I'm a bit irritated that it has come to this. I understand the city is trying to use a loophole to impact the business because of the complainers but talk about discrimination. Personally, I don't really care about these kinds of espresso bars, esp since I have a great machine at home and don't have the need to buy my drinks through espresso stands ( Read more... )

Ugh this is so sad, who would do this anyway?NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City teenager has admitted that she failed to let a kitten out of an oven after a friend put the animal inside and left it to roast to death ( Read more... )

I had to share this.PARIS (Reuters Life!) - French tourists are the worst in the world, coming across as bad at foreign languages, tight-fisted and arrogant, according to a survey of 4,500 hotel owners across the world ( Read more... )

Just got home not too long ago from visiting my friend at the hospital. He was in a motorcycle crash yesterday on I-5 (the one that crashed into the ambulance). I am so relieved that he is alive and will heal. I met him at school in January 2007 at CWU and he quickly became one of my favorites (i.e. someone I still keep in touch with!) He is such a ( Read more... )

Gregoire has asked lawmakers to let state universities increase tuition by up to 28 percent over the next two years to help offset deep budget cuts.WTH Gregoire? I understand that we are in a recession, but this is a ridiculous proposal. Allowing the universities to increase tuition by 14% each year for the next two years is obscene ( Read more... )

My coworker alerted me to this and I wanted to share it with all of you. There are various sources to confirm this breech of credit card security. I cut and pasted the WSJ article below and will link a couple of other articles on this post. My coworker found out about this after finding fraudulent charges on her credit card. I hope no one on my ( Read more... )

Today was another good day. Andrea and I went out on a field trip to pick up our departmental gift for one of our managers who is still in the hospital, recovering from surgery. And then we had Costco hotdog lunch, which is surprisingly the most unhealthiest thing I've had all week. And they're all beef hot dogs lol ( Read more... )