Blood Red Moon and Rusalka…

by | Oct 30, 2010 | Journal

….are up! Think of Blood Red Moon as the Starsky and Hutch of vampire stories—Jane will kill me for that; and Rusalka is a ghost story. Happy Halloween, all!

The diet's working…an update.

by | Oct 30, 2010 | Journal

15 lbs down. We started on Atkins, then slipped over to REAL South Beach, and from that point on, though occasionally eating more than we want, we’re losing. Why REAL South Beach? Ever since South Beach licensed their name and logo to Kraft, people have gotten a...

The diet’s working…an update.

by | Oct 30, 2010 | Journal

15 lbs down. We started on Atkins, then slipped over to REAL South Beach, and from that point on, though occasionally eating more than we want, we’re losing. Why REAL South Beach? Ever since South Beach licensed their name and logo to Kraft, people have gotten a...

Bear of a day!

by | Oct 28, 2010 | Journal

Some days it just seems mother Earth has slipped on the axis. Or that you have. I have worked since near 8 am this morning til, now, 3:32 this afternoon on one problem: making Win 7’s eccentricities (it won’t erase some files, or will, but it tells you it...

NASA program to protect Earth from CME's…

by | Oct 26, 2010 | Journal

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/26oct_solarshield/nasa plan A CME (coronal mass ejection) is not uncommon. But there ARE uncommon CMEs that can really ruin not only your day, but possibly your decade. No phones. No lights. No heat. This...

NASA program to protect Earth from CME’s…

by | Oct 26, 2010 | Journal

http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2010/26oct_solarshield/nasa plan A CME (coronal mass ejection) is not uncommon. But there ARE uncommon CMEs that can really ruin not only your day, but possibly your decade. No phones. No lights. No heat. This...

Anime…our favorites…

by | Oct 25, 2010 | Journal

I got Jane the traditional black cat for her birthday—a lovely kitteh in a snowglobe. And I found a couple of Bleach movies on Amazon. Bleach is one of our favorites…we have stacks and stacks of it. We are so disappointed in most American drama…very...

It is Jane's Birthday!

by | Oct 24, 2010 | Journal

Black cats are her thing. Remember Efanor. OSG has already struck. I have several things in mind. Our favorite pub has ‘free steak dinner on your birthday,’ and she is set on that. We have been in Seattle the last week, visiting her brothers. Now we are...