I bet there are a lot of posts out there that offer suggestions for how to spend your chilly February 14th, and ordinarily mine would be “stay snuggled up in bed” but since my mom is going to be in
Haven’t thought about that in a while
Oddly enough, a Google news alert for “kate o’neill” brought me to this topic in the bisexual community over at LiveJournal. Turns out no one was talking about me — the “kate” came from “Kate Winslet” and the “o’neill” from
Sneezy Sunday
I have got to stop being sick just to get some downtime. I mean, no, I’m not getting sick intentionally, but the net effect of being sick is that I get to be low-key, which ends up being kind of
Birthday present – for both of us
Birthday present Originally uploaded by Kate O’ Around the middle of December, Karsten was getting ready to start making visual art again after a long, intense period of house renovation, and in the middle of a period of exhaustion and
The fieldstone effect
Detail of front walkway at gate, originally uploaded by Kate O’. One of the interesting things about getting deep into any major project, like renovating a house and yard, is that new metaphors sometimes emerge throughout the process. For me,
Why it’s not easy to get anything done in my home office on Saturday mornings
Why it’s not easy to get anything done in my home office on Saturday mornings Originally uploaded by Kate O’
Do you (MS) Yahoo!?
Clearly, Microsoft looking to acquire Yahoo! suggests a direct run at Google. And I’ve heard rumblings from people over the years about various Yahoo! products being superior to their Google counterparts: Y! mail, for instance, lead Gmail in innovations for
Always make new mistakes
I have a magnet on my desk with the message “always make new mistakes.” When I saw it at Wild Oats I bought it because, at the time, I was involved in several projects at work that felt like instant
“The Elton John of tigers”
The Elton John of tigers Originally uploaded by Kate O’ This is the handiwork of my coworker Heather, who gave my glow-in-the-dark collapsible tiger a suit made of Cherry Cordial Hershey’s Kiss wrappers. I think I speak for us all
Spoiled, spoiled kittehs
I just ordered one of these: I can’t wait until it gets here. The only problem is, if it’s really popular with the target demographic, I may have to order five more.