this past week, i've yelled at my car radio on two notable occasions. i tend to do that from time to time. a story or interview will come on and i just have to yell. what with all the craziness in politics these days, i've been yelling more often than what would be considered "normal". before this week, the last time i yelled at my radio was ( Read more... )

i wish i could say that i had the ability to ignore the election results. i was able to stay away from it during the entire day today. i didn't look on any news-related websites and steered clear of any forum online which might be discussing any kind of results. as soon as i left work, though, i needed to know ( Read more... )

a couple of weeks ago, our company had a big group meeting with our CEO and a few VPs of the different business units within our company. it was long and boring and held in a very smelly gym at a local school (the building we USED to use for our company-wide meetings was sold and we don't have an agreement to use their facilities). i spent the ( Read more... )

dear mario batali,

i am a big fan of your cooking. i cheer for you on iron chef america. i find your molto mario cooking show to be entertaining and informative. but, i have a large bone to pick with you regarding your cookbook of the same name ( Read more... )

this one's come around again and i simply cannot resist it. comment to this post and i'll give you a letter. then provide a list of 10 things you like, beginning with that letter.

celtcub gave me the letter N.

Noodles - it's not just my username, but i love noodles. noodles of all kinds: spaghetti, linguine, penne, soba, pho, ramen, rice noodles, ( Read more... )

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because i was not in the music mood and cannot force myself to listen to other radio stations, i've been receiving constant coverage of the democratic national convention this entire week. it's only in the evening, but after about the first day, i was tired of it. all the speeches sounded the same and the correspondences were providing little-to- ( Read more... )

i never thought march would end. i feel like i've been in march for about a year now. i'm not entirely sure why that is, exactly. i have a feeling that since it's been pretty slow at work and when i do get something to work on, it comes in fits and spurts, rather than a steady flow. i'm good with steady flow of work. i'm constantly doing ( Read more... )

i, and many others, were labeled as "godless liberals" for questioning our government by one such rev. john rutherford. now, i'm all for tolerance and being kind to all. that was how i was raised by my family. however, i am NOT tolerant of ignorance and stupidity. i was raised by my family and my community (both secular and non-secular) that is ( Read more... )