I had a boss who thought the yearly reviews were crap,which they are, but he was "forced" to do them so two of mine were -

Don't **** up
You still have a job don't you?

That was it the whole review.

A side note on the return of the gecko: we (of course) put her back in the reptarium with her beau. Apparently, shortly after I put her in there, her and the boy had a VERY noisy reunion. I guess we can expect a couple more young-uns in a few weeks (we have had two clutches of two for a total of four baby geckos in the past few weeks).

The reps are all safely kept in cages, but mainly to protect them from the cats.

And on the subject of cats, with FOUR of them in our small little condo, you would think that one of them would catch the stupid annoying mouse who frequents our kitchen. But NOOOOooo; they can't be bothered with such trivialities.


effin cats...

Yeah, then we have a bunch of cricket and worm carcasses rotting away in our place.

I just got a new phone.
I like it so far.

Salem has discovered toilet paper rolls and crumpled paper make the best toys. He's adorable. I think he's an Egyptian Mau. My vet thinks he's a gray tabby. :)

I thought he was a cat.


:p

The word "unstoppable" is often a good word. But not when talking about bikes and brakes.

My 30+ year old bike had 30+ year old brakes. I imagine the brake pads had been changed at some point, but the actual center pull calipers, and the cables, were clearly "vintage".

No more! It's now fitted with a pair of brand new side pull dual pivot calipers and brand new cable. And I did it all by my self. It's actually a fairly easy operation, especially on these older bikes where the whole caliper attaches with a single bolt. I expected it to be a weekend-long project, and here I am done by lunch time.

Meanwhile I also mounted a rear cargo rack, which holds my awesome new messenger bag. I can't WAIT to bike on Monday without the 30lbs backpack hanging off my shoulders. No more backpack-shaped sweat patches on MY back!

I'd better hope that whole karma thing is full of sh*t 'cause if not I've got a whole lotta bad coming my way.

I just tore our desktop server down so I could replace a stupid 10 cent piece of plastic (total cost of the operation, $20). Somehow I did it right and put everything back together right the first time.

Bartender! :cheers:

I just came back from the Dentist and; 1 tooth reconstruction and 1 Wisdom tooth Extraction later, I can say confidently that I have found a REAL Pain-Free Dentist. I didn't even feel the Novocaine needle going in (and he didn't use numbing cream or anything!)

I am Totally Uber-Impressed with this guy.

AND..... he let me keep the wisdom tooth. You should see it - it has a hole the size of Manhattan in it ! I will take a pic later (posted in spoilers to protect the sensitive, of course...)

Just finished another painting. I was super nervous because this one was a portrait of a friend, which I'm not in the habit of doing (save for Norm's Simpson-style one, which hardly counts). But it actually came out pretty good!