The other day, I had this great idea: record myself telling me exactly why I had  to wake up and set that as my alarm on my phone, and that way I wouldn't go, 'oh, this is a non-essential alarm' and miss lectures and stuff. And it works. Most of the time.

The problem occurs when my phone is charging, which occurs halfway across my room. The alarm is ( Read more... )

Today, I went into my house, yelled "hello", got my gloves off, saw out of the corner of my eye the dog running up to say hello, and heard my brother say, "Guess what just came in the mail ( Read more... )

So, a while ago we bought the dog a packet of large dog biscuits, to see if he would like those better than liver treats and schmakos, because they're cheaper and better for his teeth. He didn't, and we've been stuck with these biscuits forever. But a few days ago, we figured out how to make him eat them.

You see, he's a very possessive dog, so if ( Read more... )