My esteemed other half has reminded me that if we use the word “goldfish” in the domain name, it’s already eight characters, so keeping it down to 10 ain’t gonna work. OK, so just keep it real. Something that’s easy to say and not confused with other words easily. He produced this list, (so don’t steal), and I like a [...]

I found a link to these cat clothes, and I can just IMAGINE my cats’ reactions… This is way too much fun. I photoshopped this image onto Tay’s head, quick and dirty…

OK, here’s the deal. I am going to dispose of my ctjie.com domain name and start up another one just for me and my personal stuff. But. I need help coming up with the right name, something that hasn’t been taken yet, but is reflective of myself, my personality, my likes and stuff, etc. Something that fits. Vote below by [...]

I teach at a local large company in the evenings on Wednesdays. Our class takes place in the activity center for the company, and down the hall from our class is the basketball court, with windows so you can watch the guys play. Usually it’s full of pasty, slightly overweight 30-something Chinese, with a big ol’ black man thrown in [...]

This morning it was hard to get up. I heard meowing, plaintive and lost, neeeeedy meowing. Almost panicked. I stumbled out of bed to see who was trapped/lost/hurt. It was Salju, begging Tony to pet her. And I think I want a vocal siamese-type cat. Ha. After I fell back into the bed, mumbling at Salju to shut up, I [...]

I am stressing myself out for no reason, likely, but I am worried about changing webhosts. Not because I have a problem with my current host but because, dude, I am getting RIPPED OFF. I didn’t know this, until I started doing research for my new company, and now I’m going…mmmm, OK, I am getting ripped off. Do I care? [...]

I try not to be political, I really do. I generally believe that if everybody minded their own beeswax and just got on with shit that everything would work out best. Do unto others. But sometimes…I just have to say something. I am from Texas. This does not mean I love President Bush. This, in fact, means that I can [...]

When I was at the mall this afternoon for a waste-an-hour, I saw this burgundy generic American old sedan in the parking lot with the words “Th Hoe #1″ haphazardly scratched into the paint of its trunk. Beside the scratches was a big, bright yellow hair clippy with a smiley face on it. I’m thinkin’, Jesus. What you’d have to [...]

Last night on Last Comic Standing, and hell the day before, I was robbed. I chose 8/10 of the finalists, but my favorite finalist didn’t make it. Both of the Dans, Dan Naturman and Dan Ahdoot, who I had chosen for the top 10, were eliminated. Now the rest of them are just fluff, and I am considering not watching [...]

Well, Cappy is in the “hospital” right now because the puppies have moved to Austin to be with my sister, and we think his depression overstimulated his colon. Which means the poor doggy was pooing all over everything, and none too happy to eat. Which is a great weight loss plan for him, but not really a healthy one. So [...]

I recently re-upped my cell phone contract with my carrier, whom I am quite happy with for now. I could switch to my boyfriend’s carrier, well, could have, but I decided that hysterical kickball commercials aside, I am not so into that particular company after having had one of my roommates cheated by their customer service in college. The ol’ [...]

And Mama got a new job, moving up in the world, working for the client, not the contractor. Yay!!!! Yay MAMA!!! So even though her puppies went back to Austin this weekend, she is happier, much much. Finally, the “little guy” who works her ass off, shows up on time for 19 years, and never steals even a parking space, [...]

I had one of those feelings tonight as I was driving home, Don’t go to Barnes and Noble, go to Half-Price Books… And as a rule, I usually follow them if the feeling doesn’t tell me to go jump off a bridge. And usually I find a reason why I should have followed it (a great deal on something, I [...]

Today I made a breakthrough, minor though it was, with one of my younger students, …or maybe I helped her understand something she learned earlier anyway, I’m not sure which. She’s going to first grade in the fall, and we talked about 1 eye, 2 eyes, one cat, two cats…how you add an “s” to make a regular noun plural. [...]