Thank you!
To everyone who posted here, on LJ or elsewhere, thank you so much for your posts! I've determined to donate a fair bit to my local library more than what actually got posted here, but that was kind of the plan all along. ($50 was my thought.) Let's do it again soon, and thank you…
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Home for books! So, I'm carrying this over from LiveJournal, though I'm sure it's spreading all over the universe. Consider this a kind of sponsorship, the way people sponsor walkers when they hoof it for a good cause. Only neither one of us actually has to do anything — you just have to comment, I…
Read MoreMini-Rant for Friday: The Great Culling on American Idol (Spoiler-free)
Dear American Idol Producers, We're not idiots. Well, some of us actually are. And some of us do revel in it a bit, particularly when we're watching your show. But I spent 10 minutes of my evening tonight watching the DVR version of your results show this week. And I felt a compulsion to write.…
Read MoreMini-rant of the afternoon
Today I have been assaulted by poor spelling. I've come to learn to live with this. The fact is that most people can't spell, or don't give a shit about checking, so you end up with ignorance that spreads like rancid icing over a freshly-baked cake. But when it comes from supposedly reputable sources, I…
Read More“Smart people are disenfranchised.”
Adam Sing it, brother. Yeah, he's loud and can be obnoxious, but I'm a carryover fan of Adam Carolla's from his "Loveline" days with Dr. Drew (on whom I had an unseemly crush for some time). Adam's been doing this great morning show with KLSX in Los Angeles for a while, and I stumbled upon…
Read MoreThe (Occasional) Daily Dog
For Love of Chair Now that I read the morning paper at the dining room table like a) a normal person b) a person of leisure, Ciara has taken to joining me on a nearby chair. Largely, I sense, because my leftover food sits waiting for the sink and she's hoping to get involved before…
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One of these days I'll have a TV in the same room as my computer (or my TV and my computer will have made sweet, sweet love and joined together in holy matrimony) and I'll be able to liveblog "Rock of Love Bus." Since I can't, I'll just have to scamper off to watch it…
Read MoreDoing it right
So, now that I'm working from home, all my phone bills belong to me. That means I'm learning just how much I was using the phone in reality, as opposed to the pittance I tended to use when I was just on my own time. Here now, a difference between a Good Customer Experience, and…
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Full of win Yes, we can has cookie.
Read MoreHome for the Holidays
My tale is told Well, it's finally happened: "Home for the Holidays" is a podcast reality. It's a really great way to end what has — for the most part — been a pretty trying year. The story came about last November when I was visiting the family in their suburban Austin digs; anyone who…
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