Hmph. sambear‘s PC doesn’t have an AGP slot available, although the built-in video is AGP. He needs a better video card, good enough for him to play Dark Ages of Camelot nicely. Do any of you gamers have a suggestion…
Rheumatologist Visit
sambear stayed home today to take me to my rheumatologist, because I’m in extreme pain. He’s so good to me. She wasn’t particularly, um, intelligible. In one breath she said she was afraid to give me more pain meds because…
Christian Ritual Murder
Girl, 6, found dead in motel A 6-year-old girl found dead in an Atlanta motel was the victim of an apparent ritual, police said. Other news stories say that the adults involved were apparently attempting an exorcism. The child had…
Poem: On a Night of Snow
Two quotes: If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you are planning for a lifetime, educate people. –Chinese proverb Start by doing what is necessary, then do what…
We Found a Castle, Maybe
The tide of change always begins with a trickle of a few nonconformists and then it grows into a veritable flood as increasing numbers of people abandon the convictions of the past. —John Shelby Spong from his book Living In…
Sunday Sauntering
I’m home again after spending much of the day at curiousmay9‘s house helping her declutter. I feel all accomplished. My house is still messier than I like, but I did have a hand in fighting entropy somewhere in the world…
Saturday Sleepies
sambear and curiousmay9 are out looking at houses with king_james. I didn’t go, because I’m in too much pain today and would probably have ended up just sitting in the car anyway. I’m curious as to what they saw, though.…
More Financial Aid BS
Since SPSU has screwed up something in my financial aid each of the semesters I’ve attended so far, I started weeks ago, contacting the financial aid office in an attempt to deal with any problems well ahead of time. Despite…
Friday Fun
shadowkatt left her purse at the martial arts studio last night, so I cruelly forced her out of bed to go with me when sambear went to the bus. We’re about halfway to the studio there, so I didn’t want…
It Was a Thursday
Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one. –Jane Howard