We leave tomorrow for the trip, coming back home on the 7th. Will update as I can :)

My family cat of nearly 21 years, Bunny, was put to sleep on Sunday ( Read more... )

I passed my senior professional in human resources exam this morning. Woohoo. :)

Now I can read more interesting things than HR prep materials, THANK THE LORD.

I'm listening to Yahoo! Music at work, when a song comes on "my station" I hadn't heard before. I look to the artist, and it's a guy from my 9th grade P.E. class, Donovan Frankenreiter, singing! I couldn't believe it! I know he went on to great things in surfing, but now he's apparently an up-and-coming artist (and not half bad!) and close ( Read more... )

On April 28th's "The Late Show with David Letterman", the Top 10 list was "Top Ten Signs You're at a Bad Prom". And number seven was...

7. Not only is the DJ playing Bryan Adams, the DJ is Bryan Adams.

Ouch! :D

(cross posted to http://community.livejournal.com/summer_of_bryan)

From an AP wire story about Bush's current trip out west:

"He planned to stop in Las Vegas on his way home Monday to raise money for Republican Rep. Jon Porter (news, bio, voting record) at the Venetian Resort Hotel Casino." (emphasis mine)

I know midterm elections are coming up and all, but...

So one week from today, I will have moved out of my apartment in downtown Jersey City and move in with Mary in Westchester County (NYC north suburbs). I have been too busy working, going to class three nights a week, and packing/schlepping(*) to think about The Change (TM). Part of me is very excited about moving in, and cementing a relationship ( Read more... )

I thought it might be a little fun to figure out how far north, south, west and east I've been in the world, by determining each locale's longitude and latitude. You can do this, too ( Read more... )

See, I should have done graduate work in Sesame Street... :)

http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1542-734X.2006.00270.x (then click PDF button)EDIT ( Read more... )

The host of the 80s classic game show Press Your Luck, Peter Tomarken, has died in a plane crash.

I used to love that show.