time to breathe, sorta

No pun intended.

( I have connectivity today, so I may make a lot of these long, rambly posts; I'll cut them for courtesy's sake. )

oh, and...

...sogwife's cat, Dude, is winding down. This is sad. He is
definitely the sweetest cat I've ever been lucky enough to know, and his
son Loki will miss him terribly.

google talk

I signed up with google talk (yes, I'm perpetually a late adopter/adapter)
so I could chat with my Suitor at work. Feel free to look me up if you
want -- serene@serenepages.org