The Giants won yesterday, though their running game still looks pretty bad, and they're in the playoff hunt. I had the horrific notion the other day of a Cowboys-Patriots Super Bowl, and I said to my brother, "I might have to root for the Cowboys in that match-up" and he was like, "UNTHINKABLE." But better rookie sensation Dak Prescott than ugh, ( Read more... )

I am here to tell you a thing you probably already know, but sweet jebus on the half shell, if you are presenting something to a group, DO NOT READ THE POWERPOINT SLIDES WORD FOR WORD. Just don't do it. And especially don't do it when the meeting is running over and you got stuck at the end with the truncated time slot. (I also have strong feelings ( Read more... )

Last night, when I got home, my internet was once again super spotty - it told me I was connected but it couldn't actually load any websites, so I called TWC and the stupid recording was like, "We will reauthorize your modem! You must unplug your router and then plug it in again after 15 seconds!" So I did that and...my router never came back on. ( Read more... )

Please tell me not to go down the rabbit hole of reading about the FIFA investigation (I only have three tabs open! I can stop before I get started!). There are so many things about it that are just mind-boggling. I mean, American sports are not bastions of purity - the NFL is pretty despicable, and I say that as a huge (American) football fan - ( Read more... )

Well, I was supposed to go to my sister's for a bbq today, but yesterday on my commute home I did something to my ankle upon exiting the bus and now it's really painful to walk. So I stayed home and propped my foot up on some pillows with an icepack. My exciting holiday weekend! I guess I'll marathon something on Netflix ( Read more... )

So the Rangers won game 7 in overtime and now it's on to the Eastern Conference Finals, and holy crap, I love my team even when I'm screaming at them for being dumbasses who can't clear their own zone. Lundqvist saved them again, and I just want the team to be worthy of him! But I thought they played really well for large parts of this game, and ( Read more... )

= It was a lot chillier out this morning than I expected when I did my errands. I stopped off to have a pedicure and I was the only customer in the place. My toes are a bright coral now - actually a little brighter than I expected, tbh. I think next time I'll go for my more usual blue or teal or burgundy, but I've enjoyed the pinks and purples ( Read more... )

bits and bobs:

= How Captain America Made Chris Evans a True Movie Hero

= Exclusive: Spoilery MCU details on Civil War, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man & more. I don't know how true any of the stuff in this article is, but I will cut for potential Civil War movie spoilers (I don't care about Ant-Man or Doctor Strange so I won't be discussing those).

( potential spoilers )

RANGERS WIN! THE RANGERS WIN! Man that was tense. When it went to overtime, I was like, guys, don't you know I have cupcakes to bake!? And then Hagelin scored and it was good. So, so good. *happy sigh* Now they can rest for a few days, and hopefully Zuccarello will be all right. Hopefully they will do more scoring in the next round (Fleury was ( Read more... )

ZOMG WORK. I was already late this morning - sick passenger at 59th St messed everything up - so I decided to stop in at the World's Slowest StarbucksTM for coffee (I don't understand how a store that is busy even at off times is always so understaffed and overwhelmed). And when I got here at about 9:20, it was all, "ORG CHARTS FOR EVERYONE" and ( Read more... )