It came from #predicate, the SMS edition
Edited to remove extraneous conversation.<novaheat> Dear god. The local news is currently reporting on the scourge of "textual harassment."<novaheat> First it was "sexting," now...
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For infrastructure geeks like me, this is manna from heaven. For you, normal people, it might be kinda nifty. Link ganked from derspatchel.Basically it's a map of the US Interstate system, presented in...
View ArticleA post about my Padres.
This is about baseball, so please, if you don't enjoy or care about baseball, or if you hate it, by all means skip this. Unless... unless you played some baseball or softball or maybe even some...
View ArticleUntold power in my fingers
Apparently I should shut the hell up about the Padres. Since my little paean to them they've lost 5 games in a row. So, uh, I take it back! They're terrible! They suck! Boo!
View ArticleIn which I received a letter from Terry Pratchett.
As I mentioned on my Facebook a few weeks ago, I received a personal letter from one of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett. It wasn't a very long letter, but it was long enough to be clear that he'd...
View ArticleOld Made Not New, Just Yet
The problems of the not-actually-very-rich: We rather suddenly inherited several generations of silver service pieces, coming down to me as the only child of an only child of a child of a small family...
View ArticleNiblet Theater: Doing Better Than Your Parents Edition
I know, it's been a while. Shaddap.INT. LIVING ROOMNIBLET has just finished most of his dinner, followed by a fairly involved discussion of why Niblet isn't getting dessert despite eating much of his...
View ArticleIt Came from #predicate: The Soft Rock Equations
<electroboy> even soft rock is about boning <bitterpants> everything is about boning<electroboy> tonight i celebrate my love for you = boning<scottydont> meet you all the way,...
View ArticleJust Talkin'
So, the main reason I'm not blathering here much is because I've taken my blather elsewhere. And when it comes to longer blather, well, I'm trying to blather out an entire novel. No, it's not any...
View ArticleBackstory #1
So who's reading this? Nobody, that's who. Therefore, I'm gonna do a thing. I'm actually working on a novel. Part of it involves some character backstory. I've written it for several of my...
View ArticleThe next installment of backstory: Tal's Story
Tal was born in Manhattan to parents who lived in Connecticut but whose souls resided in Manhattan, especially on the maternal side. His mother held on to her labor for an hour past when he should have...
View ArticleThe Perils of Punsterism, an Instructive Tale
So a year or so ago, I was piloting a large automobile filled with a number of my friends from Southern to Northern California to attend the wedding of a friend of ours. I don't know how it started,...
View ArticleWhy I have not done what I said I would do
I know I promised backstories for several more characters in this supposed novel, but I realized that I wanted some of my characters to do different things than I had initially thought they would do....
View ArticleSo, uh... hi... again?
I guess I'm back? I am exploring the idea of using this instead of Facebook. For various reasons, mostly that it seems like Facebook is slowly but apparently deliberately turning itself into a...
View ArticleI Am So, So, Sorry
I had a bunch of blather about how mental pain is the same as physical and the patriarchy making men feel like they could never feel any depression and a whole lot of bullshit, but at the end of it...
View ArticleOK Boomer
So there's been a lot of generational talk lately. It's not all entirely wrong, I think — obviously different folks who grew up in different times experience the world and the culture at large...
View ArticleBrilliant Product Idea
I want my front door lock to unlock when I'm within a certain proximity, like with some cars.Obviously this is immediately problematic — what if I were to leave my proximity key near the door? Well...
View ArticleMay
My wife always loved having a little kid. She was super enamored of the cuteness, and, well, who could blame her? This kid was super, super cute. (Still is!) But me, I was always looking forward to the...
View ArticleIt's been real, it's been fun, but...
It's time to say "see ya" to Facebook. There are many reasons why it's time to let this thing go, and increasingly many more reasons to kick it in the ass on the way out. Reasons:— They're selling...
View ArticleFriendsmas
It really is so nice to spend time with your family of choice. At least, it is for me. I'm lucky that a lot of my biological family members are also people I enjoy spending time with, and that some of...
View ArticleUh oh
I have absolutely been neglecting this particular outlet for blathering, instead blathering other places... but mostly not blathering at all. I'd say sorry, but on the other hand, you've been spared a...
View ArticleHow do traditions get made?
The answer is simple: Start making them. It's really easy to start them. The hard part is to keep doing them until they actually become traditions. For my immediate and chosen family, one tradition...
View ArticleOh, those interests
I just reviewed my interests and found many of them terribly embarrassing. Ay yi yi. Anyway here is the current list, please let me know if any of this is terrible and should be removed...Other than...
View ArticleI think I'm okay...
Not related to any viruses. But a while back I posted, asking to see if anyone had any issues with my old LJ likes list (https://dogofthefuture.livejournal.com/294139.html) It seems nobody did. I have...
View ArticleDangit, me
I snapped at my child earlier tonight, and I... well, maybe I wasn't wrong to say what I said, but I was wrong to have snapped at her.I don't even remember how it came up, but she said something to me...
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