Archive for the 'Personal' Category
Facebook be-gone!
It took something like 3 months, but my facebook account is finally permanently deleted.
As some of you might know, I originally killed the account back in May. And then waited the required time for it to (supposedly) be deleted. But it wasn’t – it was just suspended. it seems that was JUST before facebook created [...]
General Health Update
So a quick update on my general health, since that’s been an issue for the last 8-9 months :
I’ve got my blood sugar levels under control, with a minimum dose of metformin daily and diet. This rocks.
The tooth I had removed a few weeks back has healed completely. This also rocks, but it has taken [...]
Read a book! Read a book! Read a m-f-in’ book!
If there’s one thing getting the iPad did for me, it got me reading again. Not that I wasn’t reading books before I got the iPad, but it was all tech manuals, philosophical, or reference stuff. What the iPad brought me back to was recreational reading, crap fiction, sci-fi, and the like.
There is one problem [...]
A word on Customer service
Gang I love me some TigerDirect. Cheap parts, low failure rate (for me anyway), and a good selection. Yesterday I went in for a new HD. They had a 750G for CHEAP on the website, but hey, I’d take a 640G if they were out. So when I didn’t see it, I asked a guy [...]
Micro-blog madness
I find myself posting to twitter and tumblr more than this blog most days. Not that I don’t like the longer format, but it’s more a matter of convenience. I can dash off something quick, or post a photo, or whatever quickly and easily in a micro-blog a lot quicker than I can compose a [...]
“I have ridden the mighty Moon Worm!”
Well, no, not really. I am not the First Emperor of the Moon, nor am I Al Gore, but I do feel like I’ve been to the Moon and back again, and the moon was green and lush and cool and full of nice people. You see, last weekend I flew to the Upper Peninsula [...]
The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and something with the Tooth
So I’m coming out of a fog from the last several days, due mostly to a cocktail of painkillers. Why would I be in a fog of painkillers, you might ask?
Tuesday I woke up to a pain in my jaw. I figured something had gotten caught between my teeth, and irritated the gum, causing swelling. [...]
What I’m Reading – Web Comics Edition
As many of you know, I have a horrible web comics addiction. Just as Ursula – if we’re travelling, I get the jitters if I don’t get my fix of at least SOME of the daily web comics.
Yesterday, Jeff The Riffer asked for web comics to read. And I promised my list of “currently following.” The [...]
I never expected that…
Anthrocon was a blast, as usual. As per Ursula’s Post we had fun, but didn’t do as well as we normally do. But since it’s the last con of the season, we’ve got a couple of months to look at the overall trends and play with some new merch ideas.
I also realised that I REALLY [...]
The followup
A quick followup to my last post, but I’m not going TMI with this one because the TMI bits aren’t that amusing, and will take a while to write up, and I have to pack for AnthroCon (see you there!).
And best shared with LOTS of alcohol.
So, All good news on the medical followup [...]