Geek. Gamer. Reader. Non-Compliant.
My world got a little darker today. I turn on the car radio on my way into work, and am confronted with the horrifying fact that someone made a cover of Professor Dumbledore Richard Harris' MacArthur Park. I have no words – merely an inarticulate scream of horror and despair.
Damn, but can cook a turkey! He's in charge of cooking the turkey, making gravy, and making the bread. (Ok, so we cheat and use a bread maker) I'm in charge of the mashed potatoes, green bean casserole (la la la la I can't hear you, it's good stuff la la la), and carving the turkey. I call it carving, but really, it's just hacking all the meat off. It works. I (heart) my electric knife. Rob played Final Fantasy most of the morning while I slept in. I played .hack most of the afternoon. After dinner we attempted to…
The menu for tomorrow: Turkey Homemade Gravy Garlic Mashed Potatoes Green Bean Casserole (hey, I love the stuff) Cranberry sauce (the canned jelled stuff, because that's what likes. Bleh – it's all his. Homemade Bread – either honey white, or beer bread w/ guinness or fat tire – undecided as yet. Ice Cream for dessert. The plan for tomorrow (other than cooking) is sleeping in, video games, movies and stuff.
Off work for a nice long weekend (more about that later), I just played an hour's worth of .hack, and I've also discovered that I like Guinness beer. Wow. Great start to the holiday!
I just joined Netflix! So, add me to your netflix friends list! jenbooks. gmail.
No wonder I'm cold! It is time for warm fuzzy socks and a warm fuzzy man. You may hear the shriek when I first get my feet warmed up.
The in-laws sent us some pictures of sqlrob when he was but a lad. This prompted me to see if my scanner still works. <chuckles evilly> It does, however Mac OSX doesn’t like it. Apparently, HP doesn’t have drivers for my model – guess it’s too old. It works just fine on my Win98 box – haven’t turned that poor thing on in months! So here’s sqlrob now… … and here he is in college…
Well. So much for resolutions. I'm starting my 63rd book this evening; last year about this time I was at 116. I noticed I re-read more than I thought I had too. Hmm. I've got a lot of ruts to break out of next year. So, here's the list so far: 002. Thuvia, Maid of Mars – Burroughs, Edgar Rice 003. Dragon's Kin – McCaffrey, Anne & Todd 004. Guardian Angel – Paretsky, Sara 005. Feed – Anderson, M.T. 006. Cat Who Talked Turkey, The – Braun, Lilian Jackson 007. Bright Messengers – Lee, Gentry 008. Faraday's Orphans – Wood,…
Today, we picked up Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. I love the 1971 Willy Wonka, but this version of it is fantastic. So true to the book, as well. Item the first: Jake loves to chase squirrels in the back yard. Never even comes close to them, and always overshoots the tree they scamper up, but boy, does he love to try. Item the second: Jake is a very smart dog. He knows many words and phrases. “Walk”. “Last Call” (his last time out for the night and we really mean it). “Pocky” (don't ask). Among these words and phrases…
So I just woke up from an odd dream. I dreamed was teaching me to throw hand grenades at a dixie cup1. Then I was reading his journal entry about giving a facelift to a local octogenarian, but I woke up before I could click the link. 1Well, it was a large dixie cup.