tea and also tea
Nov. 28th, 2007 02:26 pmNESFA Press Zelazny Project: "We plan to print a complete collection of Roger Zelazny's short fiction and poetry, in (probably) five hardcover volumes. We expect to include all published pieces we can find, however obscurely published, and a number of unpublished works retrieved from Zelazny's archived papers." WANT.
Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music is clearly the best Microsoft tech note since Barney Not Found. (Sadly, Barney and "Earth Rotates in Wrong Direction" are no longer available on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.)
Why does my monthly expense spreadsheet include $240 for "household" this month? Partly because I discovered the joy of pan-searing salmon, which ain't cheap. Partly because I picked up a few more shirts that fit. Mostly, though, it's because I bought $80 worth of tea for myself and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
uilos. Granted, half of that is Sikkim that's being air-shipped from India via Kho-Cha Tea Bureau ("minimum order $40; no charge for air-shipping anywhere in the world for orders above $40"). But still. This is a lot of tea. I imagine I should be good for tea for the next several months.
Still haven't been inspired enough to sit back down with Godot and resurrect the hard drive. That's on tap for tonight. Meanwhile I had a most pleasant evening in excellent company, eating tapas and then watching Avery Brooks portray a psychopath at the Shakespeare Theatre, and (except for the aforementioned computer issues) a delightful five-day weekend featuring games, books, friends, and food. Good times.
Didn't particularly want to get up and go to work but that's no real surprise, and reflects more on my desire to sleep more than on any dislike of work. Even if they did try to replace the Bigelow tea (ehh) with Tetley (blecch).
Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music is clearly the best Microsoft tech note since Barney Not Found. (Sadly, Barney and "Earth Rotates in Wrong Direction" are no longer available on the Microsoft Knowledge Base.)
Why does my monthly expense spreadsheet include $240 for "household" this month? Partly because I discovered the joy of pan-searing salmon, which ain't cheap. Partly because I picked up a few more shirts that fit. Mostly, though, it's because I bought $80 worth of tea for myself and
uilos. Granted, half of that is Sikkim that's being air-shipped from India via Kho-Cha Tea Bureau ("minimum order $40; no charge for air-shipping anywhere in the world for orders above $40"). But still. This is a lot of tea. I imagine I should be good for tea for the next several months.Still haven't been inspired enough to sit back down with Godot and resurrect the hard drive. That's on tap for tonight. Meanwhile I had a most pleasant evening in excellent company, eating tapas and then watching Avery Brooks portray a psychopath at the Shakespeare Theatre, and (except for the aforementioned computer issues) a delightful five-day weekend featuring games, books, friends, and food. Good times.
Didn't particularly want to get up and go to work but that's no real surprise, and reflects more on my desire to sleep more than on any dislike of work. Even if they did try to replace the Bigelow tea (ehh) with Tetley (blecch).
