she's the one

New blog

03/30/09, 12:06:14

Everyone: The hosting that provides my blog space on slithytoves.org is going away, and after much deliberation and annoyance, I've decided convert..

I have created an optical illusion.

03/13/09, 18:10:17

This is Brazil's central government debt, figure 4cc in the upcoming World Development Indicators 2009. Crazy, right? I took it apart and that one..

Coraline!

02/07/09, 15:25:42

A meme where we actually do stuff

01/29/09, 12:18:48

This is from Anna. The first five people to respond to this post (comment if you want, but best to email me, or get me on Twitter or IM) will get s..

Beaten!

01/01/09, 23:37:23

No computer game in recent memory has held my attention as long as this one, or taken me so long to beat. And it's frigging golf solitaire. Good job..

I hate, love this game

12/17/08, 00:04:58

I've been playing this solitaire game called Fairway Solitaire for several months now. And I've been stuck on the third level from the end for sever..

“100 things” meme

12/07/08, 22:01:22

Because most of the people I see posting this have done, like, ten of them, and it makes me sad. I mean, come on. One is supposed to bold what one..

Flickr photo meme

12/02/08, 19:13:58

From Cleolinda. 01. Answer each of the questions below using the [Flickr] search engine. 02. Choose a photo from the first three pages. 03. Copy th..

He wrote this three weeks ago.

11/05/08, 16:58:25

Ballsy and great.

Based on 20 questions

11/05/08, 16:47:49

There Are 0 Gaps in Your Knowledge Where you have gaps in your knowledge: No Gaps! Where you don't have gaps in your knowledge: Philosophy ..

I hate restarting my computer!

10/15/08, 22:25:19

Longest uptime ever.

New Guy is such an asshat.

10/15/08, 12:45:54

Instructions I needed: Translation: “Combine pages 8 and 9 into one.” Instructions I got: Translation: “I, New Guy, believe ..

a great Get Fuzzy panel today

10/07/08, 13:01:50

I drew this.

10/06/08, 18:50:30

I love Photoshop tutorials. I really do. Especially when the steps make sense, there's something in there I might be able to use again later, and th..

Breast Cancer 3-Day

10/05/08, 16:50:32

Breast Cancer 3-Day Originally uploaded by kostia. Lisa finished :)

Breast Cancer 3-Day

10/05/08, 16:49:25

Breast Cancer 3-Day Originally uploaded by kostia.

That took forEVER.

10/02/08, 16:50:27

That took forEVER. Originally uploaded by kostia.

This quiz counted Jasper as a food source, though.

09/19/08, 23:27:23

Also my leather jacket.

Back to regularly scheduled programming

09/18/08, 19:13:37

I hung my great big wood mirror on the empty wall of my bedroom. It's centered, and level, but it's lower than I'd like—but it's so heavy that..

This is not about the house.

09/14/08, 01:13:16

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,7461856.story Why is it that when someone whose work, or whose life, I admired deci..

Since last we spoke

09/08/08, 20:08:57

I bought two Rexbo ladder bookcases and a Leksvik shoe cabinet at Ikea. One of the Rexbos was missing two small but vital pieces, my first-ever Ikea..

Sunday

08/31/08, 21:41:37

Sunday Originally uploaded by kostia. I finished painting the Mulling Spice wall. Yay. I put together the new shoe rack, which is very nice. Thi..

Wednesday and Thursday

08/21/08, 23:37:44

I took one of the doors off the under-sink cabinet in the basement and put Jasper's litterbox in there. It's out of the way, the litter-catching rug..

Developments of late

08/20/08, 01:14:18

On Monday a nice man named Brian came and installed FiOS, so I now have internet (of my own! with my own router doing what I like! and the Slingbox ..

New records all over the place

08/12/08, 18:19:56

And not just in swimming at the Olympics. Let's say you bought a house recently, and that the records for the least pleasant things you'd had to do..

testing

08/11/08, 16:13:49

I'm trying to see if it's possible to post to a Nucleus blog from MarsEdit, despite the fact that every post I've ever posted is listed in MarsEdit ..

More small additions

08/08/08, 13:13:56

Welcome back to Elaine's Blog About Nothing At All Except The Goddamn House. I got and hung up a windowsill-mounted cat seat in the office window. ..

Developments, some revoltin'

08/06/08, 11:24:08

Still no internet/TV/phone. Got a rescheduled appointment for the eighteenth. That's two whole weeks away. Sigh. Meanwhile, all day yesterday we co..

Small additions

07/31/08, 13:31:45

Did I neglect to mention I hung my “Manhattan!!” poster the other day? It's in the kitchen. Odd, but I like it there, and it fits nicely..

Tuesday & Wednesday

07/31/08, 11:22:21

Put up the LACK shelves. Eyeballed the position of the first one (but used my cool new level!) then measured where it was so the other could be cent..

Monday was a good day

07/29/08, 00:29:15

Vacuumed the office (well, the Roomba did). Twice. Attached Ikea legs to desk top. Flipped desk upright. Did not kill self or get hernia. Winced ma..

Sunday things

07/27/08, 21:22:30

Lisa and I went to Ikea, mainly so I could get legs for my desk and so sometime this week (unlikely to be Monday or Tuesday) I could start working i..

This week

07/26/08, 17:44:27

John did a bunch on the yard, bless him. Got rid of a bunch of trash, too, including pretty much everything gross that was under the deck (except th..

Monday accomplishments

07/22/08, 11:20:03

David got up on the roof and replaced the missing shingles. He also sanded and primed the office walls and ceiling, and bought the lavender paint fo..

Weekend progress (happy ending?)

07/20/08, 19:47:08

Moved the rest of my stuff. Emptied a room at a time. Spackled all the holes in the walls. Apartment is now empty. Turning in form and check tomorr..

Friday

07/18/08, 17:00:39

Re-hung the hammock chair, with proper securing bits this time. It's significantly lower than it was, but still comfy. Arranged to have the electri..

Thursday “progress”

07/18/08, 11:06:57

Worked. Lin painted some more white. Max scammed us and disappeared outside with the other kids for a really long time. When I found him he was co..

Monday & Tuesday & some of Wednesday

07/16/08, 15:50:17

“I should make a list of what we did. My mother is a big fan.” “Yeah, you should do that before we forget what the fuck we did.&#..

Sunday progress

07/13/08, 23:58:38

Two more van/truck loads of stuff moved. Lisa unpacked a bunch more kitchen stuff. Not sure I know where any kitchen stuff is. Second coat of Chai ..

Saturday progress

07/13/08, 01:39:48

Removed hard drives and RAM from old computers. Attempted to take old computers (and old paint cans and a can of PVC primer) to the hazardous waste ..

Friday progress

07/11/08, 23:35:02

Bought a type of carpet cleaner I never would have chosen otherwise, based on my mother's recommendation. Turns out it can be used in my Little Gree..

House updates

07/11/08, 00:56:28

My mail is forwarding. Which is fine now, because today I figured out which mailbox is mine. Monday I bought a bunch of paint (Behr; to see the col..

Wikipedia screenshot

06/17/08, 02:40:51

You'll have to click on that to read it at full size. It's from the Wikipedia page for the song “Hang On Sloopy.” I was looking the son..

old emails from an old boyfriend

06/16/08, 05:32:02

wordle - old emails from an old boyfriend Originally uploaded by kostia. Made with wordle.net.

Thighs

06/15/08, 03:11:59

First, I cooked and ate some chicken thighs last week, and you should maybe think about trying this recipe (with the obvious modifications in the fi..

Spy planes

05/19/08, 18:10:32

The resolution and usability of the bird's-eye view on map.live.com are unbelievable. For some reason, today, I found myself looking at my hometown ..

The blue one is a little bit cheating for me

05/12/08, 18:51:22

I mean, come on, this is what I do. I was mostly limited by typing them out and by the fact that so many of them have “official” names t..

Balance sheet

05/12/08, 00:42:30

Because I have to re-convince myself this is the right thing to do. Because lately it's been so much waiting and so much worrying—and it's sho..

Not sure I've ever seen this color before

04/28/08, 00:26:59

Click to enlarge. Meet Virginia. Note Virginia is BLUE. The Senate race (John Warner is finally retiring, so it's an open seat) is between Mark ..

Look how cute the bird is with this background

04/10/08, 16:11:23

Twitterific icon, courtesy of Focus, with David Lanham's spring tree wallpaper. Doesn't it work? Wouldn't it work better with the Somatic Twitterif..

I wish I had one, but I think this is a trick question

04/04/08, 16:45:55

Lolscreencap:

Your best estimate will do

04/03/08, 12:32:29

Lolscreencap I estimated zero, but I suppose I could be wrong!

Julian or Gregorian calendar?

04/01/08, 12:16:38

Lolscreencap:

Decluttering

03/31/08, 00:44:51

I'm selling my old iPod online (mytronics.com, thirty bucks or so, better than it could be), so I hooked it up to make sure it works, and I was unpr..

Today's lolscreencap

03/28/08, 18:21:39

Ever feel like you're not doing anything with your life? Yup.

More various updates

03/24/08, 19:46:57

I had a mammogram and an ultrasound a week ago last Friday. Everyone's agreed it's a fibroadenoma, very common and not something to worry about. So ..

Various updates

03/13/08, 20:09:57

I know I haven't been updating. I've been twittering instead, and I meant to twitter in addition, so clearly I've messed up the plan. I'm having ..

right back in this thing

03/05/08, 01:11:52

I'm having a good night.

I think I'm coming down with something

02/29/08, 01:31:08

Despite about four icy beverages this evening, plus a chocolate Frosty, and a bunch of cold fruit cocktail, my throat's killing me. I'm going to tak..

PHOTOS ABOVE BY ME

02/22/08, 16:49:21

CIMG3038 Originally uploaded by kostia. Why, yes, I HAVE taken three pictures that have been published in the Washington Post. Why do you ask?

I know I am a dearth of content of late

02/19/08, 00:59:17

You Are Buffy the Vampire Slayer “We saved the world. I say we have to party.” What Superheroine Are You?

Today's lolscreencap

02/15/08, 20:23:17

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/newfood These are always great, of course, but I can't remember the last time one made me guffaw like this one di..

I remembered annoyance two

02/11/08, 23:59:03

Annoyance two is that despite the necessity of it, I still resent having had to restart my computer for the 10.5.2 system upgrade. Because Leopard?..

Annoyances

02/11/08, 23:18:22

Annoyance one: I was really excited about going over to Mason tonight to see the former president, the one whose wife I'm voting for tomorrow. I go..

Jasper and I put a table together today

02/06/08, 01:20:35

Well, I can project whatever the hell I want to, too

02/05/08, 21:20:56

That, unless the projection and the webpage on which it appears are unrelated, is based on a total of 13 votes counted. Thirteen. The population of..

the price is right, really it is

02/05/08, 14:27:01

(Contestant wins a pool table.) (Next prize: scuba equipment.) Drew: Do you scuba dive? Contestant: No, I don't. Drew: Well, you can wear the scub..

Fun jigsaw puzzle

02/03/08, 18:49:42

Give it a try! http://www.smart-kit.com/games/jigsaw/ Don't give up too fast. It's very satisfying. Want some hints? Okay. The resulting pi..

Weird installation screen

01/31/08, 21:52:45

Good to know.

I didn't want to give you my money anyway, so there

01/31/08, 03:38:03

I have now seen this five times. I GIVE UP. All I want to do is change to a new plan as I seem to be going over my 450 peak minutes about every th..

I'll let you know how it went

01/29/08, 19:55:38

Edited to add: 50 questions took me about ten minutes. Holding down the backspace key did not repeat, if that makes sense, so I had to bang on t..

Dream

01/24/08, 15:26:10

I was at some sort of fundraising dinner or other big-name event. Maybe a retreat, since we stayed for a few days. At dinner at long communal tables..

Maybe the best picture ever of Jasper

01/23/08, 20:32:48

IMG_0573 Originally uploaded by kostia. It's odd to have a chance to take a picture of him without him looking straight at me.

Make-our-own-pizza night

01/21/08, 15:36:40

Dough was made from scratch and left to rise for a bit. Marty showed us where the pizza would go. David and Josie sprinkled cheese. Lisa learn..

Mac users! Great software deal ends in 4 days!

01/19/08, 15:39:38

https://www.macheist.com/buy/invite/31342 $49 gets you a whole crapload (over $400 worth) of apps, some of which are one-trick ponies but some of w..

Lunch with Angela

01/17/08, 00:36:14

Angela and I went out for sushi for lunch today. There were leftovers, and we were right down the street, so after lunch we went to see Lisa. She co..

Lia Sophia

01/15/08, 23:07:17

So we found another party-based jewelry company to give money to. Lia Sophia stuff is plated, not sterling, so it's cheaper than Silpada, and the st..

Silly web thing I decided to try

01/13/08, 23:11:40

http://jasperopolis.myminicity.com/ SimCity, without the effort, strategy, options, and gameplay. But once it gets going it's really cute.

Never a dull moment

01/07/08, 01:41:21

Until about ten minutes ago, a building in my development was spectacularly and terrifyingly on fire. I had moral cringings about wanting to take..

Magic cat

01/06/08, 14:26:56

I had to go into DC on Friday. Sometime between when I left the house around 11:45 and when I got home around 8, Jasper lost his collar. I went out ..

I'm not even going to comment on the accuracy of this meme.

01/05/08, 01:35:39

What Elaine Means You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy goin..

Photo page

01/03/08, 01:06:14

I've reorganized my photo site so that the photos from 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003 are in subfolders by year. This was a surprisingly difficult thing..

Scribble states

01/02/08, 15:04:16

This was WAY EASIER once I started using my tablet. I wouldn't recommend choosing the 50-state option like I did.

Last sunset in Florida, a la Mark

12/31/07, 00:49:27

It's cold here. It wasn't in Florida. In Florida they have things like sand castles for your convenience. Birds fly around, too. Do you know..

Every year

12/31/07, 00:13:30

I love that we're in our thirties, and Christmas still looks like this.

Liger sex

12/25/07, 17:54:26

My brother has somehow made almost a thousand dollars from his liger sex video on Metacafe.

I'm not going to see this movie

12/17/07, 22:28:27

I didn't think it would come to this, but one paragraph of the AV Club's “Book Vs. Film” column on The Golden Compass made me decide: I ..

Fur and feathers

12/16/07, 03:37:29

For some reason I just really dig this picture of Jasper I took tonight. Sharp shallow foreground and blurred background. It's almost like I have ..

Great link

12/15/07, 19:04:18

I read this webcomic called pictures for sad children. It's about a ghost named Paul, and a family with a strange child, and a call center that take..

Email from my mom

12/15/07, 18:15:44

So the windows are done. They came back and painted today and now they are gone. So now I can clean. Which is good, because there is a half inch of ..

Effects of cat ownership

12/14/07, 13:42:41

All framed family photos now in a box in the closet All knickknacks now in the drawers of a table All cobalt blue glass now in cupboards, except t..

Leopard has 512x512 icons

12/05/07, 19:01:41

And thanks to iconfactory.com, this is one of them. Joy.

Scannering: results

11/15/07, 21:24:29

Here are some highlights from a crapload of pictures I just scanned. They'll all be on the photo site in an album called “071115-Scanned”..

Scannering

11/15/07, 20:07:31

I finally figured out how to get my HP Scanjet 4600 scanner (latest drivers available: 2004) working under Leopard on an Intel Mac. Connect it to a..

About tonight

11/15/07, 02:26:29

I just thought I'd share my evening. We went and saw The Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Theatre. Very funny, very dirty, wonderful, wonderf..

Just left this comment on another blog and wanted to share

11/12/07, 02:34:30

The post was about Beowulf. The blogger insisted he'd hate the movie but he'd see it anyway, and he hopes the new digital 3D (especially IMAX) takes..

“What does it do?” “It tells the truth.”

11/12/07, 01:58:11

The Noble Collection Products: Ah, yes, my alethiometer. I knew it would come. I even guessed the price right. April 30, babies.

