I’m an artiste!

Speaking of birthday presents, Claire just bought me a canvas, some brushes and some oil paints. I figure if I pick some pretty colours that complement our decor and don’t go for too much realism, she’ll let me hang one of my creations in the house, despite my complete lack of artistic talent…

What happened to ergonomics?

For Claire’s last birthday, I bought her a new sound system for her car. I was on a fairly tight budget, so I prioritized the main features it needed to have: Mp3 CD-R playback Independent subwoofer control A rotary volume knob Note the last item. It’s important to me because the volume is probably the [...]

Beta’s OK

The dog boarding place turned out to be OK. We picked Beta up, and she was freshly bathed and playing happily with the other dogs. The people are actually nice, and they had cleaned their cat litter box. I guess I’m just overly nervous.