I can see the music....
Fact of the Day: lava lamp
Edward Craven-Walker is responsible for bringing the lava lamp into millions of homes over the years. After seeing a fascinating egg-timer with a blob of wax in it at an English pub around the mid-1940s, and being informed that the person who invented it had passed away, Craven-Walker spent the next 15 years perfecting the lava lamp. Beginning in 1963, Craven-Walker brought the novelty lamps to trade shows, and by 1965 they were being sold in the U.S. The lava lamp, whose original name was "Astrolight" or "Astro Lamp," became a staple fixture during the psychedelic 1960s. More lava lamps were sold in the 1990s than in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s combined.
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Not much to say today... work, then go to the store to get stuff for our communal lunch, then to the post office to buy mountains of stamps... finish Christmas cards and maybe *fingers crossed* put up the Christmas tree... but I'm not doing it alone. I hope other people are home and able to help, if not it'll have to wait till Thursday night. Damnit! I should have insisted on doing it for my birthday! It's less than three weeks to Christmas and our tree still isn't up. :( Not just not decorated, but not even UP. It's still in its box on the porch. :(
Soon, soon.
My middle finger's numb and tingly/slightly swollen again. :( Probably from all the cards I wrote last night.
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I guess people are getting tired of my bitching and moaning. I've been lj-dumped by 4 people that I know in real life and consider friends. Guess they're my friends, but they don't wanna hear me. Ah well. C'est la vie. They didn't ask for a mutual unfriending, so I'll continue reading their journals... Or I could delete them and just ask Ray for updates. *shrugs*
Maybe my overly large fonts for birthday wishes and stuff like that have turned people off. If anyone else has a beef with my blog, lemme know, and I'll consider changes...
Edward Craven-Walker is responsible for bringing the lava lamp into millions of homes over the years. After seeing a fascinating egg-timer with a blob of wax in it at an English pub around the mid-1940s, and being informed that the person who invented it had passed away, Craven-Walker spent the next 15 years perfecting the lava lamp. Beginning in 1963, Craven-Walker brought the novelty lamps to trade shows, and by 1965 they were being sold in the U.S. The lava lamp, whose original name was "Astrolight" or "Astro Lamp," became a staple fixture during the psychedelic 1960s. More lava lamps were sold in the 1990s than in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s combined.
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Not much to say today... work, then go to the store to get stuff for our communal lunch, then to the post office to buy mountains of stamps... finish Christmas cards and maybe *fingers crossed* put up the Christmas tree... but I'm not doing it alone. I hope other people are home and able to help, if not it'll have to wait till Thursday night. Damnit! I should have insisted on doing it for my birthday! It's less than three weeks to Christmas and our tree still isn't up. :( Not just not decorated, but not even UP. It's still in its box on the porch. :(
Soon, soon.
My middle finger's numb and tingly/slightly swollen again. :( Probably from all the cards I wrote last night.
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I guess people are getting tired of my bitching and moaning. I've been lj-dumped by 4 people that I know in real life and consider friends. Guess they're my friends, but they don't wanna hear me. Ah well. C'est la vie. They didn't ask for a mutual unfriending, so I'll continue reading their journals... Or I could delete them and just ask Ray for updates. *shrugs*
Maybe my overly large fonts for birthday wishes and stuff like that have turned people off. If anyone else has a beef with my blog, lemme know, and I'll consider changes...