Blogs and podcasts

11/11/07, 20:25:25

I was just taking an NPRListens.org survey, and they asked me what some of my favorite blogs and podcasts are, and why. My answers are succinct and ..

Election Day

11/06/07, 23:52:19

I voted in state and local elections today, and as is my wont I've been watching the live returns on the state board of elections website. This par..

Recommendation

11/06/07, 16:32:05

This is a great service. I paid for a similar service called GreenDimes, and noticed a huge decrease in junk mail. CatalogChoice is free and does t..

Cleaning out some pictures: Sandi's windows

10/29/07, 16:50:00

I scanned a bunch of pictures before my scanner stopped working (I love my scanner but I'm considering buying a new one if I can't get this one to w..

Testing

10/27/07, 03:19:36

I have a new operating system, which so far I'm about 80% loving, so I'm testing everything. Hi.

How old are you?

10/25/07, 13:49:34

Regardless of the fact you have to be at least 13 to fill out a web form, and regardless of the fact you have to be 18 to fill out most online surve..

Jasper

10/22/07, 23:05:09

. . . had an operation (actually, more than one) on Friday. Here, he obligingly lies on the glass table so you can see his furless belly. Bare parts..

Spam subject line

10/20/07, 15:26:13

I know you can't read that. Click on it to see the whole line. This is the funny part: I couldn't agree more.

I made a sandwich

10/16/07, 18:56:08

Specifically, I made this sandwich. Pioneer Woman's Favorite Sandwich. This is a good, good sandwich. It's grilled cheese, but it's real cheeses, n..

Dear phishers,

10/15/07, 19:40:38

I received this email today. I had to believe that, their might be an illiterate moron writing it. Do people really fall for that shit? I mean, ..

Don't tell anyone I like something, because they'll stop making it.

10/14/07, 20:02:34

Here is a list of products I've fallen in love with that apparently can no longer be purchased, at least not at my grocery stores. Fresh Step Cryst..

Center Stage

10/14/07, 00:26:10

The last time I went to the Book Thing, I picked up a copy of a book I'd been meaning to read (and still haven't, for reasons that'll become apparen..

This is no way to run a railroad.

10/08/07, 18:35:46

You people let me go almost three months past the start of the Literature Year without noticing or telling me it was supposed to turn over to the ye..

unfortunate non-typo

10/04/07, 22:55:51

Maybe it's just me, but I had to do a double-take when I saw this in my email.

one of my favorite things on the internet

10/02/07, 01:32:38

Amazon never forgets the times we've had together.

demonstration

10/02/07, 00:47:01

that's my neighborhood north and west of the highway I live at the lower end of it by that loop the ONLY WAY OUT is to drive all the way to the o..

I'm the worst winner ever

10/01/07, 22:21:19

I entered this coloring contest a couple weeks ago, because I remembered its previous iteration had so few entries it couldn't be tough to win. I ne..

Well done, and well put

10/01/07, 19:25:25

Meg Marco of Consumerist.com sums up this weekend's biggest popular-music story thusly: Radiohead announced pre-sales for their record-label-free n..

Photo site updated

10/01/07, 03:19:12

The photo site is updated with September's pictures, including all I was sent of Siobhan, lots of Jasper, and the first installment of a new monthly..

I can't decide whether this is good customer service or terrible.

09/28/07, 14:13:54

A couple weeks ago Woot had this item for sale: That's a 5-port USB hub with an iPod dock built in. Tailor-made to my needs, and only $19.99 ship..

Paranoia strikes deep in the heartland

09/26/07, 02:49:35

Yesterday it was my birthday I hung one more year on the line I should be depressed, my life's a mess But I'm having a good time . . . I should go..

the precious, it is miiiiine, because Lisa loves me

09/24/07, 21:20:12

That's right.

Because my last post was so awesome, here's a meme to offset it

09/20/07, 15:36:50

44%

Final post today, promised to Mark

09/18/07, 00:02:58

This post has only a little to do with Blacksburg. If you want to read about Blacksburg go back one (the “far” button). I have these bo..

This is post two today.

09/17/07, 23:05:02

I just wanted to finish talking about my weekend. I've recounted most of it to my friends already, but suffice it to say that I'm glad I went to see..

There will be three posts in the next several minutes. This is the first one.

09/17/07, 22:37:06

I just have a couple things to get off my chest, picture-wise. This is Jasper in my dishwasher. The imaginary lolcat caption is “I THINK I SE..

Sights on the drive to Roanoke

09/14/07, 00:18:09

First, I had dinner in Woodstock, so let's just get that out of the way. Yay for Woodstock. On I-81 I passed a really strange conglomeration of veh..

Investigations on Jasper's behalf

09/12/07, 23:22:37

I'm going away for another long weekend, and I'm feeling guilty. He's been slightly destructive lately—nothing irreplaceable has been fully de..

VPN = very patient network

09/07/07, 17:08:51

I think sometimes people think I'm exaggerating when I complain about how slow my connection to the servers at work are. That's bad enough, but r..

Various things

09/06/07, 03:25:18

Michele and Keith's daughter Siobhan was born Tuesday morning. I shall be meeting her Thursday evening and will share my oohs and ahhs then. Yay for..

Photoshop CS3 Easter egg

09/03/07, 19:29:16

You know what's funny? Command+About Photoshop, that's what. I had no idea they were still doing this sort of thing.

what, me worry?

09/03/07, 02:25:14

My head has hurt since roughly two weeks ago. With short breaks for sleeping. It does not hurt when I'm in the shower, it does not hurt in the dark ..

Jonathan Coulton at the Birchmere

09/01/07, 02:00:34

I didn't think Jonathan Coulton could fill the Birchmere, but he damn near did. Empty seats here and there in the center section, and more in the wi..

One way Jasper and I are alike

08/31/07, 11:53:43

Photo from Cindy when he stayed at her house in July

neighbors again

08/30/07, 01:35:41

Ohhhhhhh, I'm all creeped out. I mean, I was getting home past 1 am so maybe I have no case for being Grumpy Old Lady, but there were seven of them ..

Wrong things go wrong

08/20/07, 15:17:55

New neighbors moved in on Wednesday the 15th. They play BASSBASSBASSBASSBASSBASS type music. I can't even discern the melody or words, so I have no ..

Bag problems

08/14/07, 00:53:35

I need a tiny little bag to hold ... personal items ... in my purse. I have a tiny Crown Royal bag I usually use, but the drawstring broke like two ..

STARDUST

08/10/07, 22:32:40

Wonderful movie. Funny, and scary, and surprising, and just consistently entertaining and compelling. Please go see it. You can't go wrong. It's go..

Social meoworking

08/08/07, 00:43:29

Join the Catster community

This is why I still read Dilbert every day

08/07/07, 12:18:18

I'm sure it's the same reason anyone does. Because every so often, it's about my job.

From the department of “I could've done that”

08/03/07, 23:20:03

Posted today on I CAN HAS CHEEZBURGER: Posted last week on my photo site:

Cast iron pan

08/03/07, 20:16:19

When Lisa and I were on our way to Bethany Memorial Day weekend we stopped at a really good yard sale in Bridgeville, Delaware. Had we had the van w..

My weekend in Parma

07/31/07, 00:19:54

(I don't know if you know, but I went with Jackie, the daughter of my paternal grandmother's sister, and her son Shaughn [Four of Seven] to visit he..

Pictures of Jeff

07/28/07, 01:14:34

Here's a picture I've had on the wall for years. It's from the summer my dad first grew his mustache, which he still has. I look at it a lot because..

Things I've thought about today that've made me happy

07/26/07, 23:30:38

The “Lift 'n' Peel” cap under the screw cap on squeeze bottles of things like mayo and jelly and salad dressing. The tattoos on the gir..

I love the Discovery Channel.

07/25/07, 02:34:58

Today I did some laundry, took a bath, played with the cat, did some work, played Wii baseball, vacuumed the upstairs hall, cleaned the whole litter..

Geocaching is awesome

07/23/07, 14:21:40

Look, it's my parents, live from the University of Montana! The webcam is user-controllable, which is really cool. I could see them while they we..

Seven AM

07/22/07, 07:16:13

I haven't stayed up all night to finish a book since ... well, okay, it's only been since Order of the Phoenix, but still. It was the very last par..

(he's insane. just ask my friends.)

07/17/07, 20:01:01

I just put some tea tree oil astringent on my feet (I know it's weird, but I was putting some on my face and it felt nice and cool so I put some oth..

Illiterate Americans, volume 94

07/17/07, 12:33:43

If one more commercial offers me one more SNEAK PEAK—apparently some sort of secret, private mountaintop—I will resume my weeping fo..

Blind drawing

07/16/07, 23:24:57

I really enjoyed this quick rundown of '40s comic artists drawing their characters while blindfolded. http://a-hole-in-the-head.blogspot.com/2007/0..

Succinct.

07/15/07, 21:40:50

In other news, there are some July photos on the photo site already. We played Wii games at David and Lisa's last night, and today Deborah and I we..

A tiny aside

07/11/07, 23:16:25

It's not a real entry, okay? Don't guilt me. I spent four days in New York. Then we went and saw Lyle. Then we went to the beach for a week. Roughl..

One of my favorite pictures from New York

06/29/07, 00:57:41

And my favorite picture from MoMA. (the new room they have the waterlilies in is such a huge improvement I can't even believe it)

Traveling makes me tired!

06/25/07, 20:17:11

I'm sorry I haven't been keeping you abreast of things. My brother got successfully married. We had fun. I've told my proximate friends a million st..

There's a wedding tomorrow.

06/16/07, 02:03:55

Zero days, six hours, nine minutes, fifty-one seconds. This widget has been counting down for a while now. I believe there's a screenshot of it fro..

Today's funniest thing

06/06/07, 00:08:00

Herewith, an IM log. Elaine, 10:41 I AM going to leave you and go watch tv on the sofa, though Bill, 10:43 sniff Elaine, 11:31 0.0.00000000000000..

Photo page = 100% up to date

06/03/07, 22:07:28

I've been taking a lot of pictures lately. You may wish to peruse them. Memorial Day weekend, for instance, Lisa and I went to the beach. You can s..

Message from Jasper

06/01/07, 21:32:14

The cat has a name. Also, he would like to be where my hands are. To wit: ffffffffffffffffffg lllllll7\ llllllllllllll--------------------------..

where ARE you

05/31/07, 15:09:54

I can't find the cat. He is missing. I suppose he will emerge when he is hungry. There are pictures of him, from back before I lost him. http://www..

News flash

05/23/07, 13:20:54

Diet Coke Plus tastes like crap. That is all.

April 13, 1945

05/22/07, 01:35:03

In my cleaning and tidying today, I came across a small journal I hadn't read in a long time. My grandmother wrote a few letters to my mother in it ..

I wish people could READ

05/20/07, 23:05:31

There's an Op-Ed piece about copyright in the Times today by one of my favorite authors, Mark Helprin, he of (off the top of my head) Winter's Tale,..

Update on the Being-On-Fire Situation

05/20/07, 20:20:00

More stuff has left via Freecycle. Even the bed frame tomorrow, as despite my “offer” going unnoticed last week, a “wanted” ..

Face Transform

05/18/07, 02:16:20

This is a really neat toy. Here are some of the less-unflattering things it did to me. Mucha (like this; I wish this had come out better, as I've ..

Things I Have Done Since Last We Spoke Of Me Being Afire

05/17/07, 22:43:36

I emptied my old computer desk (see below) and consolidated all my pens and pencils (except see below) into one box. It is an amazing box. I cleaned..

Scrabble variation

05/15/07, 13:48:19

Last night we played Scrabble using only proper nouns. It was shockingly difficult. Lisa won, having come out to an early and dramatic lead when sh..

Slight design change

05/13/07, 11:45:48

The orange color of this blog (and of much else in my life) is sampled from the butterfly that is the application icon for Adobe InDesign CS2, my fa..

On FIRE, I tell you

05/12/07, 02:23:51

I've gotten so much done today. Cleaning out the guest room in preparation for getting rid of my old computer desk, putting things on Freecycle, mak..

Funniest thing I read all day

05/09/07, 22:31:23

Read this post from the blog called “Judge a Book by its Cover.” Kmart trip

Photo pages update

05/07/07, 22:26:00

The photo site has been updated. A new version of the album software has provided me with lots of nifty options, and you'll now find the albums easi..

First of May!

05/01/07, 20:13:00

I love this song. Lyrics here. iTunes is playing First Of May by Jonathan Coulton. I gave this 4 stars, and I've played it 3 times. It's fr..

First impressions of InDesign CS3

04/30/07, 22:34:29

It crashes when I try to activate. I'll deal with that. If I have to activate over the phone, so be it. The apps all launch. This is a great improv..

Miscellany

04/30/07, 14:18:59

It's very windy here. The power went out for a second just now, messing up my computer more than a little bit (I was in the middle of a backup). Th..

I wonder if Lisa minds when I do this.

04/29/07, 22:50:59

Just wholesale steal emails to her and put them up as blog posts, that is. I did not, in fact, go to Ikea today. I'll go next weekend. Instead, I ..

fries and ketchup

04/29/07, 16:53:05

fries and ketchup Originally uploaded by yi. I want to use this (along with Cheesy Asparagus Spears and the Michel Richard pastry egg, among o..

Last Virginia Tech post (I hope)

04/27/07, 19:12:16

Alternate title: Yeah, I thought I must have. Which is in answer to the question my old friends and I asked each other a lot last week: Did you e..

A Woot-Off Haiku

04/27/07, 17:17:02

This Woot-Off has had FOUR video cards and yet nothing for Elaine. :( (I mean, all I want is a promising new zinfandel, that iPod video player fo..

...the rain is gone

04/27/07, 01:10:18

I have contact lenses againnnnnnnnnnnnn I can seeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee There's no goop in front of my eyes anymorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrre (it's a songgggg..

I'm a dork!

04/26/07, 15:38:48

I decided I wanted a personal wiki, for things like recipes and shopping lists and packing lists and whatnot. After I'd torn about my thirtieth page..

The first question people who've read the book ask each other

04/26/07, 00:51:59

Is “What would your dæmon be?”

Convergence

04/25/07, 01:37:43

Lisa and David bought new furniture for the ... I don't know what to call it. “Basement” seems dismissive. “Rec room” is dat..

Amusing dialog box

04/24/07, 17:23:38

Is it just me, or does this sound a little ridiculous? I love how friendly Mac apps are. (For those of you judging me for irrational spending, ..

In Paradise

04/23/07, 17:26:45

Every time Anna writes about Simone, I think of this song. Every time I hear this song, I think about Simone. I don't have the courage to go to Ann..

I can say positive things about television too

04/23/07, 01:02:16

If you aren't watching “Planet Earth” on the Discovery Channel, please do so. The episode called “Forests” that I watched t..

Once again with the Phil

04/22/07, 21:42:15

It was looking good. It was looking so good. Mirna couldn't drive the weird stick-shift minicar. They had to redo their cooking detour. They were al..

Did I say nothing says hopeful like summer? I lied.

04/21/07, 19:10:56

Nothing says hopeful like a little kid.

Halfway between depressing and not

04/21/07, 02:48:51

I took far too much care in making a South Park version of myself. Like, for instance, I have that sweater, and my mittens really are purple. Jus..

Counting down

04/19/07, 21:02:04

I love this widget. I love it so much I have five copies of it running right now. In thirty-five days Lisa and I are going to Bethany Beach, Dela..

Exactly what definition of “Supreme” are we working with here?

04/19/07, 02:19:12

Here's hoping thousands of families step forward to adopt the babies born with debilitating birth defects discovered in amniocentesis, after the poi..

We Are All Hokies

04/18/07, 15:11:43

We Are All Hokies: We Are All Hokies Wednesday, April 18, 2007 Why Are We Here? We're lucky. Despite everything that happened on April 16, 2007, w..

