My upstairs neighbor (I have the bottom half of the two story building) is having a party today.  A work barbeque.  I really shouldn't complain-- I rarely hear her, and it is saturday afternoon-- but it's getting increasingly louder as the afternoon progresses.  I don't really mind the loud 80s music.  It's certainly better than the neighbor who ( Read more... )

 Well, don't I feel like an idiot!  I stopped at the grocery store on my way home from work, and racked up a whole bunch of groceries.  Of course I was on my phone at the checkout stand (christmas eve plan organizing, I promise I'm not usually that rude!) and when I ran my card at the check out it was declined.  Declined!  I had happened to check ( Read more... )

I'm a fan of the designer Eileen Fisher. Her stuff is very simply cut and well made; lots of neutrals, and lots of interesting materials. Very drapey and well cut, and the styles don't change all that much. It's much too expensive for me to justify buying it unless it's on a very steep sale; or from ebay. Anyway one of my aunts feels the same way, ( Read more... )

 Argh!  I just screwed myself on ebay.  I had too many tabs open, and accidentally bid on the wrong thing.  And I'm winning, gah!  Instead of the charcoal grey merino wool sweater I meant to bid on I must have hit the wrong tab in my browser, and didn't notice until too late!  SO I may potentially be the owner of a mustard yellow linen tunic.  This ( Read more... )

So last minute cooking is happening at Casa Zanthine, because that's just the way we roll at Casa Zanthine. I'm making a cranberry sauce to put on a baked brie for my extended family's Christmas Eve party. It's actually the same one I make as cranberry sauce, but it's slightly non traditional. It calls for the grated zest of one orange, and the ( Read more... )

 So basically Google+ is Angel right after Surprise? 

Soooo.... notice the problem?
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This is just... Neat!

I was very glad to get up this morning and see that they caught the rapist who attacked and abducted a woman 4 blocks from my house the other night.

I was less glad when I noticed that I left my front door not just unlocked, but actually slightly open.

Gah.

Dear Mr Ahmadinejad; I'm so sorry to hear that Europe is stealing your rain. Please feel free to help yourself to some from the Pacific Northwest; we have plenty to spare!

ETA: more wacky Iranian news. You may have missed the revelation that several of Ahmadinejad's close supporters have been accused of "sorcery". You really can't make this ( Read more... )