Now that I've joined Facebook (induced by my employer's recent social-media binge), I keep forgetting that I haven't updated hereI have yet to figure out which of my oh-so-valuable posts should go where, except that obviously Facebook, being in my real name and viewable by coworkers, must stay vanilla (until I figure out how to customize my ( Read more... )

R and I just had "our" Christmas this weekend. He is now traveling to see his mom and other relatives in W.Va., and he returns on Wednesday, after which he will get to meet the rest of my family ( Read more... )

My sister, who left the house for work about 15 minutes ago (in a rush, hair still wet), just came back in and rushed upstairs. As she ran out of the house again, she told me why:

"I just went to the 7-11. My total was 6.66, so I decided I needed to come back and get my cell phone."

I'm still laughing. OK, maybe you had to be there.

This is my first ( Read more... )

Now I remember why I unsubscribed from DCSM. The militant "oppressed" (who, if outvoted, would then scream, "Tyranny of the majority!") have become tiresome. They are too entrenched in their positions to listen to the voices of reason and reality (among them, most recently, fortryll, free_of_whip, and grail76). Why is this one event the hill they want to die on, anyway, when ( Read more... )