Virginia Tech, again

04/17/07, 22:04:37

What I want to say is said on Anna's blog, between what she said and what Kurt said and what I said. http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~anna/?itemid=581

April 16th

04/16/07, 19:18:13

I just paid my taxes. With my American Express card. The way I figure it, I get 1% cash back, and I have another month (during which American Expre..

Virginia Tech

04/16/07, 13:34:02

I can't even process this. The reason I went to school there was because everyone I saw on my campus visit was smiling.

Today's news and minutiae

04/13/07, 19:48:46

I was just reading this post on BoingBoing about a watch made from pieces of the Titanic, and I came to realize we are very near to the storm of sch..

Tiger got to hunt, bird got to fly; Man got to sit and wonder 'why, why, why?'

04/12/07, 04:06:36

Kurt Vonnegut has died, and I'm sad. His books have brought so much to my life, ever since I was assigned Cat's Cradle in high school, through my r..

Today on the Price Is Right

04/09/07, 18:06:25

[Contestant wants Bob to spin the wheel for her, as she fell off something and hurt her shoulder.] Bob: What did you fall off of? Contestant: I fe..

Nostalgia

04/05/07, 17:50:16

Here's a television commercial I'd never seen before, for a product my brother and I fought over. Here's proof he usually won. Edited ..

Groceries

04/05/07, 13:53:41

Instead of $4.50 worth of (three) frozen pizzas, Safeway just delivered me two half-gallons ($10.78 worth) of Breyer's chocolate chip ice cream. I ..

Tonight's adventures

04/05/07, 00:29:36

I sold this dude some Lego stuff—a few leftover Duplo pieces, a baseplate, a storage case, one magazine, and a bunch of old flyers—on Br..

Recent links

04/03/07, 18:10:24

An audit of life, in the form of pie charts. An alphabet, in the form of .

Those guys say the nicest things

04/03/07, 15:45:42

Lisa says she thinks she can see me holding up my camera in the pack there. I know where we were standing at this point, but I'm not sure if I ca..

Miscellany

04/02/07, 02:18:16

I've been paging patiently through the Flickr set of the 700 hoboes drawn by Ape Lad. I know lots of other illustrators did hoboes, but these are th..

Friday

03/31/07, 17:08:49

We went to the 9:30 club and saw Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers for what is, if my reckoning is correct, the seventh time. I would have guessed eigh..

Levenger can read my thoughts, as always

03/27/07, 20:17:29

As if the Margin Pad, which looked like and seemed to be and in fact is precisely what I needed, wasn't good enough, Levenger has apparently been re..

The quest for games I like continues

03/26/07, 23:55:34

I have a few games on my computer that I play all the time. That I really love. And I'm not talking about things like World of Warcraft, I mean thin..

“Fun” online game

03/24/07, 23:32:28

http://www.gamesforthebrain.com/game/flag/ I found myself shockingly good at this game. Until I got to this one. Don't you think that's a little ..

Something random I don't understand

03/23/07, 20:51:01

Why does everyone say Silence of the Lambs was the third movie (after It Happened One Night and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) to win the five ..

A little Flash game you might love

03/21/07, 01:39:42

It doesn't really have any replayability, but it's so absolutely darling the first time through that I can't resist sharing it. It's called Sprout.

Television programs I no longer watch

03/14/07, 21:51:18

So Rob and Amber got eliminated. I now no longer watch the Race. At least not this season. There's no one left to root for. And I seriously could no..

An illiterate seems to be stalking me!

03/13/07, 19:52:36

Remember the letter about not rolling “threw” stop signs? See it here: http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~kostia/nucleus/index.php?itemid=51..

An amusing online survey question

03/12/07, 04:49:11

It doesn't give me a place to specify who's a person and who's a pet.

Meme from Arwen

03/12/07, 00:04:30

Search YouTube for the year of your birth, and post a video from that year. I had some excellent options here. Just on the first page of results: J..

Open letter to bloggers who use Blogspot and Typepad

03/04/07, 20:16:03

Dear bloggers who use Blogspot and Typepad, You have an option in your blog's setup about whether to have a FULL-TEXT FEED or not. If you choose, f..

Oscar party food highlight

02/28/07, 10:54:49

American flag pizza, after the oven Originally uploaded by kostia. I made this. See my Flickr page for a picture of it before baking. Also, th..

Funny anecdote

02/18/07, 16:12:13

I just got a piece of spam with the subject line “DoucheLink.” The mind reels.

It looks like snow, and there's snow under it, but it's NOT SNOW.

02/15/07, 16:28:39

The last third of this is me not being able to remember which button stops the movie recording on my camera. Sorry. (It's the same button that start..

Stop looking. The BBC just won the Internet.

02/13/07, 00:56:40

This looks like a normal URL to start with. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/6350023.stm But then you get there, and you see things like this..

Pretty desktop picture to share

02/10/07, 23:38:31

Anyone who wants, please take a copy of this desktop wallpaper image I just made. I'm stunned at how pretty it came out. The linked image is the 14..

I'm jealous of my parents.

02/10/07, 20:55:22

They're in New York. And they had a sandwich like this for dinner, the bastards.

Dentist and cookies (unrelated)

02/06/07, 16:08:07

The dentist wasn't bad at all. I feel silly for having been so scared. I took a Vicodin before I went, and I know it relaxed me, but next time (Marc..

miscellany

02/02/07, 10:12:26

I'm working from home. It's making me very lazy. Very. Lazy. We saw Into the Woods at Signature on Tuesday. It was so much fun. I just love that sh..

a picture my parents took last summer

01/28/07, 02:04:16

August 06 032 Originally uploaded by ronsusan.

Finally!

01/21/07, 14:24:54

We're having our first snowfall of the winter. It's very late. Last year it was December 4. When it's raining, you know it. You can hear it. It's u..

Despite what my laziness may have implied

01/19/07, 15:57:39

we were NOT, in fact, left for dead in a dumpster in Boston. Working from home feels very strange. I'm not having trouble disciplining myself, and ..

IM conversation

01/09/07, 20:56:11

Deborah my mom, as usual, has convinced me something horrible will happen Elaine what, between here/ny/boston?! or IN boston? Deborah no in boston..

gem #1 from old disks

01/09/07, 15:45:01

I was looking for some old emails about a Medievia zone on my two-computers-ago computer last weekend, and I ended up going through a stack of flopp..

Meme

01/09/07, 14:37:34

My Peculiar Aristocratic Title is: Her Eminence the Very Viscountess Elaine the Smoked of Under Yockenthwaite Get your Peculiar Aristocratic ..

Warning, this site is objectionable.

01/04/07, 16:32:57

I suppose this is some sort of milestone for me. Apparently, I am a pornographer. Here is an email I have just sent to support@webbalanced.com, the ..

Prenostalgia

01/03/07, 14:21:52

Things I won't miss when I leave this job next week: a three-hour roundtrip commute (this morning only took an hour; people with cars must still be..

Weddings

01/03/07, 13:28:17

In 1996 everyone I knew got married. 2001 was the new 1996. Everyone I knew got married. You know what 2007 is? It's the new 2001. Everyone I know..

More pictures, including a convergence

01/02/07, 17:18:32

I'm sorry I'm so pictury lately instead of wordy. It will pass. This ran in the Post magazine a while back. Not long at all after I photographed th..

Paul Simon lyrics

01/01/07, 17:42:09

Above and beyond “regular” presents like the Cinderella DVD, a book about the Muppets, and a copy of Hamlet in Spanish, Lisa did a Proje..

Photos from Sacramento

01/01/07, 17:03:33

Just a couple highlights. Two of my favorites (“Giant Boat of Sushi” and “Baby at the Bar”) are on my dad's camera and will ..

This is this week's news

12/30/06, 18:42:55

My former employer has wooed me back. They offered me a fixed salary of x minus y, if you let x equal my theoretical annual pay now at the hourly ra..

Busted comments

12/30/06, 16:11:01

Everyone's having problems. I tried something to stop the spam, but it didn't work. So screw it. If you log in (email me and I can tell you your use..

Mark, this one's for you

12/27/06, 23:53:00

I present to you the most bershon I have ever been photographed. This was the day I left for Russia on a school trip in the spring of 1990. I hav..

Look at what a pimp Jeff is

12/24/06, 04:36:11

My favorite song

12/20/06, 15:56:55

I've been thinking about this lately: I don't have a favorite song right now. But I can almost tell you, year for year, what my favorite songs have ..

Notpicture of me

12/18/06, 11:16:09

I look so angry. I mean, it's accurate, but I do. It's probably because I had to put my giant head through that tiny collar.

20Q.net just got more spookier

12/14/06, 13:49:21

I've played the 20Q game lots of times. On the site, with the plastic toy in the store, and so on. I get it. But today I noticed there are more g..

What Ornament Are You?

12/13/06, 22:30:28

DAMN. STRAIGHT. I. AM. You Are an Angel A truly giving soul, you understand the spirit of Christmas. What Christmas Ornament Are You?

The Golden Compass

12/13/06, 17:35:10

I just learned that Sam Elliott is playing Lee Scoresby in the movie. This is such perfect, perfect, perfect casting that I can't even deal with it...

I want to save this Sinfest

12/12/06, 15:03:00

as it's one of the best ones ever. I love the Sundays.

Things you could do for me, if you were her

12/12/06, 12:12:08

Write “stet” when you mean stet. Don't write “st” or “ste” or “stt.” Stop abbreviating “pica&..

WHERE'S THE MONEY?!

12/11/06, 16:35:38

Sheldon: The Daily Comic Strip by Dave Kellett: I love this. This is exactly how I've felt about that movie for years. In other news, I've been s..

The Amazing Race

12/10/06, 23:28:59

I can't get pictures to upload properly, intermittently, so there's a picture-laden entry and a crossword puzzle that you can't see yet. I'll keep t..

The human brain

12/07/06, 13:44:13

Sheldon: The Daily Comic Strip by Dave Kellett: This is 100% true. I just did it about forty times in a row. AWESOME.

Sick and tired

12/06/06, 20:04:12

I have the flu or some damn thing. It's localized to my head, and decongestants and antihistamines aren't doing anything (I even took my very last r..

Bowls

12/04/06, 21:43:32

Deborah and I bought the rest of the stock of the bowl kits. That is, two. I made this: and she made this: and this: and another one I didn'..

Deborah's “House” shirt

12/01/06, 21:15:14

Or: "Your Vicodin is wrinkled."

Coal

12/01/06, 17:27:29

I can't get over how much this amuses me.

Stack and Weigh Scales are back! Don't miss out!

11/30/06, 22:21:29

Fill out this form. Get the red, white, and blue 1, 2, and 3 pound scales from the post office. You need them. Seriously. I use them ALL THE TIME..

Information exploration

11/30/06, 15:19:07

When I was a kid, I would routinely read the dictionary. I distinctly remember going through, page by page, and reading the definition for every wor..

Knit!

11/29/06, 18:14:54

I want Apple socks! I want Apple socks!

Surveys

11/28/06, 17:51:06

I take a lot of online surveys. Today I had to agree to “inactivate” my Pinecone Research membership because I can't do their surveys, ..

Technology and turkey

11/26/06, 14:43:50

I just played Tetris on my DS against someone in Japan. He or she kicked my ass but good, but still, little pink box, no wires, connected to Japan. ..

Spam snippet

11/21/06, 19:58:35

You know how they don't really use random words anymore, they have chunks of seemingly “real” text at the bottom? This came in a spam e..

I made a bowl

11/20/06, 23:32:38

I was at Jo-Ann today, because it's next to the post office and I needed packing tape and lo and behold they sell it, and I bought this adorable cra..

this is what I'm expected to magically lay out today

11/20/06, 14:34:07

this is what I'm expected to magically lay out today Originally uploaded by kostia.

Sometimes a meme comes out exactly right

11/19/06, 19:20:11

You are The Hermit Prudence, Caution, Deliberation. The Hermit points to all things hidden, such as knowledge and inspiration,hidden enemies. The i..

Great comic strip

11/19/06, 00:20:32

I love subtlety.

Fun conversation

11/17/06, 17:40:52

A while back Deborah's trapeze friend Jamie hurt her shoulder on a bad move, I think landing in the net, it's not important (to the story). In any c..

I maintain that your accent is from where your parents learned to speak, not from where you were educated

11/16/06, 11:28:18

I can't figure out why the little table displays don't work properly. My scores are as follows: Inland North 85%, Midland 80%, Northeast 64%, Philad..

Bitch. Moan. Check.

11/16/06, 09:37:40

I corrected the spelling of a web cartoonist yesterday. I offered a couple possible reasons for the mistake, which he had said was a conscious decis..

Sudorku

11/14/06, 17:39:37

I've been working on this for an embarrassingly long time. As originally published, on October 15: And like I said, I've been working on it. I k..

A few observations

11/13/06, 20:17:29

In the bathroom at work this afternoon, I observed that if you stare at little black tiles with white grout for a few seconds, you start to see pret..

Disturbing anatomical trends

11/10/06, 16:40:04

I have an awkward question for the world at large. It is this. Are belly buttons rising? Because it's either that, or pants are getting even lowe..

Good clean family humor

11/09/06, 21:53:02

Email from Lisa this afternoon: First, adorable photo of chubby baby nephew. Then, request for favor. “I need you to Photoshop a beer into..

Election Day +1

11/08/06, 16:18:20

Hi. It's Christmas. Webb is ahead. McCaskill won in Missouri. O'Malley and Cardin won in Maryland. Even Montana, one of the other toss-ups, went ..

Election Day

11/07/06, 10:57:55

Longtime readers may recall how last year I was obsessed with the closeness of the attorney general race in Virginia. After arriving at work today a..

best link of the day

11/03/06, 16:22:46

This is an AMAZING thing. http://chir.ag/phernalia/preztags/ If you slide the slider to the left, you move back in time, through Bush's "terro..

Frakkin' Cylon

10/31/06, 18:37:56

Frakkin' Cylon Originally uploaded by kostia. See? I told you it was awesome.

Frakkin' Cylon

10/31/06, 18:34:28

David made another beautiful pumpkin. ARGH image uploads simply don't work anymore, I'll put it on Flickr in a second... Technorati Tags: hallowee..

Washington Post Weekend Section: Fact-Checkers Need Not Apply

10/27/06, 14:19:37

This article http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/26/AR2006102600405.html describes Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett's prose ..

Pumpkins

10/25/06, 15:34:46

Pumpkins Originally uploaded by mr_o. The main inspiration I get from this is the neat way the teeth on the one on the right are carved halfwa..

I have no idea what this means.

10/24/06, 15:48:22

You Are A Silly Pumpkin Face You would make good pumpkin taffy. What's Your Pumpkin Face?

Good Tuesday Morning find

10/23/06, 13:38:36

I bought this game at Tuesday Morning on Saturday. It was $9.99, but it was on 25%-off sale, and then it was on clearance for 10% off. So it was six..

miscellany and minutiae

10/18/06, 09:36:26

The other day, while Lin was asleep, Max opened her laptop bag, pulled out one of these, carried it to the coffee table where her computer was, and ..

TV convergences, the end

10/12/06, 23:17:08

You remember how I was all amazed for months and months at how the same good character actors keep showing up on all the same good shows, primarily ..

Oh, ALSO

10/10/06, 22:45:07

The new bed came today. I spent some time on it this afternoon figuring out what my actual Sleep Number is. In the store they have you lie on your b..

Funny spam subject lines

10/10/06, 22:39:17

Funny to ME, anyway. Read the three subject lines in order. Get it? It's funny, you see.

Some pictures you need (?) to see

10/09/06, 11:38:58

This is the Harry Potter poster in the frame I so skillfully painted. Surely you'll agree that this poster looks better in silver than it would have..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 30 (contains answers)

10/09/06, 11:19:22

Title: Creative Proposition Theme entries: two-word phrases redefined as though they were three words, the middle word being “pro,” rel..

Another meme

10/07/06, 20:02:48

Hee. Hee hee. Hee hee hee. Your Dominant Intelligence is Linguistic Intelligence You are excellent with words and language. You explain yourse..

