I have internet at home now!! Cable guy just left (nice guy, not at all like Jim Carrey)--since he's the apartment complex's cable rep, he's the usual go-to guy for Comcast issues/connections, so he knows me and likes me (Dad and I kept him entertained when he hooked up my tv back in May, and he remembers Dad very well and even told me to tell him "Hi"!). Therefore, I got free connection (saved $25) and he didn't bitch (overmuch) when he found out my computer here is still running on WindowsME.

I'm totally watching Top Chef!! In fact, I've already started. I loved both the first quickfire AND the first elimination challenge. And the new hostess is SO MUCH Better than Mrs. Joel.

I can make my own Christmas gifts this year.

Baby panda is NOT dead. In fact, it's pretty pissed off.

Tampon crafts killed the thread, didn't it?

I cannot believe how much it's raining on the Mets & Cards.

I'm listening to the game on the radio, so cannot see the rain.

keeps fingers crossed for the Cards

ETA: TWO RUN HOME RUN!!!!

Of course, now that this is over Top Chef is starting, which is another new round of drama for the reality-addicted. Anyone else going to watch?

We just finished watching the premiere. It looks like it is going to be an interesting season, and Padma is wonderful as the new host.

If anyone has a spare back, I could use one. Tonight I helped move the hospital bed my aunt is giving my dad, and at one point ended up lowering one end of the roughly 400 lb. hydraulic frame in an awkward crouching position. Not coincidentally, that was the point at which my kidneys decided enough was enough and they were going to make a break for freedom. I suspect a leave day and heating pad are in the cards for tomorrow.

Can anyone give me ideas on how to achieve the shoulders in this outfit? Strictly, it's a set of wire loops (not shoulderpads), but I can't work out how to anchor them.

Something like the strappy parts of a shoulder gun holster under the dress should be a pretty stable thing to attach the shoulder stuff to.

I watched Top Chef on the plane tonight, and now I'm afraid I will need to keep watching.

Apparently it makes me look like a wealthy, harmless philanthropist.

If only clothes made such things true!

Oh yes. If only for Padma Lakshmi. Because wow.

Is she the new host? 'Cause I heard they changed hosts.

We just finished watching the premiere. It looks like it is going to be an interesting season, and Padma is wonderful as the new host.

I loved it last year. There was something about the combination of the people that were competing and absolutely glorious food they were creating that caught me. So I'm interested to see how this season is going to grow and change.

I watched Top Chef on the plane tonight, and now I'm afraid I will need to keep watching.

Tangentally related, whenever I watch recent tv on my computer while on trains/planes/sitting in cafes, I wonder if people think I have some secret uplink to the feed satellites that only I can access to watch tv whenever I want. I mean, if you don't know about aheming, it's gotta be a double-take to see someone watching Top Chef on their 15-inch computer monitor.