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» Read the rest of this entry ...Just because the item ON the cookie sheet is still cold after it came out of a hot oven, the cookie sheet itself will still most likely be hot.
» Read the rest of this entry ...So, how did the election go for you? I called my mother earlier this week on an unrelated topic and she thought I was calling to discuss the election, which I gather did not go well for Democrats. (See, I used to get my news from the Daily Show and now we don’t even have [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...At least a dozen times today I have wanted to call my mother and ask if she’s ready to visit us tomorrow. Sometimes it takes at least 5 minutes before I realize that today is Wednesday and she’s not arriving until Friday. In other news, I processed a bunch of I-9 forms (to make sure [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...So. I was very good and did not spend ANY money on Black Friday (it helps that I was working from 9-5, so I didn’t even think of trying midnight shopping again). (Not that I would have, actually, as Gene made it clear that he did midnight shopping once and would never do it again). [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...I just had to hunt through 4 different “Favorites” menus in Safari (my web browser of choice) before I could find my link to post in my own blog. In better news, the Great Black and Brown Hunter (a/k/a Betty) killed a rabbit today. And left it behind my chair. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Fortunately, Gene handled disposal. [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...10 years ago today? Graduated from Ball State University. Ten years ago today marked the satisfying finale to my educational career. Hooray! It is the proudest day of my life, still. I’m not using my degree, not even a little bit. I feel a little bad about it.
» Read the rest of this entry ...I almost wore a night shirt out of the house today. Oh well, I can wear it on the patio. (Seriously, I love Old Navy. I walked in there yesterday and walked out with 7 t-shirts and 1 I thought dress and they are nice and long and cover my ass and don’t make my arms [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...So, back in the day I had a Speak and Spell and a Speak and Math (or whatever the math version of the Speak and Spell was called*). I credit the Speak and Math with my ability to do simple math in my head. (I also credit my mother’s handy memory tricks such as “Refrigerator [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...So I’m checking out my bracket (Louisville: Welcome to the Dead to Me list) and I notice that the main page of the Yahoo bracket thingy says that my bracket is in the 98th percentile for brackets. I’m alllll excited until I realize that this does not mean that my bracket is better than 98% [...]
» Read the rest of this entry ...Here are two facts I learned today while waiting at Max & Erma’s for dinner: 1) The NYSE stock symbol for Harley Davidson is HOG 2) Well, crap. I thought I had another funny one. The NYSE symbol for Starwood Hotels – which I thought owned the Hilton hotel chain – is HOT. I thought [...]
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