On NPR Friday morning, they did a story on Longtime United Mine Workers President Richard Trumka, a white man who is giving speeches to union members that they are being dumb if they don't vote for Obama because he's black ( Read more... )

My mom bought me a puppy for my birthday.

Now, to cut short any squeeeing, I'd like to point out a few things:

• I am turning 30, not 13.
• She does not know if I can afford a dog (and I can't, vet bills and food and everything. I'm not going to have a pet if I can't properly take care of it).
• She knows nothing of where I live and if I have the space ( Read more... )

( First things first -- My annual this-is-why-I-don't-celebrate-St.Patrick's-day info )

Heard back from the car service place this morning. It turns out the issues I have with my car are currently because the last time I got an oil change, they overfilled the oil. Overfilled oil will get into the air intake system and onto parts of your car where oil really should not be, like the throttle. >_The estimate for everything is $329.40 ( Read more... )

I wrote this yesterday and meant to post it then, but I got sidetracked ( Read more... )

Today has been day of craptastic news to a level which has not been before reached ( Read more... )

Work has been kicking my ass this week. But on the upside: OT pay, paid for dinner on Monday (when I was here until 9 pm), and they felt bad they were stressing me out so much, so they gave me a $25 Am. Express gift card! ^___^ Isn't that awesome of them ( Read more... )

I was told today that "menudo" means cow brain soup in Mexican. After looking it up, I found it's not cow brain soup, but apparently cow stomach soup instead (though brain may be an ingredient, too). So why was there an eighties boy band named Menudo ( Read more... )

This messes with my mind.

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Contacts
First, in happy news, I finally took the damn hard contacts back to the eye doctor and said I want to switch back to soft lenses. Considering I dreaded putting in contacts so much I just wore my glasses everyday instead, I think trying the hard lenses was a failed experiment.

Injustice #1Now, for the thing I'm really pissed off about. A ( Read more... )