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.

Christmas hasn’t exactly been “the most wonderful time of the year” … and at this rate, never will be again. Jessie had the full-blown flu. Unfortunately her mother waited too long to take her to see a doctor, so she couldn’t get the shot AND she had a 102 temperature for 3 straight days. Poor […]

Smurfed from Beth. (source) They say the way to a man’s heart is through is his stomach… I don’t know about his heart, but certain other organs sure seem to respond to food: Thirty-one men, aged 18 to 64 years… underwent olfactory testing with the University of Pennsylvania Smell Identification Test (UPSIT), a 40-item, forced […]

I understand why some theme authors get mad and pull their themes, or stop making them available to the public. It’s frustrating when someone rips your content and claims it as their own. I’ve had my artwork stolen plenty of times, I’ve had entire copies of some of my sites stolen — this is not […]

It’s rainy. It’s cold. It’s “blah” weather. My day started out ok … Jessie was a bit argumentative this morning. Actually, she has been a lot lately, and I know it will only get worse the closer she gets to her teens. We were nearly 30 minutes late to work this morning due to the […]

I finally got confirmation from the Birmingham Water Works regarding the online payments and charges. This came to me this morning via email: Dear Nicki; There will be a service charge of $2.50 every time a customer uses the online payment system. Our automatic draft is a free service and I will send you the […]

I really shouldn’t be, but I’m still surprised by the seemingly unending parade of idiots that run this city. The Birmingham Water Works website has been saying “Coming Soon!” for over 2 years in regards to online bill payments. I’ve asked about every 3 months for at least the last year and half — I […]