I am a: Quirky sysadmin. Geek. Gamer. Comic fangirl. My little space, my home on the interwebs. I blog about personal stuffs, work, various coding projects, and anything else I feel like.

This one is from my mother: A husband and wife were shopping in their local Wal-Mart. The husband picked up a case of Budweiser and put it in their cart. ‘What do you think you’re doing?’ asked the wife. ‘They’re on sale, only $10 for 24 cans.’ ‘Put them back, we can’t afford them.’ A […]

“Hi honey, how was your day?” That may be how some spouses greet their other half. In our house it’s: “Hey babe, what’s for dinner?” Tonight when he asked, I smiled and said, “Tax forms. Hope you’re hungry!” ;) Jim happened to come home while the soup (which was wonderful BTW!) was simmering, and I […]

Had a good weekend. Jim, Jess, and I went down to Prattville and saw Jim’s mother. We did a bit of shopping, sight-seeing, and had some really awesome barbecue (I’m talking giving Green Top a run for its money good!!!). It rained all the way down there, and all the way back. I’m so sick […]

I’m a bit of a sucker for ‘odd’ accessories, and for years my long black Express arm warmers have been my absolute favorites. I love wearing them with t-shirts on days/nights where it’s too warm for a jacket or long sleeves, but too cold to be bare-armed. And when I get too hot, I simply […]

Most anyone who’s been messing around with webpages and HTML over the past few years I’m sure is familiar with the concept of pre-loading images. If you have a rollover effect (for instance, mouseover effects on a menu bar), it makes good sense to pre-load your images so that the effect shows up immediately when […]

A few weeks back, we had an unwelcome visitor of the rodent persuasion. (a mouse in the house) Jim had set several traps around the house with cheese and a few with peanut butter. None of them worked, they sat out for a day or so with no nibbles, no snaps, not even near-misses. Apparently […]