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Today, I’m a washing machine repair man. What could possibly go wrong? #livingthedream

Welp, the good news is the washing machine isn’t leaking. The bad news is, all that water leakage is coming from behind the wall. GrrAARR!

In other news, the bar computer was killed last night (when SOMEONE overloaded the circuit it’s on) and will now only display 640×480. (??!)

So, uh, if anyone wants me, I’ll be out looking for a brick wall to bang my head against for a while.

Ooers? RT @PlayStation: Sports Champions Week: Producer Jeremy Ray highlights Disc Golf for PlayStation Move: http://bit.ly/a3XLo2

I will now remove the back of my hand from my forehead at least long enough to make coffee for Wesley and I.

I used a garden hose and duct tape so the washer can drain out to the back yard. Does this mean I’m a real man now?

Shockingly, the landlord managed to get someone out here quickly and it’s already fixed. Now I can do laundry again. Oh joy.

@don_rivers your first at didn’t hit my phone anyway, i just now saw it. Either verizon or twitter sms is getting frustratingly unreliable.

Wesley is his usual bouncy, squealing, giggly self today. He slept in the living room with me and was very eager for breakfast.

Oh. My. God. Wesley just reached up and switched off his bedroom light switch. We had no idea he could do that. He’s gonna be shaving soon.

RT @homebarista: "You should be able to grind, dose, distribute and tamp in under 45 seconds. If not, too many barnacles on your prep ri …

@rachelrt Our kitty wouldn’t use the fountain for months (even in July) then we got a 2nd kitty and it’s like new kitty taught him to use it

The yards are DONE. Bring it on, code enforcement guy.

I just saw Christmas kitty narrowly miss (by a couple feet, tops) getting run over by a garbage truck coming down the alley.

Dementia Radio, making spaghetti, pork&beef meatballs, Terra making sauce, opening the Chianti to let it breathe. SPN after dinner. 🙂

@don_rivers NEW YORK CITY??!!! … Get a rope.

I blame myself. RT @NurseTerra: My geekdom has evolved. I’ve finished FFIX and FFX and I just now bought a comic book. Send help

RT @PSLifeStyle: New Post: Blu-ray Association Offers Olive Branch to Xbox, Microsoft Declines http://bit.ly/cpf0Mf

It’s like the kitties come out and sleep in the patio chairs while i’m doing yardwork just to make me jealous or something.

I can build a computer from spare parts but I can’t get this bleeping weed eater line spooled properly so it feeds out the way it should.

If you’ve ever seen our back yard, you’d barely recognize it now. Still I can’t wait to live in an apt again and never do yard work EVER 😉

Now back to my regularly scheduled life of housework and later readying mom’s PS3 that Terra bought gently used off a patient (!?) yesterday

Mmmmmm.the neighbor just handed me a double handful of some fresh roasted green chiles 🙂 not sure what i’ll make with ’em yet.

Tonight is cottage pie, mac&cheese, broccoli, and a nice Chianti. No fava beans. It’s an experiment. #thff-thff-thff-thff-thff

Wrapping up dinner then finally get to try Valkyria Chronicles 2 online. (If, uh, nothing else goes wrong.) (And if anyone is online.)

@don_rivers After you’ve completed SC5, I’ll loan ya’ SC5p2 which, as you know, is in japanese. I far prefer it to the PS2 english version.

@don_rivers otoh, SC5p2 has co-op 2p mode, so if you’re any good at SC5, you’ll have to come over and we’ll crank it up 🙂

Natch. I boot up the PS3, try to go online, and there is a required firmware update. Didn’t take forever, but still. #UpdateStation3

Valkyria Chronicles 2 online PvP is odd. Not enough to clear all enemies, must capture & keep all bases. And it kinda’ takes forever. Hm.

Using my phone outside in the dark means bugs diving bombing at it.

Valkyria Chronicles’ only fail: "Enemy AI is insultingly stupid, to the point where they ignore obvious opportunities" http://bit.ly/bMnx7N

I just successfully did the ‘Silvia steam wand mod’ to my Gaggia Classic, which means I just levelled up as a home barista 🙂

*I strike a triumphant pose with my portafilter and the camera sweeps around me as the Final Fantasy Victory Fanfare plays*

My Gaggia Classic after the Silvia steam wand mod http://flic.kr/p/8zhpdD

@RamboKK Not at all. And I haven’t been able to stop thinking about your loss since you tweeted about it this morning.

Making dinner, Terra playing (??) Heavy Rain in living room, Wesley watching his PSP on the couch, later I get Valkyria Chronicles 2 time 🙂

I’ve gotten 10 hours in 3 days in Valkyria Chronicles 2 (that’s a lot for me). I’m lovin’ it. Its only flaws are the same the first had.

It is SO annoying how Valkyria Chronicles lets you win – the computer throws away turns! Looking forward to online player vs. player 🙂

So many times in both Valkyria Chronicles games, the computer has me – I’m a dead man – and it forfeits the rest of its turn. Wtf??

Excellent artice about one of my top can’t-live-without-it games http://www.next-gen.biz/features/time-extend-space-channel-5-part-2

I have said for years that Space Channel 5 is less a game, more an interactive cinematic musical production.

(see also the excellent Mad Maestro (ps2) – it’s an orchestra conducting sim with great classical music choices and realistic controls.)

I should be video’ing me cleaning up the yard. Screaming like a girl, jumping around every time I see a bug would be YouTube gold! /citydude

WHAT??!! NO!!! It can’t get all windy and rainy NOW!!! I worked half the day making these neat piles of weeds and trash!!! FML!!!!

*shakes a fist at the heavens, falls on knees, whimpering, beats head on concrete "NO! It’s NOT FAIR!!!"*

WHERE’S MY ATIVAN?!!!

I’m not even over being sore and tired and "Mother Nature" blows all my hard work away. … bitch.