So watching myself on Jeopardy was way more fun and far less nerve-wracking than I expected it to be. About a half-dozen of my friends showed up to cheer me on. I got a bazillion awesome Facebook comments from awesome people, and I just generally feel pretty good about life. The fact that I didn't have to pay for any of my drinks last night may ( Read more... )

So it's 10:00, and I'm guessing we're not making the annual Thanksgiving Eve pilgrimage to the town where I grew up. See, every year the scattered members of my dad's generation (none of whom have regular names--they go by things like Moose and Duck and Bear and Ref) get together at the local Irish-ish bar and have a few drinks and tell stories ( Read more... )

So. It snowed. We're talking four, maybe five inches. (PENIS JOKE GOES WHERE?)

Lacking genuine sleds, we took a cardboard tri-fold and a Rubbermaid lid to the tallest and least-wooded hill on campus. It was fucking fabulous. The snow was beautiful and the sledding was fun and oh god my thighs are killing me.

See, the underside of the Rubbermaid lid ( Read more... )