Here is a thing I have just noticed

10/03/06, 11:43:10

When I am at home, I can take a Percocet and I don't really feel any different. My pain may recede, but since I usually also take a couple of ibupro..

The Amazing Race

10/02/06, 18:50:32

I can't get pictures to upload properly, intermittently, so there's a picture-laden entry and a crossword puzzle that you can't see yet. I'll keep t..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 16 (contains answers)

10/01/06, 18:48:06

Title: The Gods Must Be Crazy Theme entries: familiar phrases with words replaced with homonyms that are the names of gods and goddesses Example: ..

There is now an RSS feed for the book list!

10/01/06, 18:03:20

I don't know how many of you both care about the book list and use an RSS reader, but now your two loves are one. The URL for the RSS feed for the ..

It should be OBVIOUS

09/30/06, 01:44:50

...that only a moron would post pictures of her brother's fiancee in a possible wedding dress on a site she knows her brother reads.

A meme for you to do for me

09/29/06, 16:34:05

This is interesting to me. Interactive Johari Window Go there and click the up-to-six adjectives you think describe me. It's anonymous. After you ..

This is the one I like best

09/28/06, 13:44:13

Lisa, if you see this, forgive me; my friends wanted to see the dress I was trying to describe! And this is a link to the new front..

I'm home from my second hospitalization

09/28/06, 12:59:31

...but that's not what this is about. I found this note on my door when I got home. I cannot believe I'm buying a condo from such an unprofessional..

my menu bar

09/23/06, 12:18:00

...because it all poofed today for NO REASON and I needed to document it for the next time. Synergy controls AdiumX Synergy icon Salling Clicker ..

I can't decide if it's irony or if I'm just stupid

09/21/06, 18:25:58

You may recall a recent entry dated September 14 when I wrote this: my shoulder and back hurt so much (my back worked from 1973 to 2005, my shoulde..

Orange meme

09/15/06, 15:33:31

I don't usually put these here, but I thought given my color scheme it would be appropriate. You are Apricot Soft and sweet, over time y..

Hippopotamus Service

09/15/06, 15:09:49

Jalopy Junktown is a blog I read that documents wonderful finds at flea markets and garage sales. The writer is especially enamored of old tools, es..

Lovely side effect of glasses

09/14/06, 08:55:19

While I was entering the convenience store just now a large piece of accumulated rain fell off the eave and landed between my glasses lens and my ey..

my stories are always so funny

09/14/06, 00:29:11

Since the Trailer Park event at Worldcon in Philadelphia in 2001 (I remember because I used a leftover replacement train ticket Bowne paid for to ge..

Car models

09/06/06, 11:26:36

I started writing this entry on my phone on the train this morning, but my phone crashed and I was perturbed. So now I start over. One of the thi..

Bunny hop, from Futility Closet

09/06/06, 10:57:52

If this isn't the most adorable thing EVER I just give up.

The WB

09/04/06, 22:55:10

I just saw an ad on TV that actually almost made me tear up. “The WB Says Goodbye.” Sunday, September 17, starting at 5, they're showing..

Dream

09/02/06, 12:30:33

I was at Disneyland, but it wasn't really Disneyland. I was staying in a hotel room on the property, as in inside the park, and closing time was fas..

Tuesday

08/29/06, 14:24:06

I didn't go to work today, partly because I was so, so, so tired when my alarm went off this morning, and partly because I am in so, so, so much pai..

Miscellany

08/29/06, 14:20:22

I'm utterly addicted to McSweeney's DVD magazine series Wholphin, which has had all of two issues so far. The first issue had a half-hour Turkish si..

THAT WAS GREAT

08/28/06, 03:36:13

DISNEYLAND RULES -THX Technorati Tags: california, disney, disneyland, worldcon

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (in detail)

08/27/06, 18:30:12

Friday, in more detail, and Saturday. I was over at the convention center when Jeff arrived, listening to Craig “slist” Newmark speak. ..

Friday

08/26/06, 02:50:33

The frigging glass armonica was awesome. I think I may be disappointed in the rest of the day.

Thursday

08/24/06, 23:27:25

I keep sleeping later than I mean to. It doesn't make any sense. I'm three hours west; shouldn't I be waking up earlier? Tomorrow I'm going to have ..

Apparently I'm “blogging the con,” as they say

08/24/06, 02:03:52

So I just got back from what was one of the most fun things I've ever been to at a con, and certainly the most fun thing I've ever been to on a Wedn..

Disneyland fake hotel ride from deck of convention center

08/23/06, 20:07:57

Disneyland fake hotel ride from deck of convention center Originally uploaded by kostia. ETA: My whole point was I didn't realize Disneyland̵..

Peter frigging Beagle, man.

08/23/06, 19:58:56

It has always been one of my key aims at these conventions to say 'thank you' to authors I have a chance to spot whose work has meant something to m..

Doonesbury

08/13/06, 21:47:37

This is pretty hardcore today.

Another meme from Arwen

08/13/06, 16:17:48

As always she's been more places than I have. I think I have a couple she didn't, though. Ha! Got at b3co.com!

Poetry

08/04/06, 23:39:50

One of my favorite poems ever is “anyone lived in a pretty how town” by e.e. cummings. You can read it on one of the not-oft-visited poe..

Book meme

08/04/06, 22:29:50

1. Grab the nearest book. 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the text of the next 3 sentences on your blog along with..

Apt phrasing

08/01/06, 21:21:39

I'm listening to a short story I got as a surprise through a rarely updated podcast. The story itself isn't really something I can relate to, and th..

“Happy” Meals

08/01/06, 20:48:07

I want this. Badly. I still do not have it. I have this and this and, as of today, this, which is really pretty cool. But n..

It is. So hot.

07/31/06, 19:37:50

That I want. To croak.

Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 9 (contains answers)

07/27/06, 23:15:09

Title: Commercial Air Lines Theme entries: common pieces of boilerplate from commercials and infomercials Example: 23A, Commercial air line?: FOR..

Pros and cons

07/27/06, 18:24:23

I'm really glad I started buying paper plates. I don't understand the appeal of the “Boondocks” animated series. The ten minutes of it ..

Two places

07/26/06, 19:11:32

Useful advice for all readers

07/25/06, 19:22:30

Brand-name Vicodin works better than generic. Shockingly much.

Time-lapse sunrise

07/23/06, 14:29:06

I discovered recently that iMovie will do a time-lapse movie, so before I went to bed last night I pointed my camera at the window and set it to tak..

Funny error dialog

07/22/06, 16:31:10

Look what my IM client just popped up. Admitting you need help is the first step, ducky.

Musings and observations

07/22/06, 15:29:39

Lately I feel like I have no free time at all, and that's why this is the first entry posted to this blog from home since the 9th of July, and the f..

Gonna get me a Happy Meal tonight

07/17/06, 17:48:36

I made the decision based on hearing about the "Magic Aye Ball," but now I hope we're on to the third toy. http://www.happymeal.com/potc/

It's called "Sher Kahn" but the right spelling is "Shere Khan"

07/15/06, 02:00:59

Sher Kahn Originally uploaded by Peter F. Martin. I know I've been bad, and I've been writing entries in my head, but it's going to become a l..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 26 (contains answers)

07/09/06, 21:30:16

Title: Minding Their Businesses Theme entries: phrases with a word replaced by a celebrity's name that's a homonym Examples: 22A, “Bonanza&..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, April 2 (contains answers)

07/09/06, 21:29:54

Title: Scrambled Headlines Theme entries: newspaper-style headlines where every word is an anagram of the same set of letters Example: 22A, Actre..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 26 (contains answers)

07/03/06, 12:43:06

Title: Minding Their Businesses Theme entries: phrases with a word replaced by a celebrity's name that's a homonym Examples: 22A, “Bonanza&..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 19 (contains answers)

07/03/06, 12:19:51

Title: Just Do It Theme entries: common phrases redefined as having to do with hairstyles Examples: 23A: Spicy do?: cinnamon bun 48A, Stimulating ..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, March 5 (contains answers)

07/03/06, 12:08:11

Title: Potluck Theme entries: foods with names reminiscent of jobs or characters Examples: 23A, What Zorro brought: SWORDFISH 111A, What the banke..

The Censored Eleven

06/30/06, 11:54:26

I somehow caught up on all my podcasts and news items, and all the audiobooks I'm in the middle of suck, so I started watching Looney Tunes on my iP..

Condo update

06/28/06, 14:50:11

I'm sorry I haven't been blogging. Commuting has been hellish this week because of the rain. It's been raining forever, and if this screenshot from ..

Things I'm unreasonably afraid of

06/22/06, 12:45:15

super gluing my fingers together I've done it a hundred times, I know it doesn't hurt, and yet the last two days while repairing my headphones, whi..

I'm annoyed with my camera.

06/20/06, 23:35:09

My camera, the Casio EX-Z750, is a great little machine for its size. I really like it. But the photos from the beach make it super clear that I'm ..

Tuesday

06/20/06, 12:26:17

I left out that I made onion burgers on the grill one day (Thursday?) and that I did about seven Post crossword puzzles. I'm almost caught up! And I..

Recap

06/18/06, 23:48:31

Here's what we did for a week in Bethany, roughly in order. We got to the house Sunday evening. On the way we found a Sonic, one that isn't even li..

We're at the beach.

06/16/06, 21:26:44

Lin, to Max, who is crying about a diaper change: “I'm the one who should be crying. All you've gotta do is lie there.” I'll be back ho..

Whiskered Roomba

06/10/06, 23:12:47

Whiskered Roomba Originally uploaded by kostia.

New Feature

06/08/06, 23:25:57

We're starting a new feature today here at she's the one. It's called Forgotten Unwanted Castaway Knockoff Things, Hated And Tossed. We will be refe..

Poor little guy.

06/08/06, 22:42:01

I've spotted a flaw with the Roomba. Namely: it's round. It doesn't usually fall down the stairs, but when it does fall down the stairs, as it has j..

Crying on cue / EFO

06/07/06, 16:34:19

You know how actors are supposed to be able to “cry on cue,” and William H. Macy couldn't do it, and he managed one single tear for that..

Often heard of, never seen

06/05/06, 20:08:33

Wednesday at work I noticed something on the (LCD) monitor on my (Windows) PC. Do you see it? There's burn-in on that sucker. All these yearsR..

A few photos to share

05/27/06, 16:51:15

This piece of paper has been on my desk, religiously being updated, for several months now. The little stars were people I particularly liked at fir..

Neighborliness does not reside in my soul of souls. Apparently.

05/25/06, 20:55:50

Last night there was an ambulance out front, and I watched them put a lady in the back with her foot wrapped up in a great big bandage. I don't know..

Old CDI story

05/25/06, 12:28:54

I'm cleaning off my web server and wanted to post this story, which has been loitering as a text file on kostia.net for two and a half years. If it'..

American Idol finale comments

05/24/06, 23:51:44

I really hope it doesn't bother Lisa when I take an email I wrote her and just transparently post it as a blog entry too. • • • &..

Double identity

05/24/06, 22:10:10

Tonight I bought a paper shredder. It's something I've been meaning to do for a long time. I read reviews on Amazon at work today. Here's a factoid..

Are we turning out morons here?

05/22/06, 11:14:45

Ah, ha ha ha.

A9 sucks now. When did that happen?

05/19/06, 17:52:09

For what seems like it must be a couple years now, I've used and enjoyed the A9 toolbar. It keeps a really great search history and it gives a small..

Dread

05/17/06, 11:37:25

I'm so tired of dreading things. I'm so tired of spending my days in worry instead of in actual thought or activity. This isn't just a work thing; t..

Toucan! I win!

05/13/06, 23:37:39

The new GE commercials designed for DVRs are adorable. “I Am Still Toucan.” “Kelly, also a toucan.” I love it.

Washington Post Sunday crossword, February 26 (contains answers)

05/13/06, 17:36:47

Title: Double-Headers Theme entries: phrases that usually start with “two,” changed to start with two of whatever there's two of Exam..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, February 19 (contains answers)

05/13/06, 16:22:35

Title: Prez Clippings Theme entries: presidential trivia Examples: 22A, Carter was the first president ___: born in a hospital 3D, W.H. Harrison ..

Sorry, not actual content (again) (still)

05/13/06, 13:49:02

The episode of Friends (TOW Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs) is on where Ross can't name all fifty states. You're supposed to name them all in six minute..

Sorry, not actual content (again) (still)

05/12/06, 21:28:13

The episode of Friends (TOW Chandler Doesn't Like Dogs) is on where Ross can't name all fifty states. You're supposed to name them all in six minute..

Something useful I'm saving for later

05/10/06, 14:30:24

Just read this on Woot! from a forum user named WindowPain: --------- If you currently have a 4:3 set and you want to know how big a 16:9 set ..

Centreville in the news

05/09/06, 12:24:48

Officer Fatally Shot Outside Police Station This event happened in my town, yesterday, while I was home from work. Fairfax County's traffic advis..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, February 12 (contains answers)

05/08/06, 23:57:50

Title: Way to Go Theme entries: phrases that include a form of transportation [aside: “Well, a car could be blue!”] with another meanin..

The TV convergences must stop

05/08/06, 23:46:23

You remember how I was saying a while back that it's really weird how all the same actors rotate through all the same great shows, with an emphasis ..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, February 5 (contains answers)

05/08/06, 22:33:01

Title: Earsplitting Theme entries: phrases that begin with E (or EA) and end with AR (or R) Examples: 22A, The Les Paul, e.g.: ELECTRIC GUITAR 54..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, January 22 (contains answers)

05/08/06, 17:22:23

Title: Inside the Beltway Theme entries: phrases that can be read as containing references to Washington institutions Example: 103A, Senate worke..

Sunday

05/07/06, 20:19:17

Today we went to Glen Echo Park and rode the carousel. What a sweet old place. Lovely carousel, tons and tons of children running around having fun,..

Today

05/06/06, 21:12:39

Today we went to a really great house museum called Hillwood, way up in extreme northwest DC. Beautiful house, amazing collection of Russian imperia..

As long as I'm linking things where you customize images

05/04/06, 01:03:12

Here's another one. From this BoingBoing post, how to make a phony police badge. I could have ordered this for $63.49. I also could have ordere..

Cute site

05/03/06, 21:31:28

This site spells out words you specify, in Scandinavian biscuits. You can use œ and ä, but there's no Q or Z. I didn't realize Swedish (or..

So it's NOT just my dad who does that.

05/02/06, 14:26:36

Accomplished II

05/02/06, 01:05:53

Since Thursday evening, I . . . . . . dusted . . . yes, dusted . . . did the dishes . . . cleaned my bathroom . . . took out a lot of trash . . . c..

McSweeney's

04/25/06, 15:30:17

McSweeney's 19 came yesterday. It's a cigar box full of a century's worth of propaganda. I've only read the loose pieces so far, not the main boo..

Propaganda I agreed to spread

04/24/06, 20:35:38

Anyone for whom Planned Parenthood's mission is not something you'd want to read about, don't read the extended entry.

TV stand

04/23/06, 22:42:17

I got this entertainment center at Ikea yesterday. It was cheap, and it looks awesome. I'm especially pleased with how I filled the awkwardly siz..

So. Much. Fun.

04/23/06, 17:00:00

You have to play Google's Da Vinci Code Quest game. There's only one puzzle a day (started April 11, total of 24 days), but there have been seven so..

spring meetings II

04/22/06, 18:48:34

Mark asked why they're protesting. Because the first time I asked that question, the person I was asking rolled her eyes and said “Don't ask,&..

spring meetings

04/21/06, 15:16:52

I feel I should mention that today is the first (and will be the only) time in my tenure at the IMF that there are actual protesters and newscasters..

the Beatles

04/21/06, 14:31:40

5ives » Five amazing Beatles bridges This one single blog post inspired me to organize all the Beatles songs in my iTunes library, putting in ..

Crossing things off my list

04/20/06, 21:38:19

I have a list. It's a long list, though it isn't supposed to be, and even though I'm on my third Palm PDA, I still keep it on paper. I'm a little as..

