I completely forgot that I have a class starting tonight, so no House or Bones for me. But I suppose I should get used to it, because the class is going to be every Tuesday evening for about 9 months, and while I have a VCR, it is eeevil and so setting it to tape is pretty darn close to pointless.

Gears are your friends. No, seriously. They're very helpful.

I haven't been on a bike with coaster brakes for years, but I'll say that having both front and rear brakes is a good option for safety reasons. And you can usually buy and install a kickstand if the bike doesn't come with one...

I need to put a basket on my bike. I can bike to work once the weather cools off a bit (and the hurricane bands cease), but I don't want to carry my laptop in a backpack. Need a big basket. Grocery size even. I'm tired of driving and most everything I need is in bike distance.

My Name is Earl

Oh, thanks for the reminder. I was watching Supernatural, but I can catch the rerun. I'm taping Bones and House.

I watched Gilmore Girls.

I have no issue calling anyone a halfwit that I think is one

'Tis true! She happily calls idiot bus drivers jackhole! SO FUNNY. (Though not the circumstances necessitating it.)

My dad bought a used primo racing/street bike for $1200 about 10 plus years ago. The schwinns that are his standard stock ran around $600 new back when I last checked. Mind you, he has four or five bikes in rotation and used to be a triathlete. And the bikes are his primary means of getting to work when the weather holds (9 miles away.) He has so many from a combination of hating to be late because goatheads got both tires by the time he hit the end of the street (and changing them is a time consuming PIA) and his latent packrat tendencies which means he saves parts from accidents (5 at last count...) and reassembles new bikes from them .

So... probably worth it, but invest in extra tubes, patch kits and familiarize yourself with changing tubes and checking for stickeries.

I watched NCIS. Because I need continuity. But I taped Bones. Watching House. I'm so screwed when TAR starts up.

I reclaimed a voodoo doll bought at a creepy non-obviously touristy place in New Orleans today. It was something my officemate left that I'd given (I'm glad he took the flyswatter and magic eight ball, though it makes my job harder.) It depressed me on so many levels.

Those fuckwits at the local FOX station started a mandatory drill sequence with one minute of House left! Geez, people, get with your own. fucking. program!

Hey, my FOX affiliate has transmission/satellite problems regularly. Those blocky skips and freezes? ALL THE TIME. Always at key dialogue points, I swear. Annoying.

I thought the problem was because of our geography...and being remote enough that nobody cared. But we mostly have problems with Fox, so I guess it just that they're cheap. They probably think people won't stop watching over it. Perhaps this is true for a few shows, but I have been known to change the channel during a storm.

And now FX is gutting me with Nip/Tuck. At least they won't have an emergency drill to block anything out, when I probably need to.

My WB and UPN stations used to be bad. I'd spend Buffy standing by the rabbit ears, tweaking. God help me if it was windy! They are better now, but the weather still wreaks havoc.

WHINE: My boobs hurt, the sugar cat pissed in front of the litterbox-never a good sign-, this weeks sucks, my job sucks and I think I'm depressed. No comments please. I'm cranky.