His Dork Materials.

I just finished the "His Dark Materials" trilogy by Philip Pullman.

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Artistic Mosquitos

As I was preparing for my morning shower, I discovered that some Mosquitos made a tatoo on my belly some time yesterday. It probably happened while I was running back and forth between the house and the Mosquito-net-enclosed area on the back patio while serving tacos. Its also possible that one or more of the bugs got into the house during all of the opening of the screen door. In either case, I now have a series of bites that looks like:

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It seems to be a pair of chevrons pointing at my belly-button, but what that might symbolize is lost on me...

Thingoids.

Well, today we did a bunch of much needed shopping so that there is now, once more, food in the house. sucha is pleased. She was getting tired of Tuna and wanted her Gooshy Food again. Last I saw her, she was happily face down in a bowl of the stuff.

Then I called up our ISP because our link has been resetting every 5-25 minutes for the last two days. They said they'd check things on their side and get back to me.

And NOW its time for taxlady and I to walk to a nearby restaurant to celebrate our 9th wedding anniversary with food and booze, and then to stagger home. I suppose I should put on something a little more fancy to wear first though.