So, I'm working at home today. I log into my email, and find this:

Hi Robyn,Do you know what these file that in your filing cabinet?

WTF????
I emailed this person, who is in Accounts Payable, back writing, "Yes I know what my files are, and I would prefer that people not go through my filing cabinets."
But this was bugging me, so I called her, and ( Read more... )

Today was my scrapbooking day ( Read more... )

I had a bad day, but not in the normal bad day way.
For the past several nights, I've not been able to sleep well, despite the drugs. Last night, I had a major attack of heartburn, and was still awake at 3:30am. Today is my scrapbooking day. But I didn't feel inspired to scrapbook. I should have finished journaling last week's pages (July & August ( Read more... )

The newest Disney princess will be Maddy - the first black princess. People in the transracial adoption community feel anywhere from happy to FRICKIN ECSTATIC!!!.
Newsweek published a blurb about her:
"CROWNED: Disney introduced Maddy, its first black princess, but the third - after Mulan and Jasmine - of color. The film opens in 2009. "

So why does ( Read more... )

I just read the following article:
http://www.mothering.com/sections/news_bulletins/january2007.html#update%22

The MA Public Health Council voted to ban formula bags from maternity hospitals. The decision was reversed by the governor. People ( Read more... )

What am I talking about ( Read more... )

I belong to a Yahoo! Group, Transracial Adoption and Placement. Normally, it's a group of several women and a few men who ask their questions and share their knowledge about various issues facing multi-racial families. When one member finally got her daughter home from Haiti, we congratulated her. When another member had an adoption fall through, ( Read more... )

I've decided to start with an easy topic: Gay Marriage. I'm pretty sure that I know where my LiveJournal friends stand on this issue, but because I started this fricking web journal to rant, I'm going to rant.

The California Supreme Court recently ruled that same-sex partners with ( Read more... )

So, I have this manilla folder labeled "Web Journal." In it are all of the things (mostly articles from Newsweek) about which I have an opinion and want to write. I started collecting them last year after we moved. I'm just now getting to the folder ( Read more... )

Finally, I have decreed that I will update this web journal every Thursday. We'll see how long that lasts ( Read more... )