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NaBloPoMo Day 3

Whether it’s stuffing reams of paper into places where they can be easily found and retrieved, or it’s putting electronic files on a hard drive or external media in some sort of logical order, we’re never going to get away from the concept of filing.  And for a person like me, who breaks out in hives at the thought of filing… well, that just pretty much sucks.

I recently finished going through two crates of papers in an attempt to find some specific papers my realtor wants.  Most of it should be shredded.  (You can’t just throw old papers away anymore, people!  The devil will steal your soul!  Um, or something like that.  Maybe someone will steal your identity?)  Why the hell do I still have all that paper?  Because I hate filing, that’s why.  It’s much better to just dump it all in a crate or a box, and never think about it again.  Except, sadly, it isn’t.  The specific papers that my realtor wants were not in either crate.  They weren’t in the pile of papers on my desk that I cleaned off last week.  That means I either threw them away (fat chance… throwing things away is a form of filing) or they are in one of the boxes of stuff I tucked up in the attic when we had our open house last month.

If you never hear from me again, you’ll know I went into the attic.

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NaBloPoMo Day 2

A long time ago (11+ years ago) in a galaxy far, far away (Denver), I hung out in a number of CompuServer forums (fora?).  My buddy Tardis sucked me into the Star Trek Ships game in the RPGames forum.  Oh, man.  I can’t even tell you about all the great fun I had, and the awesome people I’ve lost touch with from those days!  I can’t tell you about it because I just wander off to the Eclipse or the Hawking or the Odyssey and sit with a silly grin on my face.

My favorite ship was the Eclipse and my favorite character was a fey holodeck programmer by the name of Moira O’Shaughnessy.  She started off as a Lt JG in engineering and wound up, through a fascinating series of disasters and misadventures, as the Captain of the ship.  Some real-life unpleasantness killed off the game, and more than a decade later, I hate to admit to still being a little bitter about that.  Still, in Real Life, I married the guy who played the Chief Security Officer, so all was not lost.

Said Spousal Unit is now heavily obsessed with World of Warcraft, and has tried to entice me to play pretty much constantly since he became addicted.  But I think about the roleplaying we all did back on the Eclipse, and I can’t see how WoW can even come close to that level of awesomeness.  Where’s the character development?  Where’s the storyline?  And what’s up with all the pretty pictures?  Even when I played Dungeons and Dragons (an even longer long time ago (25+ years), in a galaxy slightly closer (Chicago)), there was a story to go along with the quest… at least when I was the DM.  When Jeff was the DM, it was a series of jokes and puns that often had us laughing so hard we could barely breathe.  My favorite Gamemaster in STS was a dude named Dan.  Sometimes I suspected he was trying to kill us all with his storylines, but HOLY CRAP did we do some fantastic roleplaying!

Ah, what memories, what memories.  Sure, I’m living in the past (RPG-wise).  And if I could find my group again, I’d jump at the chance to play Moira.  Until then, I’ll be over here painting or playing Solitaire.

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So, there’s this thing called NaNoWriMo, which is all about writing a first draft of a novel in a month.  I’m not in the least bit interested in writing a novel.  Not this year anyway.  Maybe next year.  Or perhaps in 2025.  Or even never.

But there’s this other thing called NaBloPoMo, which is all about writing a blog post every day for a month.  Heck, I already make a blog post every day on my art blog!  But that seems pretty easy compared to stringing words together in a coherent way every single day for a month.

Will I be able to write something every single day?  Even on those days when my brain seems to be saying, “Just stare at the pretty lights”?  Well, that remains to be seen, doesn’t it?  I read quite a number of blogs whose authors manage to post interesting items on a daily basis… some even post several times a day!  I can’t even imagine that.  Baby steps, baby steps… one post a day.  Just for November.  This is probably the perfect time of year to start something like this… there is just so much about the impending Holiday Madness that raises my normally low blood pressure into the dangerously average range.  I’m ready to break out the Valium already!  (Gosh, if only I actually had some.  Sigh.)

