I believe that wedded bliss negates the need to be undressed — Savage Garden

Thanks, apollotiger

So I’m working on one.

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require 'wnck'

Gtk.init
w = Gtk::Window.new
b = Gtk::HBox.new
w.add b
Wnck::Screen.default.force_update
Wnck::Screen.default.windows.each do |win|
        but = Gtk::Button.new
        but.add Gtk::Image.new win.icon
        b.add but
end
w.show_all
Gtk.main

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On the hike today, hanging on a tree, was a scarf that someone lost over the winter. Ruth snagged it and put it in my bag. Tonight, she said she’d never wear it, so I ended up with it. It’s beautiful! It’s coarse woven either silk or cotton, in red, pink and blue. I am smiling with delight.

XChat-Gnome is really starting to shape up.

$(rpm -e xchat) Yes, it’s that good.

I just saw The Interpreter with Ruth, Ethan and Eric. It was the best Hollywood movie I’ve seen in a very long time — as good as Ransom and The Negotiator.

International politics has been on my mind a bit lately, so that was fitting, and Sean Penn might actually be my favorite actor of the moment. I’m not sure on that, though. It also didn’t have a kooshy ending, which was pleasant — it would only have detracted from the story.

All this after a day that started with four hours sleep, four shots of espresso, two cups of coffee, eggs benedict for four at lunchtime, a hike to find a possibly nonexistant hotsprings, and plenty of good conversation.

I love how my newsreader will sometimes randomly show me year-old entries. Don’t fix the bug, guys.

Especially since our conversation last night, raijna is gonna love this.

You scored as Faerie. Faeries are earth spirits. They live among each element completely hidden. Faeries can be somewhat close to Pixies, but mostly they are loving, playful, and carry with them a child-like enthusiasm for life.

Angel	75%
Faerie	75%
Mermaid	67%
Dragon	58%
Werewolf	33%
Demon	11%

What Mythological Creature are you? (created with QuizFarm.com)

I really do identify as a faerie — It’s been something that’s been a concious and deeply felt part of my persona for at least seven or eight years.

Lately, depression has reared its ugly head at me just often enough to remind me where I was two years ago. I’m staying head-above-water for now, but I’m cautious.

Courtesy of chiclet‘s dad, How to fold a shirt.

I just found out that one of my customers passed away two months ago. Rest in peace, Robin Magee.

I feel better now. I think I had more processing to get out of my system. Thanks everyone who responded.

I love how my metabolism mostly stops when I’m upset. ‘cept I get gas.

PLD’s GNOME menus need help. There’s the good, where everything that shows up is pretty expected, the icons look good:

The games category.

Then there’s the bad: the text is inane and repetetive. The icons are nearly indistinguishable, and the category itself, “office” is wrong — grandma, writing a letter to her kid, is not thinking of an “office”, she is trying to write a letter. Evolution is not under Internet, like I expect it to be, and it feels like miscelany:

The Office Category

And then there’s the ugly:

All the checks on my desk, entered into the system. One quarter of the office is clean and swept. Half the clutter from it ended up in other parts of the office, and half went in the garbage. Working on this crap. Next up: the dishes, and then maybe I’ll work on my winter coat so I can actually wear it next year, instead of alternately shivering my ass off and being glad the winter was mild.

In another life, I would be a paper pusher. I would own a mug full of pencils, all sharpened perfectly. I would process papers, and each one would get a stamp, stamp, stamp of approval or rejection, and staples would go klunk, chunk, klunk. I’d work happily in a cube, drink too much bad coffee, and argue about who didn’t put enough in the office beverage fund jar.

I guess I’m glad to be me.

I really like stamps that go thump though.