On Sunday my family watched the movie "Ratatouille". It was brilliant, guffaw out loud funny, with great animation and rats-eye-view scenes that were clever and fresh. Those people at Pixar have just scads of imagination and they're putting out some of the best movies for any age, IMO ( Read more... )

I'm so freakin busy at this time of year I hardly have time to read, let alone post, but: my sister is looking for a free or cheap bureau or dresser for her younger son. So if you're moving or discarding or selling one anytime in the next several months, I'd be interested. Thanks!

My work is looking to hire an experienced technical writer to do user documentation. No job description at this moment, but we need someone with some computer technical experience or knowledge (so they know something about what they're writing about). The task is to write buckets of documentation for our new email system and also create ( Read more... )

The Wednesday before Raqs's party I bought a purse to be my work bag to tote all my electronics (ipod, camera, cables, and of course the lovely Macbook Air!) and a comb and wallet and a tube of lipstick. It's 17" long x 12" tall x about 5" deep. It zips at the top, has two handles that go comfortably over my shoulder to tuck the bag securely ( Read more... )

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I promised I would post pictures of the Appa cake I made for my little girl on her fifth birthday. (She is a huge Avatar fan.) Here they are:

from the side

from the front

from above

A job is open at Brandeis LTS for a Desktop Technician to work both in the Hardware Repair Shop and in the public computer classrooms and labs. This position reports to people who report to me. :-) Check it out on Brandeis's HR site. If you know of anyone who would be interested, please pass the word. Thanks!

We're giving away a nice queen size bed with a good mattress. Know anyone who wants one? (In case they ask, we do not have bedbugs, and we're getting rid of it because we need the space for our four year old to have a big girl bedroom of her own.) We'd like to get rid of it in the next couple of weeks.

I am actively interviewing to fill a 6-8 month temporary position in the Computer Hardware Repair Shop here at Brandeis. The position would report the Repair Shop Manager, who reports to me ( Read more... )

Where would you go to get the jawbone of an ass ( Read more... )