Category Archives: Miscellzany

That miscellaneous stuff that fits no where else.

summertime

This is possibly my favorite recording of Summertime – certainly my favorite instrumental version. It makes me feel good. summertime.mp3 You can order the whole album (highly recommended) at Amazon.com:


over the top

My friend Minnesota Nice gave me a nice mention and an award on her blog last week. It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these but how can you say no when someone says nice things about you? Here are my responses to the survey 1. Where is your cell phone? On [...]


i quit!

No, no. Not NaBloPoMo, today it’s finally over. Today is the day I quit smoking, again. I picked it back up over the summer but I always intended to quit again before winter, since I smoke outside. But a couple weeks ago I got bronchitis. Back in the 90s, I went through several years of [...]


too bad they didn’t have anti-malware in the old, old days


cookie monster was always my favorite

And since it’s World Diabetes Day, Cookie Monster seems extra appropriate.


*new* shoes

The one place I never considered might shrink during my weight loss was my feet. Oh, the swelling in my right foot has decreased some over the last few years but even my very nice ECCO walking shoes (the style of which is not made any more) were too tight. I never could break them [...]


cheating is sometimes a good thing

I wrote quite a long post over atChickens and Eggs today on Cheater’s BBQ. I’m counting that toward NaBloPoMo but I wanted to say a couple things here, as well. Now that I’m officially on the blogroll, I got a nifty new NaBloPoMo badge designed by Tracey at Pretty Little Things. Feel free to admire [...]


ghost story

Joan Juliet Buck: The Ghost of the Rue Jacob You need a good ghost story for Halloween. And if you want to know more about Joan Juliet Buck, Click Here.


and the good news

My new keyboard arrived today! Yay, I no longer have to hunt and peck at the tiny little squished together cheap ass Dell keyboard. I’m happy. For Lel: It’s set up much the same as the Natural Elite except the arrow keys and the home keys have been moved back to their proper position. It [...]


argh

Last night, I spilled my sugar free orange flavored beverage all over my desk. What I didn’t realize was I got my keyboard, too. So, this morning, half my keys weren’t working. Turns out it’s pretty hard to type coherently with half your keys not working, especially since all the vowels except “a” were on [...]


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