The publisher that i really loved just made an offer on my book.

yes. I'm flipping the fuck out.

I'm having a Birthday party on Sunday Feb. 19., starting at 1pm, going into the early evening. If you didn't already get an eVite, It's probably not because I don't like you, but because I didn't have your email handy (probably). Drop me a note to my profile addy and I'll send one off to you!

Like Jon, I too am having a birthday party. It's this coming Saturday at World on Wheels (yes, total dive roller skating rink...back to the 70's, man!) from 7 on. What Jon said about evites and why you may not have gotten one. Profile addy good.

I hereby release the job~ma back into the wild. I just accepted an offer for a full-time position at the Evil Empire. Thank goodness for gainful employment!

On the subject of jobs, I have a job interview this Thursday at a pharmaceutical company in the Bay Area. The person who makes the hiring decision on this position is my uncle. So, um, my odds are pretty damn good. But I could still use any job-ma (congrats, Jilli!) you have available.

Also, I am going to be free on Friday (until around 6), so if any localistas want to hang out, drop me an e-mail.

Behold Piney, our cute new puppy:

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I was in a car accident this afternoon. Not hurt (so far as I can tell), but Ripper's front end is a wreck and the initial estimate to repair is up over $4K, which aint gonna happen. The nice body shop people are looking for OEM parts.

Some vibeage, aimed at them getting the repair costs down to under $2K, would be deeply welcomed. I really don't want to have to junk my lovely car.

My father is having some routine work done on his heart tomorrow. He had heart bypass surgery over 10 years ago and they are just checking everything out.

Just asking for a little everythingisjustfine~ma for him. I'm down in San Diego now so that I can take him to the hospital and pick him up tomorrow, Mom can't drive anymore.

Could I please have some best-outcome~ma for my friend's new grandson? He's a week old now, but he was born a month early, and now he's got to have a groin hernia repaired ASAP. The doctors are (apparently) calm, but the family is quite upset, especially since little Bennett is the first of his generation. Thank you! I just wasn't going to feel right with my well-wishes for him until I called upon the Buffistas.

So it seems my long job search has (finally) come to an end. A very good firm has extended me a formal offer which I intend to accept next week. As a result, I am releasing from captivity all the job-ma I've horded over the past 14 months.

Unfortunately, this means I will be fading to charcoal, as I spend even less time lurking than I already do.