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Impromptu party on Saturday with maelstromsl, axissilverhand, razorwolfe, kungfugimp and critus all coming to GMBAN for laughs, Xbox hacking, laundry, salsa, and Batman Begins. Good, good times.

[Sil - I have GC3 t-shirt checks for you; I should remember to swing by GMBAS on my way home this afternoon]

Sunday, after hitting the gym, was gloriously lazy; Hooray, Death! Squad Two got comprehensively sporked in WC. Hooray, red armor!

The nearly year-old kittens on our porch are getting more social; the little boy has discovered that getting one's head and ears rubbed isn't such an awful thing. aishlynn had a revelation this morning as to why our little girl may be over-grooming - allergies to the off-brand cat litter we picked up. We'll be going back to straight Tidy Cat to see if that helps.

K also did a dry run of her taxes yesterday, but due to 1099 stuff for pet sitting, we're going to defer to a tax pro as far as putting hers together, but hopefully it will all work out with a nice refund for her. I haven't looked at mine yet, pending the mortgage info form from my old lender, but don't anticipate any nasty surprises there. I'll be reposting my Tax Tips in the next few days for general reference [it should be in the archives from about two years back.]

Work continues apace; nothing to see here, please move along.

CW: 176
CBF: 25%
Beard Status: Surly

Still Not King

SOTU

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[from jabber]

7 deadly [okay, mildly painful] sins

Write down 7 things that piss you off, in no particular order, then tag 7 more people. [tylorael wants to see me rant]

1. People who think that "flash to pass" translates as "aggressive driving." No, it's the polite way to say "get the fuck out of my way, numbshit, or i'll ride your goddamned bumper until you get the fucking hint."
2. Internet Explorer, Outlook, and Outlook Express. Broken as designed, not well implemented, and "industry standards" are just something they've kind of heard about, once, in a really noisy room.
3. GWB in particular, and entitled assfucks in power in general.
4. The gross inability of mass media or the general public to grok the truth, or even demand it, and the government's repeated and demonstrated aversion to it.
5. Designer anything. Just putting your pretentious little signature on an everyday item doesn't justify jacking the price 500-10,000% (I'm looking at you, Jimmy Choo, Von Dutch, and Whatthefuckio Versace)
6. Anyone who treats someone I care about like shit.
7. Being too dense to know when hot chicks want to fuck me.

Bonus item 7a: Chain-letter-esque RFC memes. Do it if you wanna.