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Where the hell have I been?

100% of my reader wants to know.

About to hop a plane to Austin, Tejas for the SXSW festival. Looking forward mainly to relaxing and eating comida mexicana. It's a bright, sun-shiny day here in Mary land. Yeah, that's right. It's finally nice around these parts, just before we go to a nice, warm place.

Y'all can look forward to lots of on-the-spot posts about soaking in the hot tub and sleeping til noon.

Dropped the pup off at her new kennel. This one lets her have her own little outdoor run. Much better than the jerks at PetsHotel who just locked her up in her gilded cage all day. Of course, I'll reserve judgement on this new place until after we get her back.

Been spending the lunch breaks digging through the CD collection at HoCo library. Most of the albums I wanted are "check out" (read: gone for good), but I did get a few gems, including Mr. Springsteen's Born in the USA.

Yeah. Not so funny, huh? Maybe next time ...