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 is without a doubt one of my favorite holidays, but it is something of a topic of controversy in some circles. To help dispel common misconceptions about the origins of Halloween, I thought I’d share today’s Delaney Place email I received: “Halloween’s origins date back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (pronounced sow-in). […]

I’ve been rediscovering old hobbies. Most recently is letter writing. I used to love writing to folks. I had several penpals all through high school and college. I picked it up again during my Goth clubbing days via an old Goth site that was alive and kicking during the 90s. I used to volunteer for […]

That’s a question I get asked a lot, but rarely answer truthfully. I’m not saying that it’s anything bad, just that I think most folks just want to hear a polite “Fine, and you?” rather than what’s really going on in my life. I think we’re all like that. We just say “Fine” and go […]

The anniversary of September 11th, 2001 is coming upon us once again. My initial plan was to ignore tomorrow, but I can’t really. Every year I’ve been re-posting the same thing over and over; just going through the motions, because I don’t want to process it again. I don’t want to really think about it. […]

Had a random call from a guy trying to sell home security systems. I get them coming door to door in my subdivision from time to time, but this is the first time I’ve had one call me. The call went like this: Me: “Hello?” Caller: “Hello, this is (NAME) from (COMPANY). I wanted to […]

Last weekend’s D&D session was tons of fun. We are planning to play at least once a month, more if possible. I decided that I wanted to play more regularly and with my bestie and our friends, so I bought my own dice. Then a dice bag. Then a figurine to represent my toon character […]