- Saw "The Nutcracker" with Queen B and another friend of hers on Sunday (first time seeing a full-length classical ballet). To be honest, I almost fell asleep during the first half. During intermission I had a very very large cookie, so that, in combination with the sheer wonder of the dancing in fantasy-land, helped keep me engaged during the ( Read more... )

With a few hiccups, I'd say the events of this weekend worked out okay.

( If a weekend is only two days, why is this entry so long? )

Me: A guy just walked by and I'd swear it was Dean X, except he was wearing pants ( Read more... )

So I had leftover lentils. (Okay, they weren’t really left-over; it just took me a long time to get around to doing what I wanted to do with them.) I’d wanted to make a veggie version of a pocket pie. But I was in a hurry and didn’t quite have time to do that (since I figured pie crust would take time, etc.). So I pulled out the South Carolina ( Read more... )

A few weeks ago, one of my colleagues/softball teammate had a Rock Band party followed by dancing. Queen B had been talking about going dancing for the longest. In fact, she took winterredwood and I to task for not being up for it ( Read more... )

The word of the day is abattoir. I ran across it while proofreading an essay my cousin was working on for his MS&E class ( Read more... )

Conversation from yesterday (when, because she didn’t go to work, Queen B and I had lunch)

QB: So what building do you work in?
Me: The big one with the stairs on the side.
QB: What’s it called?
Me: nameofbuilding
QB: And what office are you in?
Me: 120.
QB: So, nameofworkplace, nameofbuilding, room 120 ( Read more... )