Pesach

04/15/06, 15:58:56

When I was growing up, one of the snack foods that was almost always present in our pantry was matzo. Giant unsalted crackers. Manischewitz. Unleave..

IMF discovery

04/14/06, 14:02:50

So if you take the elevator that goes down to the tunnel between the two buildings (which I do every day), except instead of going down to 1L/Red, y..

Something that's been annoying me

04/13/06, 13:51:11

Two things, really. First: HATE is not really a noun. What happened to the word HATRED? It's so much better and more precise. Yes, I know LOVE ca..

Much museum and architecture ranting

04/12/06, 16:54:59

I have just been set off on a wild pseudo-academic rant by this article in today's Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/..

nerddom ascendant

04/10/06, 22:48:56

Yesterday's FoxTrot was a great example of what I love about this strip. Yes, it's repetitive, and yes, the characters are not particularly dimensio..

Stephen Kellogg at 9:30, better photo

04/10/06, 11:53:34

Stephen Kellogg at 9:30 Originally uploaded by kostia. Neat Image is my friend.

Blockbuster is not as good as Netflix at recommendations

04/10/06, 11:32:33

I used to really enjoy getting movie recommendations from Netflix. They were usually pretty much on the money, meaning I'd already seen most of them..

Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers

04/08/06, 18:59:20

I love this picture. I know the low-light noise is awful. I don't care. And I may have broken a slight rule. The sound's not great, part..

Exceeds expectations.

04/08/06, 16:29:55

The iPod is a thing of beauty. It's so smooth and shiny and slender. It's really very nice. I haven't gotten used to the click wheel yet; I had very..

Well, I did it.

04/06/06, 21:45:37

CDI paid me, and I ... well ... I spent some of it. The accompanying Hogwarts crest–engraved iPod will be in hand tomorrow. That means, tom..

Holy crap, do I need to worry about benzene?

04/03/06, 15:01:37

So apparently there are two ingredients in a lot of sodas that combine to form benzene, which kills you slowly. And if you drink a lot of those soda..

Catching up with the cameraphone

04/02/06, 13:16:00

I tend to take pictures with my phone and then forget to show them to anyone. Now rectifying that. This was on the Metro, in one of those rear seat..

Jeff's house

03/31/06, 17:08:18

Got an email from Jeff today saying he'd drawn a precise to-scale engineering diagram of his house's floorplan. Check it out.

Perils of online job-hunting

03/30/06, 23:14:51

So I saw this ad in the Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wl/jobs/JS_JobSearchDetail?jobid=21261966 Sounds amazing, right? The top of the st..

The last year of math you actually USE

03/30/06, 11:35:56

You Passed 8th Grade Math Congratulations, you got 10/10 correct! Could You Pass 8th Grade Math? I know full well I couldn't ace a ..

New license plate

03/30/06, 00:25:37

I have to register my car on Saturday (yes, Mom, I should've done it by now, hush) and I'm on the DMV website designing a new personalized plate. I..

Crayola colors

03/29/06, 20:59:30

I'm filling out a form to get some free crayons, and one of the questions is this awesome one: What is your favorite Crayola® color? And they..

Some news is good news

03/29/06, 18:38:26

Sometimes (read: usually) when I'm reading the Post headlines in my RSS reader I just get so depressed that I click “mark all as read” a..

A PP, a GIGIGT, and a WIEBT

03/29/06, 18:02:21

Pet peeve: People who cannot internalize the difference between a click and a double-click. God forbid you ever need them to right-click on somethin..

Tilt-shift photography

03/26/06, 23:24:57

Lately in the blogosphere there's been quite a fad for tilt-shift photography, a technique of making a photo of real objects look like a photo of ti..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, January 15 (contains answers)

03/26/06, 14:13:31

Title: Happy 300th Theme entries: trivia about Benjamin Franklin Example: 111A, Late 1770s appointment for 23 Across: Minister to France Things I..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, January 1 (contains answers)

03/26/06, 13:30:41

Title: Not All There Theme entries: phrases with the letters ALL changed to OWL. Example: 86A, Result of a barnyard collision?: fowl flat on one's..

Silly meme

03/26/06, 12:14:39

I'm only posting this because I want to know what my mother's score is. Your Linguistic Profile: 45% General American English 30% Yankee 15% Dix..

The gift of time

03/24/06, 00:08:50

A few years ago, my dad offered me a present of “the gift of time,” meaning he'd buy me a bigger hard drive for my UltimateTV. At the ti..

Crosswords: regime change

03/23/06, 22:34:55

I have decided that two factors are keeping me from posting crossword puzzles. Three. Three factors. Factor one: Scanning them takes forever. Facto..

Say what you will about American Idol . . .

03/21/06, 21:39:50

. . . but that was the best cover of “I Walk The Line” that I have ever heard. My jaw is on the floor.

discoveries

03/21/06, 13:52:52

I always eat lunch at the cafeteria off the lobby. It's called the "Macro Servery." I have seen on the website and on the signs (see below) that the..

OH MY GOD SHUT IT

03/20/06, 13:30:34

Why, in the name of all that is crunchy, do people think it's okay to page through all the ringtones on their phones in public? Specifically, in the..

Pigpen code

03/19/06, 20:56:00

In the midst of my current McSweeney's infatuation, I came across a letter about a coded postcard, which had been written in code. Maria Vasquez is ..

Coin stacks

03/18/06, 19:14:34

This is so much harder than it looks. Here's how far I got with quarters before it fell down. I actually got one more layer on there, but then I we..

Accomplished

03/13/06, 18:07:10

Here are things I have accomplished in the last few days (that is, “this weekend”). -Filled new refrigerator/freezer with semi-healthy ..

Something I wrote a year and a half ago

03/12/06, 19:11:35

Now, by way of explanation: One of my least favorite things in the world is riding home on the train in the fall, winter, and early spring, basical..

Food from the Oscar party

03/11/06, 22:07:04

I just thought everyone should see this glory. An appetizer, Olive Penguins: A dessert, the Red Menace red velvet cake: The management apolog..

time away

03/11/06, 17:49:18

For some reason, I feel like using stock photos. To decorate. For fun. I hate it—HATE it—when I let it go this long without updating. I..

Just a tiny tiny update

03/08/06, 11:01:37

Nothing beats watching "Battlestar Galactica" DVDs for $85 an hour. Except maybe if it wasn't quite so cold down here.

A few amusing pictures

03/03/06, 22:26:56

They've introduced a new model of the camera Jeff and I both have, the Casio Exilim EX-Z750. We love this camera. One of the things it does (occasio..

Again, three things

03/01/06, 00:30:48

My nose smells awful. I just wrote “Be merciless.” on my to-do list. When I write the word “Kleenex” it looks exactly like..

Francis Heaney cartoons

03/01/06, 00:00:29

I'm really enjoying reading the blog (and especially the cartoons) of one Francis Heaney, who used to write puzzles for Games magazine, of which I w..

Ebayed Literature: In Cold Blood

02/28/06, 18:16:45

From Consumerist. Ebayed Literature Dick was driving a black 1949 Chevrolet sedan. As Perry got in, he checked the back seat to see if his guita..

A blog I like

02/28/06, 16:37:35

This woman who lives in Sweden writes a blog called Letters to Marc Jacobs, which is really just stories about her family as though she were writing..

Update

02/26/06, 12:55:27

I have, I think, five crossword puzzles to post. I just want you to know this so you don't think I've abandoned them, as I really enjoy posting them..

Update

02/25/06, 18:49:53

I have, I think, five crossword puzzles to post. I just want you to know this so you don't think I've abandoned them, as I really enjoy posting them..

Comments

02/21/06, 09:55:20

I am going to open comments back up to unregistered people. I had kind of forgotten I'd shut them off, which I did after an incident of unpleasantne..

For dinner last night...

02/20/06, 16:59:43

...we had broiled salmon, baked potatoes, steamed broccoli, hollandaise sauce, and crème brûlée. All of which we made from scratch. ..

math problem

02/20/06, 01:24:51

Futility Closet: Thursday, February 16, 2006 A mother is 21 years older than her son. Six years from now, she will be five times his age. Where's t..

I love this.

02/17/06, 13:34:52

Sarah Vowell

02/17/06, 09:53:29

Lisa and I went to hear Sarah Vowell read at the Lisner last night. It was supposed to start at 8, and our seats were way down in front, row F. We g..

Here's what just happened to me.

02/15/06, 17:44:27

I went to the ladies' room. While I was washing my hands, one of the Mac users came in. She basically accosted me for not having an office nearer he..

I heart the Olympics.

02/13/06, 13:16:23

I spent the weekend at David and Lisa's, being a complete Olympics junkie. I didn't realize they had this disorder as well, but they do, or else the..

Music meme

02/08/06, 00:08:51

Anna passed me the musical baton, or something. Total volume of music on my iPod: 15gb minus whatever the system software takes, minus (if you want..

Mr. Max will see you after your shampoo.

02/06/06, 20:35:18

If you are in the habit of reading only the most recent entry, please click “far” to go back one and read about my first day at the new ..

Thoughts on the first day

02/06/06, 20:13:19

My paralyzing fear dissipated somewhere along the line. I slept for ages last night (I think I went to bed before eight), and I never had the heart-..

The new job starts tomorrow.

02/05/06, 12:14:06

I could not be more paralyzed with fear. I'm supposed to report to someone who isn't any of the four people who interviewed me, which is odd. I have..

New word learned today

02/01/06, 07:06:06

clochard One entry found for clochard. Main Entry: clo·chard Pronunciation: klO-'shär Function: noun Etymology: French, from clocher to ..

Bubble and Brokeback Mountain

01/24/06, 01:44:16

A friend of a friend put up this excellent post about movies, with Bubble, a fascinating experiment, as a jumping-off point. From his own comment t..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, December 18 (contains answers)

01/23/06, 21:11:37

Title: What's Their Line? Theme entries: first names that are homonyms of regular words that imply job titles. Finally, the puns came back! 23A, ..

furniture

01/20/06, 17:47:54

I just assembled my new nightstand, which is made of two of these. There's metal feet on the bottom one (you can see if you go to the site), and ..

PostSecret

01/19/06, 13:33:46

I just made some postcards. You can see this one and you can see this one (which I made pretty much just to get rid of the window sticker they s..

Random photos and a movie

01/18/06, 19:27:40

I took this at the mall the other day, part of the Christmas decorations they're packing away. Moose in bubble wrap. Mostly for Wayne: Doesn't t..

OS X wish list (items: 1)

01/18/06, 19:27:28

All I want is to have my network location show in the menu bar. Why can't I find this? Why is this so strange an idea?

To displace the spider picture on the homepage

01/17/06, 12:11:26

I just got the greatest advertising email ever. Hopefully these images will be less disturbing than the tarantula. “Jawdropping, ..

Tempting ad on Boingboing

01/16/06, 18:07:31

Posted today, and actually quite tempting, as a Pet That Stays Mostly In A Box But Isn't Likely To Scratch Or Reproduce is the type of pet my lifest..

OS X wish list (items: 1)

01/16/06, 13:49:28

All I want is to have my network location show in the menu bar. Why can't I find this? Why is this so strange an idea?

Linkspam

01/10/06, 01:31:57

Boingboing today: Try to look at this photo without moving your eyes up and down a LOT. Oh, it hurts. (It isn't gross.) Some kids at GW got busted ..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, December 4 (contains answers)

01/09/06, 05:43:06

Title: In His Own Write Theme entries: John Lennon lyrics. 22A, Lennon, on life's requirements: love is all you need 42A, Lennon, on his alter eg..

Moving on

01/08/06, 02:09:59

Well, I did it. I found the right place and found the right tools and I did it. My Lego is for sale. All of it. http://www.bricklink.com/store.asp..

New photo pages

01/07/06, 18:04:05

My photo pages (always linked at the top of this page and available at http://www.kostia.net/photo) have been undergoing repeated facelifts of late...

Portrait of the Artist as an Insufferable Weaselface

01/07/06, 01:33:58

Obviously I am not a teacher but when I saw this on Postsecret I said YES. I'm not a fan, is all.

Meme from Arwen

01/06/06, 17:14:26

Yes, that's what I said. A - Accent: Parts of Ohio (crayon has one syllable) and parts of New Jersey (I no longer say “roof” like ̶..

An addition to the previous post about Retrievr

01/05/06, 05:26:53

I just think this is a cool example, though the cat is still my favorite. I drew this. It is the HRC symbol, or as close as I could get it. I see t..

An amazing thing: search by drawing

01/05/06, 05:19:52

Retrievr is a tool to search Flickr photos based on what they look like, in a very general way. You have to draw “slabs” or “areas..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 27 (contains answers AND CONTENT)

01/05/06, 04:56:03

I've fallen behind, but my December 25 paper never came, so we'll be skipping that one, so if I power through I think I can catch up. Title: A Wo..

New Jersey

01/02/06, 20:01:53

We had some Dom Perignon at the party. Arwen bought it at Costco. The drive home was nightmarish, but there was one saving grace to all that tim..

Bathroom view

12/31/05, 14:19:19

When you look out the skylight in Arwen and Peter's bathroom, the entire view of the sky is blocked by their immense ham radio antenna. It's really ..

South Park

12/30/05, 00:24:58

BoingBoing has been posting for days about the “Bloody Mary” episode of South Park that was supposed to re-air last night and did not be..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, December 11 (contains answers)

12/26/05, 19:14:54

Title: A Modern (?) Film Festival Theme entries: titles of movies made in black and white by choice. 23A, With 25 Across, 1968 George Romero film..

Argh.

12/26/05, 17:48:52

Today we drove for an HOUR to get up to north Tampa to go to MOSI and see an IMAX movie and the “Bodies” exhibit, an idea that had its g..

The haul (I'm acquisitive; if it bothers you don't read it)

12/25/05, 17:02:04

For some reason, when I ask for certain things, like WildEepz (little plastic thingies to make the lid of my computer close properly) or a Persian r..

Gidgets and Wibbets

12/22/05, 01:16:59

For a while now I've been toying with the idea of making lists of things around my house that fit into one of two categories that until now have exi..

merrymerrymerrymerrymerry

12/21/05, 19:59:20

Your Christmas is Most Like: A Very Brady Christmas For you, it's all about sharing times with family.Even if you all get a bit cheesy at times. Wh..

Retroactive problem-solving

12/21/05, 14:18:01

You know those straps they sell for transporting desktop PCs? Like this. Well, I was thinking someone should make a similar product for laptops. No ..

What happened at airport security

12/20/05, 11:25:33

I pride myself on knowing how to do things like Go Through Security™ properly. I have my driver's license and my boarding pass (which I printe..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, June 12 (contains answers)

12/18/05, 01:37:58

I found an undone June 12 crossword lying around, so I did it. Also, the scans for November 13 and November 20 are in, and November 28 is coming s..

High school

12/15/05, 21:37:31

Apparently my cousin Matthew (Two of Seven) had his senior picture taken in 1974. Dig.

Guess what they JUST said.

12/15/05, 16:35:50

They just found out I have some html/css knowledge and basically said if that's the case and I could be useful in those projects too that they could..

movies

12/15/05, 15:36:44

I've seen much more than my average movie quotient this year. In one recent calendar year, for example, I think I saw one movie in the theater (Retu..

Best. Benefit. Ever.

12/14/05, 22:53:02

I just applied for a production job at Fannie Mae (as always, a job I could actually do well; I don't tend to apply for the others). Check out this..

What's missing?

12/14/05, 21:59:40

I just saw a NyQuil ad on television, the first one I've paid attention to for a few months. This is what it looked like at the end. Do you see w..

Narnia again

12/12/05, 19:31:26

In August, I wrote this in the book list (see link above): When I hear a book I love is being made into a movie, and everything I hear about the mov..

Narnia

12/11/05, 22:44:33

Just got back from seeing The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. It was just lovely, faster and harder than I was expecting, and scarier, and it was..

