Sunday AM odds 'n ends

Yesterday was a busy day. It started out by continued work on my laptop repairs (wine left over from the night before!)

I have officially given up on it. It was to upgrade the hard drive from 100 to 160 GB. I doubled the RAM (now that was cheap). Well, reinstalling Windows is taking me days and it just generally a whip because it decides to periodically blue-screen while updating the installation from the August 2005 discs. Friggin' Windows. I think I shall instead go buy a new desktop and when I have time slowly update this one.

We then took the roof off the Honda,

And ventured down to Galveston to visit with our friend B and his pack of dogs. This one is especially cute:

B also has the world's biggest spit:

We decided to come home early and ditch "Mardi Gras".

This morning we are having some real Mardi Gras goodies, Smiley ordered us a yummy Gambino's King Cake!

This one has the Baby already in it for your convenience!

qupdate

A quickie post. L & C were here for the weekend (well, L is here for 1+ week for a workshop) and we had our own little 15 year college reunion. We had a great time. Lots of catching up and consumption. And their first Gay Pride. We also went to Galveston for the day Sunday and ate fish, walked a lot, rented one of those pedal-buggies (C was miserable), had ice cream, and dipped toes in the Gulf of Mexico. Here's me trying to suck my gut in on a jetty:

In other news, life's good but filled with activity. It seems that as I get older, the days get shorter. Work is good, lots going on and some good opportunities have landed on my shoulders. I just have to make sure I do not drop them.