Reading: bunch of stuff
Music: Kevin Burke
TV/Movie: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (MST3K version)
Link o' the Day: Least I Could Do



Some people get three-day weekends. Well, if those people work in Massachusetts and they get Patriots Day off. Pretty Maggie is one of them and I wish I had had the presence of mind years ago when she first encountered the holiday to try and convince her it was in celebration of the football team. Coming from the South where football is a religion, this might have worked for a short time, but maybe not. She's much smarter than I am.

So she has a three day weekend, but I'm hitting the grindstone, being a good little freelancer and sticking to a schedule. Just the same, it's a relatively light day and if things go well, mayhaps I'll break later in the day and we'll go bowling. Did a little Saturday and I did better than the last time, but it's still pretty inconsistent on my part. Just means I need more practice. Last night I did my whole "playin' choons" thing at Ward's pub. 'Twas a pretty good night although the fingers on my fretting hand are a little sore from over-practicing over the weekend. I've been trying to get down "Little Liza Jane" on the five-string banjo and "Swinging on the Gate" on the four-string. I made good progress, but I'm paying for it now.

We get incrementally closer to becoming homeowners. A lot depends on a phone call I'm expecting today, and then I visit my accountant later this week for some paperwork, then we hit the loan officer again for the official pre-approval. Once that happens, we tell our real estate agent that we're kosher enough to make offers and we get to follow up on looking at some houses we've have our eye on this past month.

In an ideal world, we'd close by the end of May. Wish us luck. It really is time to get the hell out of Providence.

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A light-ish day. Mostly editing and uploading final files to the printer. I'll be attending Comic Book Day at Sarge's Comics in New London, CT on May 2. Hopefully I'll have some TumbleTap items on hand, but at the very least it'll be a fun day to meet and greet and check out what's what. I'll be tagging along with the Strange Eggs pair, Chris Reilly and Steve Ahlquist.

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Today's link goes to one I think I've shared before, but as I'm currently enjoying the archives, I figured I'd share it again. Welcome to Least I Could Do, the webcomic. Made by the folks who give us Looking For Group, Messrs Sohmer and Desouza relate the comic misadventures of Rayne and his friends. It's kind of like the TV show Friends only people actually have sex and are funny. Big warning though...it, at times, could be considered offensive to some. It kind of pushes the envelope when it comes to political incorrectness. Do not come crying to me if you don't have a sense of humor. Otherwise, enjoy!

Cheers!