Here's what a genius I can be sometimes

12/09/05, 12:38:55

It was supposed to snow, like, five inches last night. It only snowed three, but obviously I didn't know that. So before I went inside when I got ho..

You know it's winter when...

12/08/05, 10:18:17

...you wear a skirt just so you have an excuse to wear warm leggings underneath it. ...the high is thirty-four degrees. ...you get a Coke out ..

Forget this.

12/07/05, 22:47:54

The neighbor just yelled at his kid, “You're failing, and you don't even know it! No one's going to give you anything because you're a nice ki..

Titanic

12/06/05, 10:53:54

Robert Ballard, as previously reported, is a bitter, bitter man. http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/12/05/titanic.find.ap/index.html Explo..

a story about Max

12/05/05, 19:45:32

I took these three pictures of Max yesterday, and they just keep getting funnier. Especially the middle one. All photos are visible here. First, h..

Guess what?

12/05/05, 14:06:29

IT STARTED SNOWING.

First time ever

12/04/05, 22:37:04

I've been watching Saturday Night Live since I was about nine. Call it twenty years, though it's been more. When I was a child, I'm sure the hosts ..

March Of The Penguin Paperbacks

12/04/05, 01:56:40

You have no idea how exciting this is for me. I have spent the last ten years trying to collect all 60 of the 60 tiny paperbacks Penguin released (p..

Cleveland, O.

12/01/05, 23:26:43

This morning I bought a venti mocha at Starbucks. Around one, when all there was left was a half-inch of cold chocolate sludge (yum), I poured in th..

time flies

11/29/05, 23:27:13

The other day: 1970: This week is the first time we've seen Mike and B.D. together in a long time. Not quite thirty-five years, but a long time. ..

Moooove you asssshatttt

11/29/05, 17:29:33

Moooove you asssshatttt Originally uploaded by kostia.

every little thing she does is tragic

11/27/05, 18:31:07

I know I haven't scanned those last two crossword puzzles yet. I go back to work tomorrow, at the same place, and am scheduled to work all week. Th..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 20 (contains answers)

11/24/05, 23:58:13

Title: “Pass the Drumsticks!” Theme entries: phrases and names containing words associated with drums and drumming. 23A, With 112 Acr..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 13 (contains answers)

11/24/05, 23:29:18

Title: At the U.N. Cafeteria Theme entries: things you say at a cafeteria breakfast, with country names punned in. 23A, Famished diner's remark?:..

GOD people piss me off.

11/21/05, 01:06:34

One guess. “Hi! I just came out of the woodwork to say this. I have one job. It was invented for me so I wouldn't get fired when you took ove..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, November 6 (contains answers)

11/19/05, 14:08:12

Title: Hot Shots Theme entries: a verb, then a plural noun that both starts and ends with S and the letters in between are the same as the verb. ..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 30 (contains answers)

11/19/05, 12:24:53

That lapis ring came, and I don't like it. Anyone want it? It's a 7-1/2. Title: Halloweeners at Work Theme entries: first-person statements rough..

my menu bar

11/17/05, 21:34:36

...is better than yours. It brings all the boys to the yard, or some such.

I'm just saying.

11/16/05, 18:44:51

Office: Attorney General Precincts Reporting: 2582 of 2582 (100.00%) Registered Voters: 4,448,852 Total Voting: 1,943,163 Voter Turnout: 43.68..

Stephan Pastis = genius

11/14/05, 22:34:30

Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 23 (contains answers)

11/13/05, 00:12:27

Title: Exhibit A Theme entries: common phrases with the letter A added at the start of the first word. 23A, When horsepower was developed?: AHEAD..

soldiers (this entry is babble and not worth reading)

11/12/05, 23:31:13

Yes, I'm working on the promised crossword puzzles. I know how you people pine so for them. I was just accidentally watching Saving Private Ryan. I..

A nice movie for you to watch ...

11/12/05, 17:27:24

...while I enter THREE crossword puzzles. http://www.veer.com/ideas/cgh/

Best weekend of the year

11/11/05, 20:39:50

The good radio station is doing its all-covers weekend this weekend. Tonight, in addition to the old chestnuts like Joe Cocker's cover of “Wi..

I am a GROUPIE for this ridiculous election.

11/10/05, 11:39:39

Office: Attorney General Precincts Reporting: 2426 of 2426 (100.00%) Registered Voters: 4,450,916 Total Voting: 1,937,569 Voter Turnout: 43..

Minor whining

11/10/05, 10:54:56

Why are people so prejudiced about software upgrades? And stuff? There's a new G5 iMac here with a Bluetooth mouse and keyboard, and the LOUD GUY an..

miscellany and minutiae

11/09/05, 23:11:47

One: In all the years I've been reading the comics in the Washington Post (bar none, the best comics section in the country, especially on Sundays, ..

It's actually CLOSER now.

11/09/05, 20:00:55

It's not like I really give a damn who the attorney general of Virginia is (though it's a job Kilgore used to hold, so clearly it's the ambitious ma..

Too close to call

11/09/05, 12:06:14

The right guy will be governor, the wrong guy will be lieutenant governor ... but look at this race for attorney general. This is insane. Office:..

Just some random things of beauty.

11/06/05, 23:58:53

The A Series of Unfortunate Events DVD has a wonderful, wonderful menu. It's just beautiful. So far I'm not loving the movie—too dark, with to..

SilverJewelryClub.com

11/06/05, 16:31:46

Lately they've been having this ring show up a few times a day. It's new. I already bought it in lapis lazuli (hasn't come yet), but this tur..

Washington Post -- NOT A CROSSWORD

11/04/05, 17:00:11

I was just reading Gene Weingarten's critique of Wednesday's Washington Post. The backstory of this is that every day certain Post staffers are assi..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 16 (contains answers)

11/04/05, 14:19:40

Title: America's Next Top Models Theme entries: clothing items, redefined as puns with professions 24A, The sandwich makers wore ___: WRAP skirts..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 9 (contains answers)

11/04/05, 02:02:56

Title: Sounds Like a Line to Me Theme entries: familiar old pickup lines with one word replaced with a homonym, and clued with a profession. 23A,..

Sick.

11/01/05, 08:02:10

As if the concept of getting sick when I don't get sick pay wasn't bad enough, there's the actual getting sick part, which we all know is unpleasant..

Here's what I hate about this.

10/26/05, 18:46:08

Money is ALL I think about. Every single day. Where it's coming from, where it's going, what I can sell to get enough that I won't be homeless come ..

I didn't get the job.

10/26/05, 13:53:30

I DIDN'T GET THE JOB. “They didn't give us much feedback, but they've decided to continue searching.” Meaning: they didn't find someon..

Silly meme

10/24/05, 23:42:13

There's so much been going on, and just no ... ability to write about it. It's not that I don't want to, it's just that I feel I can't. If I get thi..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, October 2 (contains answers)

10/17/05, 01:20:18

Title: PR Spin Theme entries: common phrases with the letters P and R switched to form new phrases with new definitions. 23A, Course for wallet t..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, September 25 (contains answers)

10/17/05, 01:00:43

Title: Inventors' Spinoffs? Theme entries: famous inventors' most famous inventions, each two words, with a third word/suffix added to form a seco..

This is something I was working on at a temp job two weeks ago.

10/12/05, 18:17:34

The graph I'm about to show you was one of about 100 I made this year for the National Science Foundation's report to Congress (http://www.nsf.gov/s..

Here's the thing, and I'm sorry.

10/05/05, 23:37:43

Lin and Max live here, have since September 3, and I've noticed something. I don't need to express my thoughts—my ideas, the funny anecdotes o..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, September 18 (contains answers)

09/28/05, 19:13:32

Title: Small Change Theme entries: punny definitions of common phrases, with one word changed to a homonym. What's interesting is that the homonym..

Couple cameraphone pictures

09/28/05, 16:46:15

This is the cool artistic sushi I was trying to tell you about the other day. I ate some on Monday. It was just okay. This is Harry Potter and t..

Really neat rare book link

09/28/05, 16:38:08

Rare Books, Old Books, Out of Print and Hard to Find Books: James Joyce. “Ulysses”. With an introduction by Stuart Gilbert and 6 hand-..

Something funny that happened yesterday

09/28/05, 13:38:46

I've been home sick from work today and yesterday. My nose is a veritable fountain, and I feel like I have a fever, though it doesn't register on th..

A few updates

09/26/05, 13:13:44

First, I just read one of the best newspaper retractions ever. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/25/AR2005092501103.ht..

Lost

09/22/05, 22:08:02

I haven't watched the season premiere of Lost yet. I feel super guilty for watching my recorded shows while Lin is here, especially those I know she..

Neighbor

09/21/05, 13:19:33

The Indian people who live in the apartment next to mine, whose deck shares access stairs with mine, have developed the habit of using my deck inste..

WOW do I remember these. Wish I'd saved some. Wonder if Jeff did.

09/21/05, 03:32:09

Elephant Memory 5.25“ floppy art and ads: Cory Doctorow: Kevin has collected a lovely gallery of advertisements and protective sleeves from ..

Another one.

09/19/05, 23:06:04

This is just creepy. Maggie Walsh from Buffy is on the episode of CSI I'm watching now. It's too much for coincidences. I'm running out of people fr..

TV coincidence update, and my birthday :)

09/19/05, 20:19:31

We are watching an episode of CSI featuring Summer Glau. The Small Good-TV World Whedon Connection™ continues unabated. Saturday night we wen..

Meta-Modo Review Crib Sheet

09/17/05, 00:32:24

“Should you encounter God, God would be cut.” Meta-Modo Review Crib Sheet: In this week's review roundup: The Gillette Fusion five bl..

stream of consciousness was invented by a woman

09/16/05, 13:56:36

I'm enjoying reading this: http://www.slate.com/id/2126351?nav=wp and it is actually making me consider reading Faulkner. I think I tried to read As..

Five things to ask Supreme Court nominees

09/15/05, 00:52:15

Five things to ask Supreme Court nominees: Cory Doctorow: Merlin Mann's side-splittingly funny 5ives site is back with this hilarious list of five ..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, September 11 (contains answers)

09/12/05, 18:42:48

Title: People, Places and Things Theme entries: are lists of a person, a place, and a thing, each two or three words, with the neighboring words '..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, September 4 (contains answers)

09/12/05, 17:24:15

Title: Miner Details Theme entries: familiar phrases containing words related to mining, defined with puns. I feel I should mention that the scri..

Health insurance

09/12/05, 16:14:06

I got my first paycheck of the new existence yesterday. Yay! Unfortuately I only worked 24 hours that week, but it's at least enough of a chunk of m..

Apologies to my non-cruciform fans

09/12/05, 14:01:20

Thank you for putting up with all these crossword puzzles. I have two more to scan and comment on, and then I'll be caught up, and there won't be mo..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, August 28 (contains answers)

09/11/05, 16:31:08

Title: Buy and Buy Theme entries: phrases that include words sometimes used for businesses, punned into places to buy things. 23A, Where to buy s..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, June 19 (contains answers)

09/11/05, 15:29:29

I found this one lying around. Sorry it's so “late.” Title: Order in the Court Theme entries: awful puns, courtroom terms turned into..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, August 21 (contains answers)

09/11/05, 14:59:40

Title: How the Secret Got Told Theme entries: expressions meaning “let the cat out of the bag,” with punny definitions based on occupa..

They're from the government; they're here to help.

09/09/05, 10:47:14

Honestly, people can just be so stubborn it makes me want to cry. Officials: Stragglers' resistance waning But there could be problems if they..

Random snippets

09/07/05, 11:32:18

One. They seem to have put me on a new project today, plus I seem to have been doing my timesheets wrong all last week and this. Great omens. Two..

minor tv coincidence

09/06/05, 20:15:20

I've been watching a LOT of CSI lately. Like a lot. Like three episodes a day for a couple of weeks now. It's on the Spike channel (formerly TNN, no..

In the Express today

09/06/05, 16:18:23

The Express, the free daily tabloid newspaper handed out at Metro stations and from boxes on street corners in Washington and published by the Washi..

Random things, as I (with permission) try to kill time at work

09/06/05, 12:09:22

I'm at a temp job where there's nothing for me to do, they know there's nothing for me to do, and the owner of the company has just told me not to g..

Zoos

09/06/05, 09:50:41

This link is a CNN.com story about zoos in New Orleans and other hurricane-affected areas. Overall, it's good news; pets (and, of course, people) fa..

Washington Post Sunday crossword, August 14 (contains answers)

09/05/05, 00:19:18

Title: Hit Squad Theme entries: start with words that are also the names of one-named recording artists. 22A, Pacific seafood: PINK salmon 27A, A..

Cleolinda

09/05/05, 00:02:46

I don't care that it's a silly fangirl thing to do. I'm buying that on a tshirt. Link to her entry: Bad news: Halliburton gets a... She's making a..

Labor Day weekend

09/04/05, 20:46:52

Friday night we (me, David, Lisa, Keith, Michele, Cindy, Pat, and Julie) had dinner at 1789 in Georgetown. Omni didn't have any work for me, so I le..

three meanings of the word 'order'

09/02/05, 11:21:22

According to CNN, Louisiana Governor Blanco said yesterday: "We have to get order so that we can proceed with the orderly progression, with getting ..

Red Cross

09/02/05, 00:38:29

This is Amazon's page for Red Cross donations. The first time I visited it was September 12, 2001, and the second was today. This page was used to ..

Visitors

08/31/05, 21:51:42

The visitor map from gvisit (linked on a small icon bottom right) indicates the location of several visitors I didn't know I had. Including one repe..

Domes

08/31/05, 14:55:00

For the last two days, I've been mulling a few words around in my mind, and some of them have been "thank god for the Superdome." In every picture o..

From Lisa today

08/31/05, 12:42:21

We spent 15 minutes after dinner the other night playing Josie's latest game, which consists of the following: JOSIE: Say "Cheese"! LISA/DAV..

Crossword puzzles

08/30/05, 17:36:36

When I do crossword puzzles, especially my favorite one each week, which is the one in the Sunday Washington Post Magazine, I have a system of marki..

Anything good I may have said about the Tampa airport...

08/29/05, 05:19:21

...in my last entry twenty minutes ago does not apply to the THREE MORONS* I just dealt with at the Starbucks here... ...who did not understand wha..

A few things about this trip

08/29/05, 04:56:22

I got to the airport late, meaning I checked my bag at 9:14. The cutoff, of course, was 9:15. I got in late, probably 12:45 am, but at least my bag ..

I have never met anyone who cares more about Medievia than this guy.

08/27/05, 00:07:17

Dear Ms Wilson Here is my advice on how to improve life for builders in Medievia: [1] Make the zonemapping volunary for the builder who can elect ..

The egret

08/26/05, 18:25:00

The egret Originally uploaded by kostia.

testing again (edited to add: YES!)

08/26/05, 12:05:44

Having deleted and reinstalled all the RSS stuff, I can only hope a new entry will actually trigger this to work. If it doesn't, I give up. I'm stil..

this is a test entry

08/25/05, 16:13:51

to see if the rss feed is working since being reinstalled but is only triggered by new entries posted thereafter

Holy crap, my RSS feed is broken.

08/25/05, 15:52:24

And it's been broken since I made the book list blog. No wonder no one's commenting or writing me or loving me. This makes no sense. I haven't chan..

A sticker I wish I'd found in the closet a few weeks sooner

08/25/05, 02:21:00

Nostalgia II

08/24/05, 23:00:27

A while ago I posted about some pictures I'd found, mainly ones of my grandmother's “old man” or “grandfather” cactus. I sca..

Six Feet Under

08/22/05, 21:28:17

That was really great. That was brutal.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA and so it begins

08/22/05, 18:32:47

On 8/22/05 5:29 PM, “Bruce Ross-Larson” wrote:> How is it out there? > > A couple of things. > > We’re tryi..

Working for a few days, starting Wednesday

08/22/05, 18:25:48

...using Photoshop (in Windows, but that's okay) to hack out the English from a ton of charts and graphs and replace it with provided Spanish text. ..

Sunday

08/22/05, 14:52:46

Sunday I went to Babies R Us with Lisa and David (and Neva and Jo) and got Timber some presents (one big thing, lots of little things, and I can't f..

Forgot this part

08/21/05, 04:03:54

Donald Beckett is the one in the center. The photo is dated January 15, 1944, and really was taken in Mexico. One of the other guys is named Bill, b..

My crazy uncle (corrections)

08/21/05, 03:45:08

My mother has set me straight on some things. No, Russell (1904-196-), Arthur (1906-197-) and Rollin (1908-1993) were Caverlys, only Donald was a B..

A brief CDI reminiscence

08/18/05, 21:58:09

I just found this story in cleaning out my ftp server. It's even better than the last one. Shelley's fans: rejoice. This is edited down from a Medi..

Reasons

08/18/05, 21:41:40

I feel lonely, in addition to the aforementioned general numbness (which really hasn't stopped). I don't really understand it. I love being alone, a..

Book List

08/15/05, 21:44:53

One of the things that's always been a cornerstone of my website (at least until I started doing this) was my book list. I started keeping track of ..

Anticlimactic

08/15/05, 01:08:49

Perhaps I will feel differently about this when I wake up in the morning and don't have to go anywhere, but I simply don't feel it yet. I don't hav..

My crazy uncle

08/11/05, 18:07:36

I only have one uncle, as my father is an only child and my mother has a brother about four years younger than she is. His name is Russ Beckett. He'..

Various complaints.

08/10/05, 17:31:09

One of my contact lenses came out while I was driving to the train station this morning. I had to hold it on my finger until I got there and could s..

In the interest of bidding her farewell...

08/09/05, 16:22:42

...here are two things you don't already know about Shelley. She fills glasses half-full of water and leaves them sitting on the counter next to th..

Starbucks

08/09/05, 11:42:26

This is for Alecia. I went to Starbucks just now to use my Hawaiian gift card to get a Frappuccino. What I order is a grande coffee light Frappucci..

Misleading image, eek, what will I tell my legions of fans

08/08/05, 11:58:16

I forgot to cut off a chain link and take a new picture last night. I only have FIVE DAYS left here. I feel it's important everyone knows this. Five..

Wayne has a blog.

08/05/05, 15:58:25

And I am linking to it so that he can see what a trackback is.

Cleaning out my work email

08/05/05, 12:32:05

This had to be saved for posterity. It is the finest example of its kind. From: Elizabeth McCrocklin Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 3:27 PM ..

The most I can manage is a stupid meme

08/04/05, 22:37:29

Harry Potter Meme of All Memes by OsakuName/UsernameAgeGenderHouseRavenclawWandPine, 12“, Unicorn HairBest CourseHerbologyWorst CourseMuggle S..

Mm gmmph ummpf.

08/03/05, 19:50:33

I learned some good things yesterday

08/02/05, 23:00:07

...from Lisa's copy of Cook's Illustrated, a wonderful magazine with no ads. One: If you spray Pam on the cheese grater before you start, it will w..

Obviously people view the same events differently.

08/02/05, 22:04:23

I believe I made it clear in my short post the other day that this page is my place to vent, not a censored place to express only what will make oth..

General day-by-day updates

08/02/05, 16:17:47

On Saturday, I got up around five AM and drove to BWI. I parked at the Pre-Flight place where I always park (where you earn free days by parking the..

stuff on my cat

08/02/05, 13:42:23

20050727-BEANIE.jpg (JPEG Image, 420x339 pixels) Must visit http://www.stuffonmycat.com

blabbermouth

08/01/05, 02:16:40

I was upset, I wrote some stuff expressing it, and it helped. I can't use code names or write it someplace where no one sees it; that doesn't help. ..

Honolulu: Check.

07/29/05, 18:58:10

Honolulu is like Miami. It's utterly commercial, it's incredibly crowded, there are chain restaurants and convenience stores on every block, and hon..

Hawaii so far

07/27/05, 02:09:16

Well, it's beautiful beyond belief here; everywhere you look looks like a postcard. I'll give it that. Wayne pulls away like he's burnt every time ..

Julie and Alecia

07/25/05, 16:23:29

Julie and Alecia Originally uploaded by kostia.

Mom & Dad on Skip's boat

07/22/05, 11:56:40

Mom & Dad on Skip's boat Originally uploaded by kostia. I just think they're so cute. I got them Tilley hats for Christmas, and I'm so ..

Hand in hand

07/20/05, 15:09:01

Walking from my car to the train this morning, I was behind an older woman and a young boy, obviously her grandson. She was about 70, and he was abo..

How awesome is that potato masher gun?!

07/19/05, 21:35:07

Spud Trooper - These are Not the Toys You're Looking For: The Spud Trooper is a cute Mr. Potato Head doll with a Storm Trooper mask and potato mashe..

General observations

07/18/05, 20:50:25

I realized on the way home tonight that something I've been waiting years for has finally happened. The Decade of Acoustic “Layla” is ov..

What came in the mail today

07/16/05, 13:16:36

Two things. One: Two: Check out those dates. Technorati Tags: 1975, books, harry potter, junk mail

It's heeeeeeere.....!

07/16/05, 11:59:10

It's heeeeeeere.....! Originally uploaded by kostia.

I knew there was a reason to stay home today!

07/15/05, 12:54:56

I knew there was a reason to stay home today! Originally uploaded by kostia.

owies

07/14/05, 17:27:25

So something—carrying the two reams of tabloid paper back from Staples on Tuesday, carrying two heavier-than-usual bags to and from work on We..

ch-ch-ch-changes

07/12/05, 11:51:41

It's soooooo cold in my office and sooooooo hot outside. Both suck. I want to go to Hawaii very, very badly. Can I? I can? YAY. I spent the ni..

I have a new theory.

07/11/05, 12:58:27

My theory is that the Metro maps on the trains are printed in Braille, overlaid with a special time-release ink that only becomes visible after you ..

Everything's going just a little bit wrong today

07/11/05, 11:12:04

Could not get up. Hair looks icky. Big dark circles under eyes. Dressed too warm. Really late. McDonald's had stupid outdoor order taker, meaning on..

Nostalgia

07/09/05, 01:51:22

I just went through the second-to-last box (this one is actually a laundry basket) of crap from the living room. I found some wonderful, amazing stu..

I learned a new word.

07/08/05, 23:00:54

This is, in all honestly, a pretty rare event, so I thought I'd share. From this page, on the terrific (so far) Uncommon Folk music blog: And, when..

Kingdom of Loathing merch

07/06/05, 21:01:42

Kingdom of Loathing merch: Cory Doctorow: The amazing, funny, low-budg indy online game Kingdom of Loathing has opened a web-store with amazing st..

I think I might have to redesign this whole site

07/06/05, 00:08:12

...around the wonderful center panel of this comic strip. http://cheston.com/pbf/archive.html

It MUST look good.

07/05/05, 13:41:56

A panhandler outside Wendy's just told me my hair looks nice.

I accomplished something AMAZING today.

07/04/05, 01:15:49

The people who would be the most impressed will not see this, as they don't read the blog, but I DON'T CARE. I CLEANED MY LIVING ROOM. Since I mov..

Typical markup I worked from all this week

07/03/05, 00:19:23

Typical markup I worked from all this week Originally uploaded by kostia.

we saw a scary book at the dollar store today

07/03/05, 00:17:54

we saw a scary book at the dollar store today Originally uploaded by kostia.

Observations

07/01/05, 18:06:04

Her's a description of the very ... fey Asian guy I just saw on the train platform. By the way, I am FREE. It's only 5:55 and I'm on my way home. ..

More from Lisa

06/30/05, 19:52:11

Dinner conversation last night: JOSIE: "Mumma?" ME: "Yes, Jo?" JOSIE: "Woss apaw a time, dare was a bootiful prissess mermaid." ME: "What ha..

Something I wrote three years ago.

06/28/05, 00:08:59

This is from June 18, 2002. It's the oldest entry in my old LiveJournal, which I looked up in order to answer the “when did you start blogging..

Inside jokes.

06/27/05, 16:55:31

Apple.com has a feature I really like called Pro Tips where they put in some tips that are genuinely useful. (There are lots of tips that aren't; fo..

the neighborhood cock

06/26/05, 20:44:04

the neighborhood cock Originally uploaded by kostia.

So I was totally, totally right.

06/25/05, 23:50:31

As I discovered before I went to bed last night, all day yesterday I did in fact have two lenses in my right eye. The one I 'lost' was all scrunched..

Proving once again that I can do anything faster than everyone else...

06/25/05, 00:35:36

...I lost one of my lenses this morning. Less than twelve hours after receiving them. What's weird is, I don't remember losing it. I remember faili..

nakedface(tm)

06/23/05, 14:01:50

Today I got contact lenses. I had an eye exam on Tuesday, during which I was prescribed and ordered new glasses, which will be ready next week. I..

I seem to have done a redesign.

06/22/05, 17:18:54

This was going to be a few subtle changes; I was going to redo the photos in a new color, and redo the colors, and put in this InDesign butterfly ic..

Braille

06/21/05, 23:27:42

There's this woman who rides the same train as I do sometimes. She wears nice matching outfits and tinted glasses. She usually spends the first half..

I love these trucks.

06/18/05, 12:10:14

I love these trucks. Originally uploaded by kostia.

I meant to post this when it happened, but I forgot.

06/16/05, 00:46:52

One day last week I had my computer with me while I was over at Lisa's. I was sitting at the dining room table, and Josie was opposite me. We were t..

Hawaii, baby!

06/15/05, 00:50:27

Proving I'm on the train online talking to Deborah

06/14/05, 21:58:42

Proving I'm on the train online talking to Deborah Originally uploaded by kostia.

Stupid rules

06/14/05, 16:56:44

Stupid rules Originally uploaded by kostia.

Wonderful phrasing from boingboing.net

06/14/05, 16:06:07

Real-life Tetris video: Cory Doctorow: This “real life Tetris” video depicts a person in a cardboard costume resembling the L piece fro..

Cool new iTunes screensaver

06/14/05, 14:41:10

Cool new iTunes screensaver Originally uploaded by kostia.

I'm at the Glindemans' party, and everyone in the room just took this test.

06/11/05, 00:41:43

N...Nitrogen You scored 25 Mass, 49 Electronegativity, 46 Metal, and 0 Radioactivity! Sweet! You're quirky and non-confrontational... but you ..

Mark

06/10/05, 01:33:38

Mark said he wanted to build something out of clay. I said to make a pencil cup that looks like my uncle. (This is a reference to an EFO song.) He ..

brreeeeaaathhhhheeee

06/09/05, 21:23:59

So I was just doing my yoga dvd, as I am wont to do on occasion, and here's what pisses me off about it. The poses that are supposed to be hard, li..

I may have made this decision too fully.

06/09/05, 11:25:46

Shelley drew me aside on my way in to tell me I'd been coming in too late (true) and "a little later each day" (not true) and that yesterday I'd bee..

I DID IT.

06/08/05, 17:40:43

I just wrote to Jodi (the temp agency lady) and told her I will be available full-time starting Monday, August 8. I'm really and truly going to qui..

News: Aspyr: Sims 2 hits store shelves June 17th

06/08/05, 01:39:56

News: Aspyr: Sims 2 hits store shelves June 17th: Aspyr has announced that The Sims 2 for Mac will hit store shelves on June 17, 2005. yesssssssss..

This is Joe

06/07/05, 18:46:19

This is Joe Originally uploaded by kostia.

M o r o n

06/07/05, 15:41:02

Shelley just noticed the convex rearview mirrors on my monitor. One has been there for well over a year. She actually asked me, "how does that work?..

Misplaced modifiers

06/07/05, 15:04:42

Jeff and his girlfriend (Lisa) went to Reno last weekend to go to a dinky little zoo and see a liger. They were very impressed by the liger, which i..

Enough about my phone.

06/06/05, 21:48:08

And sorry for leaving my best friend's bra on the page for 24 hours. We went and saw Eddie From Ohio at the Herndon Festival yesterday. I had an ab..

Lisa flashes us eeeeeeeek

06/05/05, 20:05:44

Lisa flashes us eeeeeeeek Originally uploaded by kostia.

Herndon Festival

06/05/05, 16:48:46

Herndon Festival Originally uploaded by kostia.

Herndon Festival

06/05/05, 16:39:57

Herndon Festival Originally uploaded by kostia.

AWESOME

06/05/05, 13:49:35

Okay, so we've established that I can now post pictures and blog entries from ANYWHERE ON GOD'S GREEN EARTH. Isn't that just too cool? In an incredi..

Testing

06/05/05, 13:47:49

Test post from my Treo

I took a picture from my car!

06/04/05, 20:22:29

I took a picture from my car! Originally uploaded by kostia.

Trying something

06/02/05, 23:07:04

Trying something Originally uploaded by kostia.

Things I like. Things I do not like.

06/02/05, 21:15:24

I like things that come in sets, several of the same thing in different colors especially. Sharpies. Paper clips. Little boxes. Icons. When my comp..

What the fuck, Julie?

06/01/05, 21:59:34

*Evelina says, 'I hadn't even seen the first two'. *You say, 'holy fuck you'd never seen star wars?!'. Evelina shakes her head. You kiss her. *Y..

Deep Throat

05/31/05, 16:21:01

Today's breaking story is really something else, at least to Lisa and me, who both have a pretty generation-inappropriate fascination with Watergate..

Fun with IMDB

05/28/05, 18:35:23

I noticed recently that the link to Tom Cruise's page on www.imdb.com had a very low number. Namely, 129. Now, considering every production assistan..

A strange and tiring week, overall

05/26/05, 19:18:36

Wednesday night and Thursday morning I packed for the beach. I left Thursday morning, parked my car at the train, went to work, and worked the whole..

(sorry!)

05/19/05, 01:16:59

Your English Skills: Grammar: 100% Punctuation: 100% Spelling: 100% Vocabulary: 100% Does Your English Cut the Mustard?

From BBC News

05/17/05, 15:42:21

bbcnews Originally uploaded by kostia. One of these things is not like the others.

Dream

05/16/05, 11:35:42

I had a strange and unsettling dream last night. I think I had been committed or something; I was undeniably admitted to some sort of inpatient psy..

give me some sugar

05/13/05, 11:01:18

When I walked in to work just now, there were Krispy Kremes on the table. I'm wearing a lace shirt I absolutely love, which I've had since I was 18..

colors

05/12/05, 15:55:28

Obviously I am messing with the color scheme a little bit. I've also fallen out of love with some of the photos and will be swapping in new ones. Pr..

Sorry for spam, but I agree with every word of this.

05/12/05, 00:52:06

Takara Cubee - Singing Animal Cubes Front face flaps. Sing backup. Plastic pyramid. Every word.

PVP after my own heart

05/11/05, 23:48:58

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Paper Cutouts by PaperToys.com

05/09/05, 17:15:11

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre - Paper Cutouts by PaperToys.com

Mac ads

05/08/05, 22:02:32

I'm watching this tape from (I think ) 1998, the one that had the last Seinfeld on it, and I just got an ad for “the new PowerBook G3.” ..

Weekend happenings.

05/08/05, 21:37:37

Julie and Paul came down Friday afternoon. They had lunch near my office then went to the Air & Space Museum. After I got off work, we went and ..

Photos are up.

05/05/05, 17:43:08

115 new pics are on my site from a couple of fun days with the Sedlaks. A couple of highlights, if you like:

Tell me I did not...

05/05/05, 17:37:46

... just see Dan at the food court across the street. Because it's impossible it was him, right? Right.

Flickr

05/04/05, 00:50:14

This is a test post from , a fancy photo sharing thing.

I'm HAVING A COW.

05/03/05, 23:04:57

Will explain after announcement. THE TRAILER FOR “UNDEAD” IS ON THE APPLE WEBSITE. UNDEAD. FROM LIONS GATE FILMS. UNDEAD. WHICH TAKES ..

