Saturday, August 14, 2010
[[WARNING: This post is really just me kvetching about the summer cold I've got. If details of such things are not your cup of tea, just skip over the post entirely. I haven't hidden any cool info in here anywhere ... just whines about my current state of health. I'll try to post something actually [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
The plan to avoid the asphalt fumes went very well. After writing all morning, I drove up to Temecula and checked into the Pechanga Hotel & Casino (on the Pechanga Indian Reservation). I’d been there once before to see a friend do stand-up and thought it seemed nice enough … so the mid-week discount rate [...]
I don’t know what it is, but since I’ve gotten back from Gen Con I’ve been continually tired. No matter how much sleep I get, each afternoon I’ve had my standard half-hour break unexpectedly turn into a 3-hour nap. Then suddenly I’m waking up in the midst of the evening still not done with the [...]
I didn’t end up going downtown for the last day of the show, but I WAS doing something sort of related to Comic Con today … I spent the whole day on the couch suffering from this show’s version of “Con Crud.” (Guess I shouldn’t have jokes about “Patient Zero” on Wednesday!) From what I [...]
A good night’s sleep and I feel mostly ready to head back into the madness. My feet are a little sore … but I’ve got the ache of minor shin splints that come from too much time standing on hard floors. The thing that kills me at any convention isn’t the walking or the talking [...]
Over the years I’ve heard plenty of people say something like this: “I used to LOVE to eat ____ but I can’t anymore, my stomach just doesn’t like it anymore!” Sometimes it’s been about allergies or broad digestive changes … sometimes it’s just been indigestion brought on by a single food. Whatever it was … [...]
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
I was eating a little sugarless chocolate yesterday, all soft and melty because of the heatwave (the chocolate was soft and melty, not me … well … no more than usual), when suddenly … POP … there was something considerably more solid in my mouth. The temporary crown on my recently drilled tooth! So I [...]
I’ve not gotten off to the strongest start this week … having already accidentally slept through a scheduled phone conference. (Boo! Bad, Stan!) And noting that despite the fact that I’ve got A LOT of activity planned for the week, I’ve now come through the whole of Monday morning without getting ANYTHING of substance accomplished. [...]
Short post just to let everyone know that I made it home safely. Between the 3 days of walking the trade show (and the Las Vegas strip), my feet would have been sore no matter what. But I ALSO wrenched my knee last night and it is not being especially forgiving of the (thanks to [...]
What did I do with my Saturday afternoon? Well, I spent part of it working … and the rest of it at the dentist. If you’ve been following “Dentist Week” over at Doodle-a-Day.com, you know that I’ve had a little dental issue that I’ve been unable to do anything about because of lack of insurance [...]