December 2016

I bought these Clorox Handi Wipes from Walmart and I really like them.

Use them for wiping counters or drying hands or whatever, then rinse them clean and let them air dry. The little breathing holes means they drive quickly.

The cloths are big, so I cut one down into 4ths. This makes it about the size of a paper towel from a select-a-size roll.

Clorox Handi Wipes

I looked on Amazon, and they do have them for sale: Clorox Handi Wipes Multi-Use Reusable Cloths. There’s different sellers, but this one is 72 cloths for $13.39 and seemed the best deal. (72 cloths = 24 rolls of paper towels. But I think it can equal more since I cut my cloth into four pieces. So 24 x 4 = 96 ^_^)

I’m not sure how much I spent at Walmart for my small pack of 6, but they were worth buying. I can wash a counter, rinse and wring out the cloth, and wash another counter. Much better than paper towels, and more hygienic than squishy sponges.

I think I’m going to sew some color coded thread onto the cloths so I can designate some for use in cleaning the kitchen, the bathroom, dusting, etc. I would really prefer not to mix them up.

Criminal Minds has been on for a while. If you haven’t heard of it, its a police procedural-type show following a group of FBI agents with the BAU (Behavioral Analysis Unit). Their job is to hunt down and arrest serial killers.

Some episodes raise questioning eyebrows. Some episodes are definitely worse than others. But on the whole it’s an interesting show.

There are some memorably good episodes, such as Season Eight’s fifth episode, “The Good Earth”. I’m not going to spoil it for you, but even on second viewing its still fascinating.

The summary does not do the episode justice:

Summary: When four men go missing in rural Oregon, the BAU searches for a common link among them in order to track them down. Also, JJ becomes upset when her son Henry doesn’t want to celebrate Halloween this year.

The nice thing about Criminal Minds is that the episodes largely focus on the case, telling things from the perspective of both the victims/unsubs and the FBI agents. There have even been several times when I’ve wished to hear the “And then…” story of the victims – the “10 years later and I’m doing fine” accounts.

And that’s neat.

I guess I’ve just gotten tired of so-called procedurals that focus on the lives and families of the main cast to the detriment of the show’s quality. If you’re trying to pack a whole storyline into an episode, you have to cut something when you begin including the personal life dramas of the regular characters.

I used to love CSI: Crime Scene Investigators. There was plenty of pseudo-science, interesting crimes being solved, and the main characters were a somewhat blank canvas on which fanficcers built a thriving fandom.

Then the show got a bit TMI. People began turning away from … Read the rest “RE: Criminal Minds – “The Good Earth” #S8E5 [babble]”

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The other day, my dad surprised me with a Wacom Intuos Draw tablet.

He got me the blue one and a designer case to hold it.

I just found out that if you can open the compartment on the backside of the tablet it came with three extra pen nibs. I thought I was going to have to buy more as I’ve been using the heck out of this one.

It’s kind of a relief that I can wait a little while before buying some. I blew most of my money on quality colored pencils.

Anyways, with the tablet I’ve hand drawn a few pictures with text:

I’ve used the free Screen Sketch program that appeared on my computer under the Windows Ink Workspace header:

And I’m considering making a little webcomic. I don’t know though. My drawing skills are somewhat lacking ;_;

Still, I really like the Wacom Intuos.

There’s something exciting about being able to write posts using a Wacom Intuos and cursive handwriting. It makes me feel like we’re finally entering into the future. Though there are a few improvements I hope they will make*.

*The pen is scratchy enough I’m worried it will ruin my tablet surface.

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