knock on that

Oh, goodness, it's been a while. Here's some news:

• New job is going great. I'm doing mostly family law, with a sampling of other stuff thrown in. (Lately, I'm about sick to death of discovery -- both sending it out and answering it -- but according to my boss this is just a phase, and I'll get some other stuff to work on soon enough.)
  
• I just today bought a new car. It's an '05 Corolla, red, manual transmission. I haven't actually taken possession of it or even signed papers yet -- that's set for Monday -- but I agreed to buy a car.
• I got a new computer. It's a Samsung N120 netbook. It's teeny and very lightweight, but it's built around a full-size keyboard so typing isn't all scrunched. I like it a lot so far.
• D. just finished the last week of the semester. He was very consumed with homework and exams and all that, so it's nice to finally get him back.

(P.S. If you're wondering about the title of this post, it's from the game Portal, which is one of the three video games I've played to completion, along with Braid and, years ago when I was unemployed in Colorado, Donkey Kong Country.)