I love having animals. I love having animals. I really really utterly love having the most loving cuddly animals. # Today is one of those days -- I never should ahve gotten out of bed. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

I asked miintikwa to provide five questions for me, in response to a meme she ran a long time ago. I've only now gotten around to answering. f you'd like me to ask you five or so questions, please speak up and I'll come up with something for you. And I responded: 1. What do owls mean to you? Owls are intelligent and wise, still observers of truth. I feel a ... special connection with them...

Thunderheads near Austin - is this a good time to go swimming? # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

la la la la ... work work work work. Tres boring. At least I have a job! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

Woke up with my neck stiff as iron. Gina taking me to chiropractor now. # back from chiro & lunch. Still not feeling 100%, but better than before. Took the day off of work; will likely go in on the 4th instead. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

On the road again - goin to San Antone again. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

TED talks - conference on Technology, Entertainment & Design - are utterly fasinating & mindblowing. Just saw one on passion. Yow! # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

haven't followed twitter in DAYS. That's a bad Anam! # just got a new person at work -- I am now the "old and wise" one in the front office. Egads. # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

It's not as bad as my last entry would have you believe. I am just kicking my ass really hard for that. I am still doing so, to be honest. I'm in the throes of a wonderfully dreary depression -- yay me! So here's a few things I can be grateful about: - I have lots of wonderful music to listen to. - I have a daughter who adores me. - I have a computer to hide behind, and games to play on it. - I have...

Things I was going to do with some money we'd managed to save: * Donate more to the Barack Obama campaign * Get myself a new keyboard, maybe a graphics card. * Save the money to pay taxes -- both house and income (I'm on a contracted 1099 basis right now). Things I will actually get to do with the money we'd managed to save: * Finance some banker's next Lamborghini * Ensure a starving executive has...