Archive for August, 2013
Saturday, August 31st, 2013
I just love Iron Man Armored Adventures, what can I say? At some point in season 2, Gene considers that he may have kidnapped the wrong Stark. Which got me thinking, why not take both? (In other words, this is the story of the alternate universe mentioned in The More The Merrier.) Title: Criminal Mastermind […]
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Saturday, August 31st, 2013
August is almost over, and you know what that means! Racing to finish the current writing project by midnight tonight, while ignoring things like work, eating regular meals, or doing any of the exercise I really did plan to do this month. Words written so far: 14000-ish? It’s still in a bunch of different files […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2013
Work dinner at an Italian restaurant! You know what that means? PENNE ALL’ARRABIATA The Eddie Izzard Star Wars Canteen bit is my absolute favorite, and still makes me laugh every time I watch it. “No, fuck off or I’ll kill you with a tray! Give me penne all’arrabiata or you shall die! And you and […]
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Thursday, August 29th, 2013
Mark Ruffalo shows up on my tumblr dash with relative frequency, and often with the nickname ‘fluffalo’ attached. And then yesterday it hit me — why fluffalo and not scruffalo? Inquiring minds want to know. #fake tags are fake #this is why i’m bad at tumblr #i just think scruffalo is more loltastic
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Wednesday, August 28th, 2013
Back in the days of dial-up internet, I would scan lists of potential reading (usually listed by the kilobyte count, rather than word count) and pick the long ones. The longer the better. Everything had to be downloaded, so why not go for the most return on investment? These days I barely have the attention […]
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Tuesday, August 27th, 2013
On Sunday, I was talking with a coworker in the kitchen as he made a sandwich. Step 1: peanut butter on one slice of bread Step 2: jam on second slice of bread Step 3: more peanut butter Step 4: more jam So at this point, I’m thinking the guy just really likes peanut butter […]
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Monday, August 26th, 2013
No otters today, but an adorable badger! (From the Badger Balm facebook page.)
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Sunday, August 25th, 2013
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Saturday, August 24th, 2013
seperis on journaling: “Cat macros, what you had for breakfast, and that weird growth on your toenail are important; the macros were cute, breakfast meant you were less grouchy at work, and hey, that doctor you saw was kind of hot, it’s the life you live and by definition that makes it the most important […]
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Friday, August 23rd, 2013
WORK *Out of three people we are hiring this month, one has officially started. (I think she likes us!!!11!!!) So far, so good. *On the flip side, another person has effectively reduced their availability to zero hours per week for at least half of September. I’m not quite sure what to make of that, but […]
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