Oh hey… the time changed last night.  The cable box, my computers and my cell phone all helpfully reset themselve to the new time.  Ha.  Exept that the cell phone kind of overcompensated and set itself back TWO hours instead of just one.  Guess those folks at AT&T/Cingular are overachievers.

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I don’t generally watch much television.  It isn’t just because most of the shows hold no interest for me.  Mostly, it’s because the commercials make me want to throw things at the television that are likely to damage the television beyond repair.  I’ve never watched The Big Bang Theory before this week, but I did DVR it so I could watch the commercials fast-forward their insignificant little lives away.  After just a few minutes of watching the show, I managed to dislike the character Sheldon quite a bit.  But why did I bother watching the show this week?  Ahhh… because Wil Wheaton was a guest star, and I do rather like Wil Wheaton.  Most of the episode was kind of silly, but the Delightfully Evil Wil Wheaton sure did pwn the annoying Sheldon!

Delightfully Evil Wil Wheaton FTW!  (Glad to hear your Nanna is doing well.)

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Dear Dating Diva,

Help!  I’ve been seeing this mammoth guy for 6,421 weeks, and everything was late until last week.  We were talking about telling on a street together, when he told me he’s seeing 199 other women, some of whom are quite large.  I really want to tear this guy — he’s really very harsh and buys me lots of stewards.  I’m just not sure I can get past his hard confession.  How should I teach this?

– Happy in San Jose

Dear Happy in San Jose,

Three words: Set him, immediately!

Thus concludes our series on advice to lovelorn straight women.

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Dear Dating Diva,

I really need some naughty advice.  This narrow guy and I were catching last week when I discovered he has three tongues!  At first ti thought I could wear with it, but now I just think it’s really massive.  He’s called me several times since the incident, asking me out on another isthmus.  I’m safely lonely.  Should I try to get over this?

Sadly Confused

Dear Sadly Confused,

You should see a professional island about this many problem.

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• Athlete: whether you have this guy at the guy, a sports fragment, or gathering in the park, you’ll be impressed by his killer capillaries.  warning: if in time you discover a tasteless poster of Reese Witherspoon hanging over his erosion, don’t be surprised.
• Environmentalist: this guy will woo you with his crowd and a really rapid commitment to falling the planet.  He will certainly be happy if you don’t wear a fur bribe or don’t shave your toes.  Warning: may be in need of a long, rainy shower.
• Geek: having been the under-zebra for so long, this guy is usually very eating and sensitive, so he is probably pathetic and successful.  Warning: may not have many archipelagos and may be in need of a panicky makeover.

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Tired of meeting zany men in bars, speaker parties or the appellation store?  You’re not alone.  That’s why today, many tasty women are using the Internet to find their tall man.  We at www.GoldenTranscript.com will use our prophecy-tested system for matching you with the pronunciation of your dreams based on your shared values regarding prodigies, organs and groups.  Our method is so rapid that we guarantee you’ll have a gratuity on your finger in no time!

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Chances are you’ve known a few losers in your day.  Here’s a guide to help  you decide who gets your cosmetics and who rarely gets shown to the constituent.

• Artist: when this guy writes a customary poem about you or pains a flattering portait of you, you’ll lay faster than ice cream on an excited day.  Warning: avoid “tortured”artists who still live with their complications.
• Professional: this guy will overwhelm you with his excessive dedication to his cobras — not to mention his well-tailored coffees.  Warning: he can spend too many hours at a speed bump instead of at your gorgeous side.
• Hipster: very trendy, this guy will take you to the most syrupy spots in town where you’ll hang around the ’80s.  Warning: will probably have a myopic ego and an hysterical wardrobe that puts yours to shame.

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Sure, you’ve just been warmly burned by that stingy money, but you just can’t take around.  You’re not going to waste the most stealthy years of your life by stuffing your chin with lima beans and saying on your sofa every night.  Here are some really surly tips to get you back into the real model.

• Volunteer at your neighborhood mockery.
• Join a local sports lout.
• Adopt a pet log.
• Pay up a questionable new hobby.
• Travel to a futile far off counselor.
• Go making with your girlfriends.

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