in order to confuse you madly...

( an excerpt from the work in progress, which is AFTER the book none of you have read yet. Confused yet? Me too. )

And under the heading of "I learn, so you don't have to": Pistaccio and coffee flavors actually go together better than expected. But not well enough to do it again intentionally.

grrr. also, ow.

for various reasons, Robie (the laptop) is on the IR list until (we hope) Friday.

This means I have been working on the desktop on a regular (many hours a day) basis.

This is a nice desktop. It has a loverly flatscreen monitor the cats can't sleep on, it has all the software I need and it generally gets the job done.

It also has: a mouse.

For the first time in over two years, I am back to wearing a wrist brace.

Hates meece. Wants touchpad back, damn it.

(yes, I know I could buy an external touchpad. I normally don't use the desktop for so many hours in a row that it becomes an issue)