Yesterday I bought a turkey pesto sandwich at Los Gatos Café.  I ate half of it for dinner and figured I’d eat the rest tonight.  Alas, ‘twas not to be.  When I got to work, I noticed that my lunch was missing from the fridge ( Read more... )

A resident - let's call her Ms. Do Carry On - came in this morning to get a key for one of the neighborhood pools ( Read more... )

Even though it was pretty obvious that something had gone wrong with our friendship, I was really clinging to Rebecca's theory that K was just busy with work as the explanation for why I had not been getting responses from her to my messages ( Read more... )

I first began to suspect that K was avoiding me a couple of months ago, when it suddenly became very hard to get her to reply to texts.  But I also knew she was really busy with work, and I didn't want to be an annoying nag.  I asked Rebecca, our only mutual friend, if K had said anything or if Rebecca had noticed anything, and she laughed and said ( Read more... )

So Problem Coworker is officially on her way out.

She'll finish out her shifts currently on the schedule, since there are only two left.  We don't yet have her replacement, but after all the fuss and drama of last weekend my boss decided that it's better to just let her go ( Read more... )

Ugh, coworker drama.

So my boss found a new temp and interviewed her on Friday.  I had that weekend off, but I suddenly got a text from Bettie Page asking what was happening with the temp.  I told her I had no idea - I had not spoken to my boss and I didn't even know there was a candidate.  A few hours later, I get an e-mail from my Problem ( Read more... )

For some reason, planning Christmas with my husband's family has just been CRAZY this year.

In August his oldest brother announced that he and his then-girlfriend, now-fiancee would be flying out of the country on Christmas Day, so we needed to move our holiday plans to accommodate him. After going back and forth on some dates (at one point, there ( Read more... )

This is a follow-up entry to my enthusiastic FALL TV PREMIERES post a few months back.  What shows were worth waiting for?  What series have I already abandoned?  This has been the first time in memory where I have had the time to stay caught up on these shows as they come out, and it's been quite interesting.

I'm still watching...

• Once Upon a Time ( Read more... )

Warrior Class
By Kenneth Lin

Son of Chinese immigrants, decorated vet, and a charismatic speaker, congressional candidate Julius Lee is dubbed “The Republican Obama.” But when word of a youthful indiscretion threatens scandal, he discovers the dangerous intersection of politics and idealism. In this taut, topical saga of backroom electioneering, ( Read more... )

The Mummy (1932)


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