Archive for July, 2003

When it rains

Thursday, July 31st, 2003

I would have posted about this last night but there would have been far too much profanity. As it is, this post is full of geekish talk, so if that makes your eyes glaze over, skip it.
We’ve got a home network with several computers using a linux machine for IP masquerading, which basically means [...]

Spa-bulous

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

My sister in law invited me to go to Canyon Ranch Spa in Tucson this October. It sounded like a great deal, but unfortunately they’re getting back the day before we’re leaving for Gunstock 2003, so I had to decline. Maybe I will be at goal, or close to it, when they go [...]

Bizarre

Wednesday, July 30th, 2003

I’ve known a lot of cats in my life, but Max the Kitten is the first one I’ve met who likes to eat popcorn. He grabbed a piece, ran off into the fireplace to eat it, and is growling and snarling at the dogs who want to share.

Whafu?

Monday, July 28th, 2003

Greetings from 2003: the year that the United States takes huge leaps backwards.
“Parents: White Teacher Should Not Teach Black History” - guess this means we should keep black people from teaching European or early American history. Right? Right?
“New York to Open First U.S. Public School for Gays” - super, so now gays and [...]

And you may ask yourself: how did I get here?

Monday, July 28th, 2003

A brief flurry of comments and emails about MUDding made me decide I should come clean as to how this blog even started.
Back in 1994 was when I got net access for the first time. I think it was also around that time that I got my first CDROM drive and 14.4 modem. [...]

A name

Saturday, July 26th, 2003

I think we finally have a kitten name:
Maximus Purrimus Alottus
a.k.a. Max
He just isn’t a Pyewackett.

I slay me

Friday, July 25th, 2003

The other day I made some Crystal Light. Hub walked up and saw the pitcher and asked what it was. And noted there was a dog hair floating in it. Oh, that’s because it’s my hairbal tea, I said. BaHA! BaHAhaha!

He-who-has-not-been-named

Friday, July 25th, 2003

Well, here he is. Pretty cute, huh? Poor guy has a cold so he’s feeling pretty miserable right now. He’s been in my lap for the past 4 hours or so, and every time I get up he follows me around until I sit down again and hops back up.

quickie update

Thursday, July 24th, 2003

After 9 hours in the car today (1.5 in a traffic jam in Pleak, TX of all places) we now have a cute little kitten. We ended up having to meet in a gas station parking lot to buy him, and it felt a little like a drug deal going down, but the end [...]

Slightly annoyed

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2003

We’re going to look at kittens tomorrow night. We have to go to Houston because apparently the Central Texas area a) doesn’t have a lot of Siamese breeders to begin with and b) none of them have bluepoints.
Yes, I know, we should adopt a pet from the shelter. I did adopt a pet [...]