Odds & Ends

Yes, the next installment of Great Risks will be out before I leave for vacation on Thursday. I just have to get it into something that would be worth seeing.

Got a raise at work. Our office is not the type to give cost of living or merit increases every year, so every couple of years or so, I have to pull them aside and tell them it's time for a pay increase. And I actually negotiated up from what they wanted to give me - that was nice.

Why is it seemingly impossible to pay my on-line service provider on-line? And why is theirs the only website that freezes up when I access it?

This is the worst time of the year for me to be having dental problems. Especially with the vacation (and Mom's cooking!) coming up. I'll have to see if I can get an emergency appointment, even though I no longer have any idea who my dentist is. (I go to the dental school at USC - get a new dentist every year or two).

Went and saw the movie "Once" at my brother's recommendation. I've been wanting to see it for some time, just never got around to it. The soundtrack rocks and the story is beautifully romantic.

I'm going to be coloring my hair today, part of the annual "I'm getting older, but I don't have to look older" tradition.

I will stop for Julianne Moore in anything - as evidenced in my pause for a few moments of "The Forgotten" last night. And, yes, I stuck around long enough to see Lee Tergesen.

I have a strong desire to watch some Season One "Oz". I want to figure out what had me tuning back in - I'd swear it was just a stray line of dialogue from Sister Pete (of all people) in the fourth or fifth episode that did it.

Odds & Ends

Yes, the next installment of Great Risks will be out before I leave for vacation on Thursday. I just have to get it into something that would be worth seeing.

Got a raise at work. Our office is not the type to give cost of living or merit increases every year, so every couple of years or so, I have to pull them aside and tell them it's time for a pay increase. And I actually negotiated up from what they wanted to give me - that was nice.

Why is it seemingly impossible to pay my on-line service provider on-line? And why is theirs the only website that freezes up when I access it?

This is the worst time of the year for me to be having dental problems. Especially with the vacation (and Mom's cooking!) coming up. I'll have to see if I can get an emergency appointment, even though I no longer have any idea who my dentist is. (I go to the dental school at USC - get a new dentist every year or two).

Went and saw the movie "Once" at my brother's recommendation. I've been wanting to see it for some time, just never got around to it. The soundtrack rocks and the story is beautifully romantic.

I'm going to be coloring my hair today, part of the annual "I'm getting older, but I don't have to look older" tradition.

I will stop for Julianne Moore in anything - as evidenced in my pause for a few moments of "The Forgotten" last night. And, yes, I stuck around long enough to see Lee Tergesen.

I have a strong desire to watch some Season One "Oz". I want to figure out what had me tuning back in - I'd swear it was just a stray line of dialogue from Sister Pete (of all people) in the fourth or fifth episode that did it.