From the monthly archives:

November 2007

Holiday shopping binge!

November 30, 2007

I’ve never been a big fan of Christmas, mostly due to the way the rampant commercialism has squeezed the joy out of things. I just grit my teeth and stay away from the malls between Thanksgiving and Christmas. I’ve also reached a gift truce with most people I know, which makes that last bit easier. [...]

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Counting bouncing sheep

November 27, 2007

I’m an unabashed fan of Cute Overload, but for some reason I can’t stop watching this baby sheep bouncing on the bed. He comes to the same end I did when engaging in this same activity… I’d want to get our own baby bed bouncing sheep, but I think it would put our already neurotic [...]

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’tis the season for self-pleasin’!

November 26, 2007

I’m thinking this guy who is dropping trou in local shopping malls to pleasure himself here in Arizona has some holiday-based issues far worse than the Grinch.¬† I mean, I had my share of not getting the present I wanted at Christmas, but it never even entered my mind that this might be a good [...]

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NaNoCan’TWriteNoMo!

November 25, 2007

I think I’m going to need finger replacement surgery after this month.¬† I’m in the home stretch on NaNoWriMo, which I think I’ll complete okay with an extra effort this coming week.¬† The story is starting to flow a bit better, which of course helps the word count. I’m also wrapping up the final revision [...]

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Yes, yes he is…

November 11, 2007

The truth about the turkey vulture.¬† If reincarnation is the way things work out, I’m totally submitting a request to come back as one of these guys.

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Get your tasty experimental chips!

November 5, 2007

Kettle Chips, which makes some tasty potato action, has a thing they do every year where they sell a sneak preview sample pack of five new flavors they are thinking about offering.  You get a box of usually tasty, always interesting, chips, and a bunch of review/voting cards.  We usually have some friends over, do [...]

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Your eeka!

November 4, 2007

What about my eeka, you may ask?  Not much, really.  But I did manage to get the dust off and upgrade this site software.  Will work on some plug ins and fancification later. Just one small step for moi.  Next up Рa stogie, a margarita, and some more (BLEEPING) NaNoWriMo.

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