I actually looked up during the theme song for Big Bang Theory today and saw the captions.

Whaddayaknow...

It's not actually, "Mad science, history, unraveling the mystery..."

Though, you know, given these guys, it does make as much sense.

But then, for the first time in 24 years of sewing, I broke my machine needle.  Now, that said, it's entirely possible that I've been using that same needle for 24 years, so it was probably time for a new one anyway ( Read more... )

Now, I could go on about how the reading system we have says you start kindergarten at Level A reading and if you're on level, you end 8th grade having finished Level Z ( Read more... )

So, my parents bought me an iPad.  YAY!  iPad ( Read more... )

I was looking in my soap fragrances the other day and realized I had rum, spearmint and lime.  Ergo, I was being sent a message from above to make a mojito... something.  I ended up deciding on a great big container candle (old mason jar from spaghetti sauce).  It's curing now, and it's going to be an awesome candle, but of course I slimed myself ( Read more... )

Okay this is the conversation from this past Tuesday:

Principal: Can we meet next Thursday?
Me: Yes, that would be great.

So because it was Tuesday, I assume she means the next Thursday that will occur on the calendar.

Um... not so much.

I get out there today and several people are all, "Oh um... interview?  With the principal?  Are you sure?  She's on ( Read more... )

So, sometimes when I want to try to increase my chances of getting a good shot of something moving, or something hard to see, I just hold the shutter button down and hope. Or I'll tell the camera, in ten seconds, take five shots, one second apart ( Read more... )

• Was woken up at 3:30 and 4:00 (ish) by an insanely loud "BOOM!" It wasn't a car crash kind of loud noise, more like something exploded. Twice. And not one right after the other. About ten minutes after the second one there was a fire truck, but weirdly (especially for my neighborhood) there weren't any car alarms that I could hear.
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Can I schedule a retake ( Read more... )

...except of course when I can ( Read more... )