Domestic Geek

I recently saw an opportunity on one of the paid blogging sites about hair removal products. It was to have a positive tone (I have absolutely nothing good to say about removing hair), so I didn't take it. It did, however, make me remember something totally funny.

Did anybody purchase one of those Epilady contraptions that came out in the mid '80s? I just checked and the Epilady company still exists. I don't know why we all thought those would be the answer to our shaving prayers. I hated shaving with a passion (still do) and most depilatories make me break out in a rash. I remember I wanted one really bad (I was in high school then), so my sister and I each got one for Christmas. They had these revolving spring coil things that grabbed your leg hairs and ripped them out of the follicles. Man, did that hurt like a mother! Not only did that whole ordeal hurt, but the process dried out your skin and when the hair grew back, they were ingrown under your skin. Ick.

I think I remember hearing that was the most returned gift that year. Gee, I wonder why.

For the last week, I've been listening to chapters from a book called The Capo's Mistress by Richard Harris. The story by the first-time author revolves around retired L.A. police officer and recovering alcoholic Mike Driscoll. When Driscoll's old clunker car breaks down and he becomes stranded in the ghost town community of Virginia City, Mt, he is drawn into a tale of love, lies and deceit by a woman he meets there — former Las Vegas blackjack dealer, Mary Carter.

In a desperate attempt to win Mary's love, Mike travels to Vegas to retrieve a bag of loot from a robbery dumped in the Treasure Island lagoon. Mike discovers he's being used and Mary is not being sought by police as she claimed. She is in reality Theresa Defoe, mistress of mafia boss Big Tony and it's the mob who wants to find her. Mike is in deep and it will be interesting to see where the story goes from here.

Beginning on March 11th, Harris began offering the book as a free MP3 download on his site. Each day, a chapter is being released until the entire book is available. On April 27th, the release date for the book, the chapters will be pulled from his site. So, go check it out and if you like it, consider supporting the author and pre-order The Capo’s Mistress at Amazon.

Well, OK, the poor mouse isn't stupid, it's just getting old and worn out. I have this Logitech laser mouse that I've been noticing hasn't been responding as well as it used to. I especially hate how it responds when I'm trying to draw in Illustrator. It's harder than heck to grab a point. Well, early in the week I noticed it wasn't even starting to place the cursor well and if I needed to select some specific text, forget about it! We stopped in at CompUsa yesterday and I discovered I can't afford a new mouse. Marcus said I could use the mighty mouse that came with his new Mac. After an evening of using that, my poor hand hurt so bad! Why can't Apple ship an ergonomically friendly mouse? So, I guess I'm stuck moving my corded Logitech mouse back and forth from my PC to my Mac until I can afford a new mouse.

I'm cleaning off stuff off my desktop since it's getting a little cluttered and I found this cute little screenshot of an IM I was having with Marcus a while back. I just had to share:


Why am I getting visions of the movie Ghost in my head? lol

I make no apologies that I love Google. Even if they are plotting to take over the world, at least they're making my life easier in the process. Seriously, when you need a no-nonsense search engine, Google is it. When you want a little more out of your home page, their personalize version is pretty cool, too. I love all the little tools and search boxes and info that you can have. I heard on the radio on the way to work the other day that there were now themes available to make your Google page pretty. That conveniently slipped my mind until I saw a post about it over at ljcfyi yesterday. I immediately went and added one to my google page. There are currently six available, but I heard that there will be more in the future. I chose the Tea House theme. I love how the scene changes depending on the time of day.

Here's a screen shot I captured last night: