For framing, I recommend the MatMaster #101 Bevel Cutter for do-it-yourself mat cutting and the sectional frames from a place like Hobby Lobby. Once you decide on the size frame you want, they can cut a piece of glass to your specifications (or sell you a piece of thin precut plexiglass if you're using a standard size).

New temp roommate is not home. Don't know when she'll be here. I'm...not stressed about it. More not stressed than I would have thought. People less solitary than me might not get that that's actually kind of a big deal -- generally, I can live with whatever, but I need to know so I can...plan, or maybe anticipate, what my alone time is. Alone is sometimes not restful if it could end at any minute. So, anyway, not stressed is a good thing, an unexpected thing, and I'm starting to think it wouldn't be a bad thing if Big Non Prof decides not to put her up but to give her some kind of housing allowance. I could probably stand to be shaken out of my solitude.

Does this take the whole steampunk thing too far? Steampunk taxidermy

There's an alternative taxidermy movement with a strong following in San Francisco where they bypass the naturalistic taxidermy of the 20th century and harken back to the fanciful taxidermy of the Victorian era (which favored wacky tableau).

sarameg, that's wonderful.

brenda - don't make me come there and rattle your solitude! Or maybe I should. God knows I'd love to see you and go to Chicago too.

lightning - thunder - did we just shift to the east coast?

Happy birthdays, Beverly and Benno!

Plus the head of the moving crew was this insanely tall black man with an oh-so-posh British accent who called one of his guys "Number One" (the other guy was just John) and said "Engage" as the cue when they were team lifting things.

I would make it so.

Good one, tommy!

Afterward, all can have Earl Grey (hot).

Alone is sometimes not restful if it could end at any minute.

Le word.

Awww, sara. That's awesome.

t Skipping

t Poking head

According to the Buffista Calendar, today is Jon B's birthday.

Happy birthday, Jon! With lots of wishes for a great day and a wonderful year!

Hi Nilly!!

Oh, and Happy Birthday Jon!!

Happy Belated Birthday Beverly!

Happy Birthday Jon!

Back from an all-day trip/meetings and now up with my brain whirring. Augh. Picked up new freelance. Yay. Returned from my work-release (ie: day off) to find moderate levels of hand-flapping. Nice.

Am amused re: the movers and hoping that the new roommate situation settles down for you Brenda. It's an awfully nice thing for you to do.

Also? continued fallout from not being very valentine-y last week but having a kid who appears to go to a 22-child preschool class that Is (was) Very Valentine-y. ::badmommyheaddesk:: It would be nice if they sent out something a couple days in advance that said:

Dear badmommy:

We'll be exchanging cards for valentine's day (heads up for those of you who have been sick/overworked, and/or attended preschools where this isn't so much of an EVENT, because it's a fake holiday, this is coming up soon) and wanted to let you know that the 22 students in the class and 4 teachers are named.... As well, please know that while it is fine to add candy to your valentine's card, some will be finding non-candy ways to deal with this non-holiday and you may want to think about that as you panic and run through the CVS the night before (or, in your case badmommy, the day after) grabbing whatever you can find. Please refrain from sending in anything that exceeds the size of a normal child's backpack. While we will not let your child eat anything they receive until you arrive, please know that they will have meticulously cataloged the contents of their valentine's day gift bag (provided by us) and will grab you at every opportunity to see if you can give them their barbie cinderella lollipop that you stuffed in the top shelf of the pantry, next to the winter holiday candy stash. In fact, you may want to check that stash to make sure it isn't a melty pile of goo.

Kthanxbye,

teh preschool staff.

So it looks like there might have been a downside to sleeping all day...