Work bitching I sent to Lisa today

05/03/05, 21:39:51

The problem at work basically boils down to two things. One, the projects I'm working on are both being managed by people who aren't Chris. Chris is..

Tiger

05/01/05, 23:53:25

I got my copy of Mac OS X 10.4, Tiger, from Amazon on Friday morning. I took my computer to work and upgraded it in stolen moments while I worked al..

Dream

04/30/05, 12:23:20

I was at David and Lisa's, but it wasn't the house where they really live. This one had a very narrow kitchen with rooms along one side and cabinets..

mutter

04/28/05, 16:28:50

I was recently handed a list of abbreviations, "ready for layout," containing this gem of NOT RIGHTness (among a dozen others): UNAIDS: United Nati..

Children understand digital cameras.

04/27/05, 20:36:47

I am at Lisa's, for it is Wednesday. I'm waiting patiently while they put the girls to bed. From the time I got here, a little less than an hour ago..

Google sightseeing

04/27/05, 14:05:55

I was just playing on a cool site (www.googlesightseeing.com) and decided to look for places I know on Google Maps. It's been possible for years (ba..

His Dark Materials

04/27/05, 00:22:00

Several times over the last few years, I've read and listened to three books by Philip Pullman: The Golden Compass, The Subtle Knife, and The Amber ..

One of two things needs to happen.

04/26/05, 00:11:49

Either my neighbors, whose every screaming word I can hear (especially every fourth one, which is “fuckin'”) need to shut up, or the mal..

Pictures, because Alecia's a big whiner

04/24/05, 22:31:25

The only pictures I've taken are of Max. Big fucking deal. But you demanded pictures, so pictures you get. http://www.kostia.net/photo This is th..

eh, forget it

04/24/05, 01:20:59

I decided putting the last 3-5 StumbleUpon links under that blue rule in each entry would be neat, but the RSSAtom plugin I was using (it had the be..

testing

04/23/05, 19:49:08

What I want Nucleus to do

04/23/05, 14:05:43

I read a blog called Undisclosed Location, which is written by a medical student and is occasionally interesting. The first couple of days I read it..

Overheard at work just now

04/22/05, 17:50:32

Wendy (playfully perturbed): “Eek! Where's my granola bar?” (Silence.) Wendy (slightly incredulous, slightly less playful): “Som..

It's obvious I could not have put this better myself

04/21/05, 02:03:25

. . . except that I know why “Alan.” I know my readership, and my readership needs to read this. http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~anna/?it..

April is SO not the cruelest month.

04/20/05, 15:57:25

It's so beautiful outside. I love spring I love spring I love spring I love spring I love spring I love spring I love spring I love spring I love sp..

Annoying job-search problem

04/20/05, 14:31:39

And an annoying ecto problem! Tab takes you from the title field to the body field, but shift-tab does not take you back. Hate that shit. The real ..

Email from Lisa

04/20/05, 14:13:52

Lisa just got back from Ecuador, where she and David and David's mom and Neva and Josie went for Fernando's wedding. As you may or may not be aware,..

Email from Jeff

04/20/05, 14:07:42

On 4/20/05 11:17 AM, (my brother)@intel.com wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/20/mary.underpass.ap/index.html you think the people in Clearwat..

general malaise

04/18/05, 12:25:22

Unhappy, unmotivated, unfriendly. I spent ages this morning muttering to myself over something untenably rude, selfish, and disrespectful someone I..

YES

04/15/05, 14:35:14

It works PERFECTLY. I'm so happy. Being able to easily link stuff to Wikipedia, for some reason, has long been a desire of mine, and now I can. Whee.

custom tags

04/15/05, 14:29:49

I just learned how to make custom html tags in ecto. For that reason I'm now going to be testing it. The last week or so, I've been listening to Ja..

DC

04/14/05, 22:05:36

On the Metro tonight the driver said that Foggy Bottom was “the last stop in the District of Columbus.” Is it possible that people who ..

education

04/14/05, 18:48:31

Maybe I'll try to learn something every day. Yesterday I learned all about the reproductive cycle of the lotus from this photography site. http://ww..

ignore this post :)

04/11/05, 15:17:21

I'm just testing a few things.

Friday night

04/11/05, 15:04:26

I was going to edit this, but instead I'm going to just copy it verbatim from my moleskine notebook, where I wrote it drunk on a subway platform Fri..

FABOO. NOT.

04/11/05, 11:04:10

Well, all the entries I wrote in ecto while I wasn't able to log in are fucking gone. They were here, but then I logged out, so I guess it erased th..

:: Unique Cast Glass Monuments, Memorials, Headstones & Signage - designed by Lundgren Monuments ::

03/29/05, 22:12:49

:: Unique Cast Glass Monuments, Memorials, Headstones & Signage - designed by Lundgren Monuments ::: I have no intention of being buried or of ..

amaztype examples

03/26/05, 00:17:24

It's like an art form, in a way. I'm really enjoying putting words into it and seeing what I get out of it. Perhaps it's because of the simple word..

amaztype

03/25/05, 23:53:34

amaztype: This is an amazing piece of Flash. You put in a word or a name (I used “Elaine”; also try “Harry Potter” or ̶..

Scents and sensibilities

03/24/05, 22:28:36

Cleolinda wrote the other day about Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, which sells essential oil scents. 85% perfume oils, whereas your typical cologne is l..

My Frappuccino is weird.

03/23/05, 11:11:29

The whipped cream is kind of goopy and thick and even slimy. It's sort of gross. It tastes good, but the texture is all wrong. Alecia, defend your ..

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Humor (Jest in Time)

03/22/05, 22:43:35

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Humor (Jest in Time): There was this little boy about 12 years old walking down the sidewalk dragging a flattened fr..

now I'm sad

03/21/05, 08:31:04

My mommy just left. :(

I worked until midnight yesterday.

03/17/05, 16:06:58

I think I have a fever or something, and my nose has been running all week. Other stuff is wrong too but it's really just a general physical malaise..

Web of Letters

03/15/05, 23:05:16

Web of Letters: Takes random image search results based on the letters you type to give you a collage of photos spelling anything you want. It's ..

Extremely Detailed Dream

03/12/05, 16:28:40

I irresponsibly slept well into the afternoon today. I don't do this that often; I must have really needed to catch up on the rest. When I sleep for..

Massively Multiplayer Personal Productivity

03/12/05, 02:27:13

From the blog of Steven of Panic. Massively Multiplayer Personal Productivity: It is important to recognize where hypocrisy and double-standards ex..

whatsinyourbag

03/12/05, 01:54:50

A Gizmodo post today alerted me to the fact of lots of photos on Flickr with the tag “whatsinyourbag.” You can use RSS or a Flickr clien..

Episode III: The Sith are Assholes, Apparently

03/10/05, 22:15:13

I recorded “The O.C.” tonight specifically to get the Episode III trailer. I fast-forwarded through all of the show*, knowing full well ..

When I was younger, so much younger than today

03/08/05, 01:02:31

Sorry, this is stupid, I just can't believe how cute.

Nasty karmic shift.

03/07/05, 09:23:55

I don't know if they're going to do a whole week with Duke, but it's interesting. Today's, at least, is even sort of subtle. http://www.ucomics.com..

Lonesome Electric Chicken

03/06/05, 21:50:27

This is just a screencapture. The Medievia window pretty much explains it in full.

Quality shirtwear

03/06/05, 18:34:14

I know there are varied reactions to this, but I wanted to share it anyway. As you may recall from a popular previous entry, there are several ca..

SSI Shredding Demonstrations

03/06/05, 17:20:19

SSI Shredding Demonstrations: Videos of industrial heavy-duty shredding machines shredding lots of stuff, from the expected (plastic drums, aluminu..

Saturday

03/06/05, 14:15:26

Here's what I did not do yesterday: Call my brother and my father to wish them a happy birthday. Here's what I did do yesterday: I got up around n..

The Abduction Announcement.

03/02/05, 01:28:52

The Abduction Announcement.: This is a pretty amazing 3D (stereoscopic) comic strip. I wish there were a hundred of them to enjoy.

Powells.com Interviews - Pam Houston

02/26/05, 19:55:33

Powells.com Interviews - Pam Houston: This is a great interview with a writer I'd never heard of. I'm on the Powell's mailing list—their emai..

For those few of my readers who are not Anna

02/26/05, 14:15:05

... her latest entry in Sophia's page, about reading-readiness works at the Montessori school, is fascinating.

Longmire does Romance Novels

02/24/05, 20:38:24

Longmire does Romance Novels:

Plan B

02/23/05, 13:25:07

I was thinking about ordering pizza for my lunch. But I don't think I have the balls to go through with it.

No lunch for you.

02/23/05, 13:22:49

Chris and I usually have lunch together. I usually let him decide where to eat, for the same reason I never choose a table in a restaurant when some..

cars

02/21/05, 22:10:20

The other night, my mother and I had a conversation about SUVs. For several months I've been planning on buying a Saturn Vue as my next car. I want ..

Russian me, take two

02/21/05, 17:00:06

Deborah was dissatisfied with her earlier effort.

Russian me

02/21/05, 15:54:15

Deborah wrote a composition for Russian and I'm in it.

Duke

02/21/05, 12:12:43

CNN.com - Hunter S. Thompson dead at 67 - Feb 21, 2005: It breaks my heart when people seem to try everything they can, drugs or solitude or crazine..

I feel GREAT.

02/21/05, 10:38:19

I just saw something that absolutely made my day. In the Metro station across the street (I'm at work now) is an ad poster with a picture of a brid..

Links I'm discovering tonight

02/20/05, 23:52:45

The thing is, I'm so bored I'm actually clicking Stumble. Over and over and over. I already randomly landed on a site Dee put into the system, which..

“The Crackers”

02/20/05, 17:36:11

“The Crackers”:

Magnetic Fields

02/20/05, 15:25:49

I don't really have a lot to say today; it's been a weekend filled with sleep, laundry, pizza, and television. I haven't gone out or anything. But ..

Girls can be such morons.

02/19/05, 20:06:20

I knew I shouldn't have read the Medievia Valentine's messages, but there was one for me from some random clanleader. Then I read one that was for s..

End of Road Looms for Red-Light Cameras

02/19/05, 00:32:21

End of Road Looms for Red-Light Cameras: Va. House panel's vote signals the impending end of the state's 10-year experiment with the technology. THA..

02/17/05, 15:44:39

I found a plugin (which I had to edit to get working) that changes anything you put in double brackets into a Wikipedia link automatically. I'm all..

from Lin

02/17/05, 14:57:25

"Why is it every time I'm about to update my 2-months-out-of-date site about Max, all ready to post how funny and cute he is, with pictures even, he..

I promise this will put an end to this.

02/17/05, 01:32:48

This is a photo imported from iPhoto. That's Shelley and Bruce. I'm not sorry at all. This is a photo from another website, dragged from Firefox. ..

No matter what I do it says “Upload Failed.” ARGH.

02/17/05, 00:43:55

Much to what I suspect is Anna's continuing annoyance, I'm obsessed with getting ecto to make these sexy little image popups for me. Posting images ..

02/17/05, 00:21:04

Much to what I suspect is Anna's continuing annoyance, I'm obsessed with getting ecto to make these sexy little image popups for me. Posting images ..

I illustrated it.

02/16/05, 18:16:57

The Tree of Irony

02/16/05, 15:49:12

The Tree of Irony. Also please note Snail Harassment and Bunny Pit.

Well, I still hate India.

02/16/05, 13:50:03

The fine nuclear-capable nation of India has NO inland borders that are not contested. This means that I cannot live an easy life. Maps are supplied..

Dream

02/16/05, 11:36:14

Last night I had a dream where Wayne and I were in a hotel room. I think I dreamed about Wayne because of the American Idol guy. Also in the hotel r..

I need a tshirt

02/16/05, 11:32:48

... that says, on the back, OMG SHELLEY I DON'T CARE.

Today's Get Fuzzy is so surreally wonderful

02/16/05, 00:36:50

here's a link

American Idol

02/16/05, 00:23:33

There's a guy on American Idol this year who looks just like Wayne. His name's Anthony Federov. He doesn't look like him in this picture, but trust ..

massive discovery

02/15/05, 15:53:04

OH MY GOD. Did you know that if you highlight a table column in InDesign and set a decimal tab, you don't have to actually HIT tab in each cell, it..

the looking up that things are doing continues

02/15/05, 14:57:27

Last week on a whim I filled out a credit card application with my bank, which is something I haven't tried to do in years and years. Much to my ama..

new photos are in

02/15/05, 00:36:03

So refresh to your heart's content. They're almost all a lot darker than I'd like, but I'll get used to it. My favorites are the bike on the beach..

a little sun through the clouds, already

02/14/05, 22:17:16

You all just made my day so much better by complimenting the pictures. I'm definitely going to add more. thank you. PS No clue what the hell is up..

02/14/05, 21:43:31

I just hate everything. Why are weekends so short? Why does it have to take so long to get to work in the car and on the bus and on the train and so..

fear the javascript skills

02/13/05, 21:36:49

well, that was easy and seems to have worked. go me. the colors aren't like they were before, but I like it better anyway.

amusingness

02/13/05, 20:53:08

I'm watching Baby Blues, which is a TV show based on the comic strip. It's from the very beginning of the strip's chronology, when Zoe was a baby an..

oops

02/13/05, 18:57:38

I totally forgot to mention that last night I got three strikes in a row. In the same game I also had another strike and two spares. We played four..

Preview images of “Goblet of Fire” Lego sets

02/13/05, 17:43:48

From HPANA http://www.hpana.com/news.18500.html This is my favorite of the linked pictures. It shows the cauldron in the graveyard. There are maske..

war, after all, is the biggest fucking omelet there is.

02/13/05, 17:39:14

http://fafblog.blogspot.com/2005_02_06_fafblog_archive.html#110788875632695353

general update

02/13/05, 17:38:31

Last night Lin and Matt and I went out to Applebee's and then bowling. There was a really young guy (“twenty-two--and a half!”) on the l..

Tiki Central Forums - View Topic

02/11/05, 22:36:22

Tiki Central Forums - View Topic: Awesome pictures of concept drawings and a mural by Mary Blair, one of classic Disneyana's most recognizable ar..

ROYAL SYNONYMIZER: Greetings, Your Highness. How may I be of ministration?

02/11/05, 20:56:20

I was reading the paper. I read about Sudan. Then I wrote to Lisa, thusly: Then I read another thing about Prince Charles and how he's gonna marry ..

This one time, on Medievia,

02/11/05, 20:27:32

. . . I wrote some quest auction item descriptions, and the descriptions were so fun and so good. It is the opportunity to do writing like this that..

ban comic sans :: Free font archive

02/11/05, 18:21:56

ban comic sans :: Free font archive: http://www.bancomicsans.com/fonts_l.html The ones from "apostrophic lab" look promising. I'm just storing this..

You know you're from New Jersey when

02/10/05, 22:08:08

Stupid list of shit. http://www.blogthings.com/north-jersey.html Then, this: You remember Action Park and may have been seriously injured there. I'm..

sorry, I promise actual content soon

02/10/05, 22:00:56

You Are A Realist You are more romantic than 20% of the population. When it comes to romance, you tend to take a realistic approach. You ..

It's getting better.

02/09/05, 17:14:03

Laying out the tables still has a hundred steps, but the performance is way up. I think the fact I had Classic running all day yesterday (by acciden..

NOT encouraging

02/08/05, 16:44:39

I fought so hard to get them to let me lay out the WDI in InDesign, and it turns out it's so much slower and harder. And I can't tell anyone. Thes..

It's 6:35 pm . . .

02/07/05, 18:41:59

and I just pulled a dryer sheet out of the back of my collar. sneaky little bastard'd been there all day and no one noticed. iTunes is playing Sec..

Shelley's such a fucking moron.

02/07/05, 18:03:06

A moron in that way that my generation and (especially) the one after it have of calling anyone who doesn't know everything you do about technology ..