Do any of the rest of you feel anxiety about how to refer to older adults with whom they're acquainted? I've encountered several friends' parents recently and been unsure of how they want me to refer to them, so I've avoided it altogether. (Luckily, in one case, I have completely blanked on her first name, which leaves only one option. Regardless, ( Read more... )

It would appear that I've been busy of late. To recap ( Read more... )

I had a dream last night that kungfupolarbear and my brother had known each other longer than she & I had ( Read more... )

So confused and yet I agree.

Maybe he's talking about the card game? Shrug. I picked up a bottle of Plymouth gin the other night after seeing it mentioned far too many times for me to go on living without knowing what all the fuss was about. Yet to really give it a go. Yet to give it a go at all, actually. Also unclear as to how much I LIKE most ( Read more... )

I saw Chris Trapper at the Lilac Festival last Friday. I took one picture of the crowd and one of the stage, then just sat back and enjoyed the music. And a PB&J. Some of you will recall that I saw Trapper perform a few months back in a very different setting. I think I preferred the Water Street show's feel, but the setlist of the Lilac Festival. ( Read more... )

I'm slowly moving my office from Meliora to Lattimore. Let this stand as my official announcement. It is not a political (in the bad sense of the word) move. Ask me more about it if you want to, but basically I'm going to be doing more work with Joyce in the future than I have in the past. Interestingly, I'll be doing more work with Dick in the ( Read more... )

I get excited when: I see a newspaper in the men's room ( Read more... )

And here I find myself at 2 AM. Typical for me these days, really ( Read more... )

Part of me can't sleep because of dinner, which was a chicken finger garbage plate from Henrietta Hots.

Part of me can't sleep because of my sleeping patterns this week. I felt like crap as previously described, and that continued all week to manifest itself in gross/annoying ways. This culminated in collapsing into bed around 5:45 on Thursday ( Read more... )

We're batting 1.000 for crappy weather on 110 exam days. I imagine that'll keep up ( Read more... )