Me: I had a great idea! Prefrontal Cortex: <looking up from its copy of Pride and Prejudice> I thought I felt a headache coming on. Me: No, this one is actually good. PFC: Lay it on me. Me: So you know how Christmas shopping for Dad is impossible and awful. PFC: I’m in here so, […]
I got nothing today, folks. Well, that’s not entirely true. I always have something. I’m pretty sure the day when I can’t come up with remotely anything to say is probably a dark day indeed. Things aren’t as bad as all that just yet. But I feel like I may have set the bar here […]
A word, here, about organization. Just one day after writing about how it wasn’t yet, Christmas is now mostly taken down here. Nick wanted the tree for kindling, and since he was coming to grab it today, once I’d gotten all the lights and decorations off the tree – the very, very, VERY dead tree […]
A word, here, about bucking convention. It’s January 9 and my Christmas decorations are still up. This is, understand, very unusual for me. Over the years I became someone who was very, very adamant about taking the decorations down on January 6, the traditional 12th day of Christmas. Not because I hate Christmas decorations; quite […]
Tonight is literally going to be the first time in 43 years I’ve been alone on New Year’s Eve. I’m not sure how I feel about that. Sitting here today I haven’t quite been sure how I feel about New Year’s in general. With I want to say two exceptions I’ve been going to the […]
I head back to Philadelphia tomorrow, 0600 hours. Something I would not have guessed before I got here, though I probably should have guessed, is that there is definitely something to be said for living in a house with other people. A slightly BIGGER house with other people might be an improvement, perhaps, but one […]
As with the last time this happened, I think I’ve written quite enough today, don’t you? Merry Christmas. JLK
So. How has everyone’s year been? I was at my doctor for my routine check-in the second week of December, and as she was going down the list of things that had changed since the last time I was there she remarked, “oh, you got a flu shot, that’s good.” Getting a flu shot, I […]
A few years ago, folks might remember, I spent one Christmas Eve baking for 7 hours straight. After this event, I said, “note to self: on future Christmas Eves, do not bake for 7 hours straight.” Well, it’s a little after 6, I’ve been cooking in one form or another since about 11:30, and I’m […]
So. Yesterday’s shenanigans. Regular readers may recall that back in the summer I wrote about my desire to get the Ahsoka Tano lightsaber hilts from Galaxy’s Edge, how I wrestled with the notion of getting them or not, and decided that I would save up the money for all those months and, when the time […]