I no longer associate a novelty factor with three day weekends such as Memorial Day. That is what having only four-day work weeks will do to you. I actually have more plans the week after Memorial Day than I do the weekend itself, taking off Wednesday and Friday for get togethers with various friends ( Read more... )

What happened to me last Tuesday is not new to me. There have been a few other times I've been sick enough to not hold down water, thankfully with at least a year between each incident. Now I have it down to a science - Shoot me up with some anti-nausea stuff, then rehydrate me, and then the worst will be over. This time my illness was ( Read more... )

It was as if someone had punched me and gave me a fat lip, except I felt no pain on the right side of my lower lip. Like a baby without complete control of their bodily functions, I felt like I may drool from that side of my mouth at any given moment. If I took a nap before work, I know that I would have likely woken up in a pool of it. At the ( Read more... )

Michelle: dammit brady, stop being sick, you are becoming like me....no wonder i've been feeling pretty good lately....you are taking my sickness away
Me: I'll give it back to you
Me: If you come over and rub my eye for me

[A few minutes of online chat with Jeanne]
Me: Did I mention that I still have pink eye?
Jeanne: you lucky lucky boyI woke up ( Read more... )

"Dude, I've been on the phones and churning through problem reports non stop for...oh wait...crap..."I didn't realize how long the initial part of yesterday's work day was until I looked at the little clock on the lower left of my work monitor, my co-worker burst into laughter, and I realized that only two hours had elapsed since I got there. It ( Read more... )

Digital audio rocks, literally. The two cables I ordered from eBay came in the mail recently. The surround sound is incredible, there is very little static noise anymore, and they boost the volume so that I no longer have to crank my receiver's volume to the max when I'm watching something relatively quiet. I also discovered that my Sony ( Read more... )

I now see and hear why the FCC is mandating that all over-the-air TV signals be digital and that standard TVs be phased out in a few years. High Definition Television is nothing short of incredible. The $5 extra per month that I pay to Cox is worth it just for the massive 12 foot component video cable that comes with my new set top box, which has ( Read more... )

When I went to Ace Hardware down the street from me to ask for a wooden shelf to be cut down by half an inch, I didn't know what to expect. It seemed like a somewhat small store relative to the one at Broadway and Rural near campus, so I wasn't even sure they offered such a service. As soon as I walked in the door, I was asked if I needed help. ( Read more... )

"What makes a German Chocolate cake German - Is it the coconut?"I have but one theory to address the question I sarcastically posed to some friends Saturday night ( Read more... )

My drive to campus seemed to take twice as long as it usually does. Not because of the pre-rush hour traffic on the freeways though. It was thanks to some drowsiness courtesy of two NyQuil that I took last night. I started getting a somewhat dry throat near the end of my shift yesterday, followed by a small urge to blow my nose on occasion. ( Read more... )