Wired Cola

Argh.

the nice electric litter box we have for our cat broke down after 3 months. At least it has a good warranty.

Meanwhile, I'm feeling boneless. Maybe lack of sleep. Maybe because I didn't ride to work Friday, because I didn't fix the broken spoke in the back wheel Thursday night, because I was feeling boneless then, too.

Oh well, another busy weekend coming up. Going to finish the transmission fluid change (sigh), along with a race, a club meeting, and vast amounts of minor errands.

Ash Wednesday

Fasting, even to the limited extent that I do it, means mild grumpiness and slight apathy.

It was a quiet day in every way for me: the big excitement was getting to teach an e-mail class this afternoon, same one I teach about every two weeks or so. Quiet ride to work, tasty veggie calzone for dinner, quiet mass this evening, and quiet evening at home. Didn't even feel like playing Ico, which is a great game, even so long after its release

Days off are nice

What a wasted day. I got enough done, but I could have done more. Here I am, nice day, good weather, and I'm moping around the house eating peanut butter on crackers because I haven't been able to find my wallet since Sunday afternoon.

The Lovely One asked if I had looked in the dirty clothes basket. No, don't be silly, it couldn't be in there.

It was in there. Then I felt better. Stopped eating peanut butter, grabbed my tools, and went over to Mom & Dad's to do some car repairs.

More unseasonably good weather

We're just feeling all gifted and such these days, since Vancouver has been getting unusually good weather for the last few days.

Okay, I wasn't quite right before: a few pictures were taken this weekend using the fancy-pants camera from work. Here's one:

Big weekend equals less blogging. Sorry.

Saturday, I did a fair amount of work on the car, all too boring to describe. And then, concert! David Jalbert playing the piano. He played an eclectic mix, from Bach to crazy modern stuff by a composer he described as "a bit of a commie." Those pieces were among my favourites, clearly indicating I have descended into full-on music snobbery. Or maybe my taste is just better than yours.

Special Bonus post just for co-worker Chris:

Hi Chris. This is what a really unuseful weblog post looks like.

Oops. There was supposed to be a Thursday post, right?

Right. I keep falling asleep. Last night, instead of fixing my stupid broken bike wheel, I fell asleep. Just too much to do and not enough energy.

"Don't you love how websites are so much cooler now than they were three years ago?"

That's not me, that was T-bone said that.

You know what I like? Not Windows. I'm not even about assigning blame here: I don't care if it's down to terrible programming, aim-at-the-biggest-target malware, or stupid user tricks; I just hate the result.

Three new fillings, one long bike ride, and corn bread

So I went out to my dentist's office to pay for several years of dental neglect. No major hitches in getting three holes in my head plugged (pay no attention to those saying "do three more!"), but getting there was definitely about half the fun.

More pictures, and some notes about Valentine's day.

Warning! The large versions of these pics are a half-meg apiece. click if you dare.

The Lovely One gave me liquor for Valentine's:

I romantically paid for her hair styling, and we went to an antique show Saturday morning, where I got her an amethyst glass toothpick holder: