downs so far in Sin City, and I guess I should just flip a coin to see which to talk about first. "Downs" wins, so here's the recap. Gran may have to have surgery.  Well, Gran *will* have to have surgery, and she is freaking out about it.  There are so many do . . . (More)

So I’m sitting here and it’s noon and the movers still have not showed up with my furniture. I called the driver, who “forgot” to call me and let me know he got hung up in Arizona. He has also apparently exhausted his drivable hours for the time being, and is on mandatory trucker rest. He will be he . . . (More)

I suppose by now some of you must be mistaking my idleness here for another case of Warcraft-induced madness, but I can assure you that is not the case.  I've barely logged on in a month, and even then it's only to say hi to Andi, pester Boomkin or see what Steve's up to.   No, there hav . . . (More)

What is my higher calling supposed to be?

In yet another of those stunning family revelations I stumble onto from time to time, I've learned that, had things been left to play out their natural role, I would be the youngest of five kids instead of an only child. After Mom died, I learned I had an older sister who'd died from being bor . . . (More)

I have elected not to take my laptop with me to Las Vegas. I am completely, ridiculously addicted to teh interwebz and need to remind myself that there is more to life than trolling webpages from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.  Because this is all I do.  Seriously.  M . . . (More)

Fuck it.  I'm going to Vegas for a few days.  

Except for an auto-entry set to post tomorrow, things will probably get quiet around here as I fall into a momumental depression.

I'm hoping someone out there has a better memory than I do and can help me out with this: I am trying to recall the name of a toy from either the late 1980's or early 1990's.  It featured a cat with a beanbag body (I think) about the size of a softball and front paws that would velcro together . . . (More)