Hehee! And other noises of triumph.

Not a bad series of two days by any means. Finally bothered to pick up a tripod for the itty bitty digital camera, so that I can manage to take close up shots without my charming fine motor tremors interfering. This means that I can start posting my jewelry on deviantart and that I can start trying to sell my stuff and opaljax's on ebay. Woo!

Also, my new monitor arrived today. I had gotten my previous monitor for free from a friend who was pitching out old equipment from his office and replacing it. For a time, it was a good monitor, and of course, worth every cent I paid for it. However, it was making the flickering of screen and unannounced tint changes that herald a monitor's passage into the Great Unknown, so it was clear that something had to be done. So I figured, hell, I've got some money saved up from when the State of Kansas withheld checks from me over the holidays and then sent them to me all at once, why not buy a flat-panel? I had to replace the old one anyway, and this one (aside from looking fabulous) solves a major office problem for me: I can't wait until the Cheerleader Cat tries to jump on top of this one (mwa ha ha). The new supersleek black monitor does look fairly dumb in front of my uberclunky IBM pre-windows keyboard, but that's okay. I'm not giving up this keyboard until it dies. I like the noise of the keys and I adore the fact that it doesn't have a Windows key at all.

Thirdly, and justifying the above two things, I got a job offer yesterday! The job is not really all that compelling, but the money is good and they want to hire me right away, which is a plus. The company is a distributor of aftermarket auto parts, and I'll be in their corporate office. Like many companies whose primary business is manufacturing or warehousing, they require all of their employees to pass a drug screen, regardless of job function. So I had to go pee in a cup this morning, which I hate, but hey, it's a paycheck coming, so I suppose it doesn't hurt.

I'm also working on some stuff for Nine Fires Press today -- I feel so damned productive.

Hehee! And other noises of triumph.

Not a bad series of two days by any means. Finally bothered to pick up a tripod for the itty bitty digital camera, so that I can manage to take close up shots without my charming fine motor tremors interfering. This means that I can start posting my jewelry on deviantart and that I can start trying to sell my stuff and opaljax's on ebay. Woo!

Also, my new monitor arrived today. I had gotten my previous monitor for free from a friend who was pitching out old equipment from his office and replacing it. For a time, it was a good monitor, and of course, worth every cent I paid for it. However, it was making the flickering of screen and unannounced tint changes that herald a monitor's passage into the Great Unknown, so it was clear that something had to be done. So I figured, hell, I've got some money saved up from when the State of Kansas withheld checks from me over the holidays and then sent them to me all at once, why not buy a flat-panel? I had to replace the old one anyway, and this one (aside from looking fabulous) solves a major office problem for me: I can't wait until the Cheerleader Cat tries to jump on top of this one (mwa ha ha). The new supersleek black monitor does look fairly dumb in front of my uberclunky IBM pre-windows keyboard, but that's okay. I'm not giving up this keyboard until it dies. I like the noise of the keys and I adore the fact that it doesn't have a Windows key at all.

Thirdly, and justifying the above two things, I got a job offer yesterday! The job is not really all that compelling, but the money is good and they want to hire me right away, which is a plus. The company is a distributor of aftermarket auto parts, and I'll be in their corporate office. Like many companies whose primary business is manufacturing or warehousing, they require all of their employees to pass a drug screen, regardless of job function. So I had to go pee in a cup this morning, which I hate, but hey, it's a paycheck coming, so I suppose it doesn't hurt.

I'm also working on some stuff for Nine Fires Press today -- I feel so damned productive.

I heart malt

Today's "That's What The Internet is For" question concerns malt. What the hell is malt? Is the malt in malt vinegar the same thing as the malt in malted milk? What about malt beverages? Can my regrettable tendency to devour entire bags of malted milk balls in one sitting and to drown my fish and chips in malt vinegar explain my preference for whiskey and stout beer?

( More about malt than anyone really needed to know )

I heart malt

Today's "That's What The Internet is For" question concerns malt. What the hell is malt? Is the malt in malt vinegar the same thing as the malt in malted milk? What about malt beverages? Can my regrettable tendency to devour entire bags of malted milk balls in one sitting and to drown my fish and chips in malt vinegar explain my preference for whiskey and stout beer?

( More about malt than anyone really needed to know )

Hey now.

Discovered during malt research:

"Rumour has it that Laphroaig was the only whisky that still could be sold legally by apothecaries during the prohibition that plagued the US in the 1920's, because of its medicinal taste. I guess the government officials who tried it couldn't imagine anybody drinking this stuff out of their own free will."

As it turns out, I like Laphroig a great deal -- it is one of my favorites. I suppose everybody doesn't have to, though. That's more for me.

Hey now.

Discovered during malt research:

"Rumour has it that Laphroaig was the only whisky that still could be sold legally by apothecaries during the prohibition that plagued the US in the 1920's, because of its medicinal taste. I guess the government officials who tried it couldn't imagine anybody drinking this stuff out of their own free will."

As it turns out, I like Laphroig a great deal -- it is one of my favorites. I suppose everybody doesn't have to, though. That's more for me.