Opened yesterday's mail to find this pic on the cover of a flyer from Lane Bryant (I later read online that they call it a "magalog" which is just another reason to cancel my card with them, if you ask me):

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In the lag of time when I've pretty much not blogged, or only blogged about stupid things like American Idol or used this venue for posting my mealplans, I started watching Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. And I love it/him :) Except for a couple of really painful bits (Let us play with your look and Competitive Spit-takes, to name them), I find his ( Read more... )

I was on a business trip last week and saw the news ... um, not at all. So it wasn't until sometime on Sunday when the TV was on that I saw the news that the POTUS was going to give an address to schoolchildren. Previous presidents have done this -- on both sides of the aisle, I am sure. In addition, I heard an older person mention recently that ( Read more... )

Last Saturday, March 28 at 8:30 "your time", was the third annual Earth Hour. Originally conceived by the WWF (which used to be known as the World Wildlife Fund but they now go by just their initials), this event has gained momentum, I'd guess, mostly by an online, viral sort of presence. I was in a conversation with someone recently who'd never ( Read more... )

Here's what I know about health food stores: they have small aisles and they smell funny. That's actually what it says in the encyclopedia if you look up "health food store". Since I know this, I was shocked when a huge Whole Foods (yes, huge -- it's 55,000 square feet!) opened near me in December of 2005. Why? Well, it looks like a warehouse ( Read more... )

File this one under something we got graded on in 1st grade: Reading Comprehension ( Read more... )

To: TSA-ContactCenter@dhs.gov ( Read more... )

Another entry from my cranky alter-ego, Worky McWorkerson. She's been posting a lot here lately. My apologies.

Dear Person Who Has Never Received "Act Like a Human" Training,

In general grown-up, intelligent human conversations involving questions and answers, the accepted form of behavior is generally this:Person A asks a question ( Read more... )

Regarding lethal injection as a method for those who are given the death sentence, Ralph Baze said, "[if you're going to execute me], do it in a manner that is as humane as possible ( Read more... )

(ganked from kf_in_georgia)

And ... LOL at this rating


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