We live in a neighborhood chock full o' college students, and this semester there have been a couple of 20ish-looking guys playing "football" (looks like "catch" to me) in the street at our nearest intersection. Now, this isn't a busy intersection, exactly -- I mean, there are no major streets involved -- but there is fairly constant-though-slow ( Read more... )

John the Bigot totally lost it in CWC's community meeting today and was, eventually, ejected. Burly bouncers did not emerge from the woodwork to drag him bodily out of the building, but he did leave in openly resentful disgrace. I don't think he felt disgraced, though -- I think he just felt pissed off and persecuted ( Read more... )

Goodwill Has Gone Stupid
Today I ran some errands, and -- dude! Goodwill charges $9.99 for a used blanket? (As opposed to those new blankets they sell at Goodwill, you know.) I can buy a new one online for that price, and choose the color I want instead of just getting whatever some random person donated! I just want something decent looking for the ( Read more... )

First words exchanged between Shannon and me this morning:
Me: Good morning!

S (half asleep, kinda mumbling): Good morning.

Me: It's Friday!

S (half asleep, kinda mumbling): Are you going to sit in the front seat or the back seat?

Me: (momentarily nonplused, a second elapses, and then I am laughing hysterically)

Shannon cracks me up even when ( Read more... )

One of the great mysteries of the world: why cats love to sit on paper. I mean, you put down a few sheets of paper on the table and walk away, and two seconds later there's a cat sitting on top. Why does paper excite them so? I can sorta understand paper *bags*, with the crinkling and the mysterious recesses and such, but plain, flat sheets of ( Read more... )

One thing that really bugs me is those people who cut me off (when I'm crossing the street on foot or on my bike), narrowly missing me, and smile and wave (perhaps this intended to be an apology?) like we're friends, like they aren't being total assholes. Dude. Smiling and waving doesn't make it okay. You still suck.

Like the socially responsible gal that I am, I got a flu shot yesterday. Unfortunately, most vaccinations, including flu shots, are made with egg. You know ... egg ... that stuff that makes me sick? I doubt it was a coincidence that I felt rather digestively challenged the rest of the day. But by evening I was fine. And now I won't spread typhoid ( Read more... )

Felt sick much of the day, presumably because I ate eggs yesterday. Went to Walking Group, but bailed after that because I wasn't feeling well. Came home and slept instead ( Read more... )

Played a game of Ticket To Ride online tonight.

( cut for Ticket To Ride geekery )

I'm not having particularly good day.

Last night, some students decided to move into the apartment building across the street ... beginning at 1:30 a.m. Not only that, but they were clumsy. So they were bashing things around, making an ungodly racket, and yelling to each other throughout. I finally went out in my kimono and asked them to please be ( Read more... )