Monthly Archives: September 2002

Yecch.  0-for-2 on the beer tonight.

It’s so hoppy that even I, who like really hoppy beers, think it’s de trop. Continue reading

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Nail polish sluts

This time I picked a Wet ‘n’ Wild polish, a dark metallic purple called “Vain.” Continue reading

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It must be fall; the varmints are showing up again

I suppose I’d better dismantle my closet and climb into the attic to start stopping up the holes up there. Continue reading

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I hadn’t intended to make Hamburger Flambé this evening

The skillet suddenly burst into flames with a WHOOF. Continue reading

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The beer’s on its way

And it’ll be here in about six weeks. Continue reading

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One more flowerbed weeded out

Bouchercon is the mystery fen’s equivalent of Worldcon.  And this year it’s being held in AUSTIN!! Continue reading

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Hurrah! I’m a paid writer again!

This bunch of stories will be for fourth and fifth-grade literature textbooks, re-tellings not to exceed 1,200 words each. Continue reading

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And the light switch is all better now

It took about ten minutes’ easy work to swap out the busted switch for a new one. Continue reading

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One light pole, de-metallicized

The best I can tell, I pulled out something between three and four pounds of hardware total. Continue reading

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I hate hate HATE HATE!!! chickweed

It’s positively nasty to dig out of a flower bed without disturbing everything else in the bed. Continue reading

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