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.

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.

Thought I'd dust off the LJ posting client for a moment to say that Batman Begins is a seriously fucking awesome movie. And Episode III sucked, but in an ooh shiny kinda way. More news soon.

Swiped from Chances are people you don't even know are being introduced to your journal every day, either randomly or through someone else. In addition to recent entries, people can get to know you better by what you posted in the past. With that in mind, post a link to your entries on this day six months ago, nine months ago, a year ago, and two years ago. April 20, 2005 – Scary Cats (well, 04/21/2005) January 20, 2005 – uh.. a meme October 20, 2004 – random thought about work (10/19/2004) October 20, 2003 – a link pointing out…

King Edward I You scored 70 Wisdom, 81 Tactics, 52 Guts, and 48 Ruthlessness! Or rather, King Edward the Longshanks if you've seen Braveheart. You, like Edward, are incredibly smart and shrewd, but you win at any costs…. William Wallace died at his hands after a fierce Scottish rebellion against his reign. Despite his reputation though, Longshanks had the best interests of his people at heart. But God help you if you got on his bad side. My test tracked 4 variables How you compared to other people your age and gender: You scored higher than 78% on Unorthodox You…

You have a total of 57 friends You requested to guess 57 entries. 5 were skipped due to invalid content (surprising?). You made 52 guesses. You got 50 correct. Doing the math for you, that means you got 96% correct See? I do read you guys!

Does anyone listening know how long personal checks are good for? Will the bank refuse them after a certain amount of time?

If there is at least one person in your life whom you consider a close friend, and whom you would not have met without the internet, post this sentence in your journal. So, yeah – I guess ought to count as a “close friend”! I met Rob in Dallas, through a Usenet newsgroup called dfw.singles. I wouldn't have been in Dallas if I hadn't have moved there because of a guy I met on the 'net. I wouldn't have been on Usenet if it hadn't have been for that same guy. On a related note, it's obvious that I'm warped…