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Royal flush

Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Some time earlier this year, the shower/bath in the master bathroom stopped working. All bathing activity now has to take place in the bathroom right behind the game room (something which will only make sense to the 2-3 people who have actually visited my house). Now the toilet in that bathroom has stopped working, meaning that one must now go to the master bathroom. Or step outside and hope no one’s looking. (Hey, I have a pregnant woman in the house. I’ve actually done this to avoid waking her. Someone’s gotta fertilize the yard and leave a mystery for future archaeologists, and one dog ain’t gettin’ the job done. And we live way the hell out in the country.) Sometimes I think to myself that there’s a reason we got a good deal on this house…

From the “all the cool kids are doing it” department:
NerdTests.com says I'm a Cool High Nerd.  What are you?  Click here!
I think I’m actually pleased with that rating. I’m disappointed with my history/lit score there, but I just woke up and it’s three in the morning. (Simple equation explains why: nesting instinct resting instinct.) I must however take the authors of this test to task for not including more obscure sci-fi, video game, anime and prog rock questions, and not one word about 20 sided dice? The authors of this test were clearly non-nerds operating from a set of stereotypes. I need to get together with someone who’s actually capable of coding something similar and do a nerd test for my own site, and let me tell you, this one would separate the men from the boys in short order.

I’m going to go back to bed now and hopefully occupy myself more with getting back to sleep than with being cranky.… Read more