Double Trouble

Back in November my impulsive inner child decided she wanted a kitten. The Captain came home that night to be greeted by this face -

He instantly fell in love with her, of course, (who wouldn’t?) and all was happy at our little house.

For a short time.

A few weeks ago I decided that Bella was lonely. . . . → Read More: Double Trouble

Diary of a Novice Web Designer

Day 1: Attend my first Intermediate HTML class. Discover that the final project is building a web site with requirements such as “Must have at least one use of event-based ‘feature’ javascript,” “Must have at least 8 examples of ‘SEOed’ text / markup,” and “Must work in both Internet Explorer 6/7 and Firefox with AND without . . . → Read More: Diary of a Novice Web Designer

Fact: Black Cats Prefer Anne Rice

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Biceps Not Included

To anyone who’s ever said, “I’ll do it myself!” I salute you . . . you crazy son of a bitch.

Long ago I determined that a childhood love of Legos means that I have the makings of a mechanical engineer and can therefore build anything. In my defense, given enough time and an instruction booklet in . . . → Read More: Biceps Not Included

Desperate to Be on TV?

I remember that as a teenager I thought the lowest form of self-debasement was putting on a chicken suit and dancing outside a dry cleaners to help increase business. (It wasn’t until I became a school mascot for a night that I realized that no one knows who’s actually in the costume, so your dignity isn’t . . . → Read More: Desperate to Be on TV?