I'm getting a new computer for Christmas. Today I got the power supply, and the new motherboard is ordered from Newegg. 

Hopefully that'll be all I'll need to get my computer to power on again.

I didn't want to buy a new computer for Christmas, but you do what you do.

Kitty in seltzer box (OK, adorable kitty in seltzer box). With demonic eyes. 

I just listened to "Alice's Restaurant" on YouTube (for Thanksgiving, you know?), and it recommended following it up with "Inna-gadda-da-vida" by Iron Butterfly. I'm currently 7m30s into it.

Can anyone suggest a followup in the next 10 minutes?

On the one hand, the part of me that wants to understand how things work and make sure there's no errors wants me to call my creditor and ask "I don't understand what's going on; why haven't I been charged interest on my outstanding credit card balance for the past two statements?"

On the other hand, I'd rather not pay that interest if I don't have to...

This picture was taken in late July, after my last trip to the Vet with Jazzmine. She was healthy, happy, and playful (when not feeling terrorized by the other cats). Today the vet said there was a large tumor, and that she had lost about half her weight since July. So long, Jazzmine. 2001-2015.

On Friday I went to lunch with +Eva Snyder at Istanbul Kitchen, and I mentioned to her an article I found recently about what kids who read the Narnia books thought Turkish Delight was. I've dug up the article, and it can be found at http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/cs-lewis-greatest-fiction-convincing-american-kids-that-they-would-like-turkish-delight.

Also, a while ago I signed up for the "Long List Anthology" kickstarter project, which endeavored to publish an anthology of the short fiction that made the Hugo awards "long list", but wasn't nominated, last year, as a way of mitigating the damage to these works done by the Puppies. They've delivered the ebook versions of the anthology, and I downloaded it to both my phone an my Kindle. I hope it's good.

Kitty on chest 

One of the blogs I follow Rick-rolled me for Thanksgiving


I forget where I saw this story linked. I like it.