Hippo, birdie, two ewes...

... to kissmyassterisk!!!! Have a great one!!!

Done yesterday (20110615 We)

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High-order bit -- I note with considerable pleasure that Vampire Mega-Byte is on the Pegasus brainstorming list under Best Classic Filksong. Along with "Ship of Stone", which would make it a difficult choice if they both came up on the ballot. I'd also like to congratulate pocketnaomi for her well-deserved mention under Best Songwriter. And mention that Quiet Victories is my Composer's Choice.

I never did get a walk in. But lots of puttering. And I finally found the missing wedding invitation -- on the floor near the door of the (home) office. The fact that the color is close to that of the flooring is no real excuse -- I must have stepped over it a hundred times. Bah!

After several days of floundering around at work, a Jira ticket was dropped into my lap (by my boss, who was just promoted into that position last week and needs to get rid of some of his), so I spent the afternoon happily hacking. (There's a song* parody in there somewhere, I fancy.)

The new Antler rolling backpack has a name: Chamois (pronounced "Shammy" in case it wasn't obvious). My sister the mountain goat was very insistent. (It's true that a goat has horns rather than antlers, but don't tell Chamois that -- she's still a little uncomfortable about being out as "A Doe in Velvet".)

Lots of links; the most noteworthy one being Motion to Vacate Prop 8 Ruling Over Judge Walker's Sexuality is Denied. The rest are mainly of interest to various kinds of geeks, with the puredyne "instant USB-bootable creative desktop" being kind of a crossover between the music/video geeks and the computer geeks.

Thankful Thursday

On the day, for the second week in a row. It's not much, but I'll take what I can get. Today I'm thankful for...

• Colleen, and her having the strength, coordination, and sheer guts to start walking with a cane.
• Chamois, or Chami as she wants me to spell it now.
• The original chamois in my life, my sister of choice pocketnaomi.
• Large-curd cottage cheese, which is especially good with a packet of crushed red pepper left over from Wednesday's pizza.
• Cold, dead fish.
• A mention in the Pegasus brainstorming poll.
• An interesting and reasonably well-paying job.
• Water. Also wine and gin, but water isn't just for drinking.