Category Archives: Life, the Universe and Everything

In which the author succeeds in out-cheese-sandwiching the cheese sandwich post…

Posted on October 14, 2004 by Solonor

Well, I managed to whine my way into a day off from work today. This is a good thing, because I wasn’t feeling too perky this morning after watching last night’s sorry-ass spectacle (the debate or the game, you pick). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Very funny, lady…

Posted on October 6, 2004 by Solonor

Yet another perk of having a friend in the book-selling biz is having her bring back goodies from conventions. She brought the kids a whole bunch of manga (one of everything… apparently, half the stuff at the show was anime), … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I know a guy who knows a guy…

Posted on October 5, 2004 by Solonor

Here’s something to turn all you Lemony Snicket fans green. My wife’s boss (who is a dear friend) had dinner with “the man” himself. Ooooh. Aaaah. Yes, I am jealous. Shut up. She was at a big book seller’s convention … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Jeanne still blows

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Solonor

We’re still getting wind and rain from this stupid storm. Just when you think it’s finally over, here comes a 60 mph wind gust. Our power has been off and on all day. Just off enough to make it annoying … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Sure the world wide web is great, but you, you make me salvivate…

Posted on September 26, 2004 by Solonor

We still have power. Woo-hoo! I shut down the pc late last night to avoid getting it fried in a power surge, then tried to sleep. HA! That went well. I sat up watching TV all night (alternating between news … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Our own private Idaho

Posted on September 25, 2004 by Solonor

We gave up on worrying about the hurricane. We still have almost all the emergency supplies from last time (kinda hard to use them up in a fricking week), so we just decided to pretend it wasn’t there. A little … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Is it Friday? Must be time for a hurricane!

Posted on September 24, 2004 by Solonor

This one started to head out to sea, then went, “Crap! Where is my head? I almost forgot to devastate Florida!” The thing is, we’re so mentally beaten up now that no one has the energy to care. We’ve gone … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Too Tough to Die

Posted on September 16, 2004 by Solonor

main attraction in a freak side show down in the basement where the cobwebs grow on my last leg just gettin’ by halo round my read too tough to die AP – Johnny Ramone, whose birth name was John Cummings, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I promise this is the last one…

Posted on September 10, 2004 by Solonor

Got the following e-mail on hurricane preparedness today: Any day now, you could turn on the TV and see a weather person pointing to some radar blob out in the Atlantic Ocean and making two basic meteorological points: (1) There … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Ah, the sweet smell of civilization!

Posted on September 6, 2004 by Solonor

Hallelujah and praise Progress Energy! We arrived home from Grump’s house tonight at about 9:15 and saw the warm glow of electric goodness shining through the windows! Thanks to all who called to make sure we were ok. And thanks … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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