How many geek points do I gain that my only caption to this picture is "(don't blink)"?


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Look at Macy's, being awesome:

( full page ad in LA Times )

I've been remarkably unproductive today, in the work sense, but have managed to read a great many interesting articles and stories, even snippets of which were so immensely satisfying that I don't begrudge the work undone and the tasks still remaining ( Read more... )

Clearly the neighborhood is conspiring to make me leave work this evening (instead of continuing to surf Not Always Right while tears of laughter run down my face ( Read more... )

I am overdue on everything. Phone calls, birthday presents, packages of all sorts, emails both work and personal-related and just...everything. Yet I don't feel like I've been slacking; at least, I mostly want to sleep when I go home, which is partially why I'm behind on some personal online things -- after looking at the computer for 9-10 hours ( Read more... )

One of the nice things about having to travel to my folks for Thanksgiving is that I get to enjoy turkey dinner once the day of, and then maybe one day of leftovers -- none of that eating turkey for a week until all the good sides are gone and we're sick of it like when we were kids ( Read more... )

Just finished a marathon session of "Long Way Round" and it's got the traveling bug biting me hard. It's reminding me how much I wanted to do PeaceCorps or at least AmeriCorps when I left school, and how much I regret letting myself be talked out of it, though it's near-impossible to imagine the last few years of my life being anything but what ( Read more... )

Spring's come to the city while I was away ( Read more... )

Driving by in my remaining 3 minutes of time on this terminal to say "hi there!" from windy Stirling. Stirling Castle is the awesomest fucking castle on the planet, I swear ( Read more... )

One nice thing about having the boss out of the office - can take the mornings to get last minute running-around/packing/gift-wrapping done, and roll in late. It's a brightly sunny and pleasant 32 degrees out today.

"Wait," you say, "32 degrees? PleasantYes, yesterday DC decided to play Chicago for the day and gave us bitter winds and 19 ( Read more... )