I think it's time for good news now.

I had a dream last night that someone shaved off one of my eyebrows.

Colin Powell bigs up Africa show


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I didn't kick my coffee habit, but I did kick my Starbucks-or-other-expensive-coffehouse habit. Almost. It's such a relief on my wallet. My mom didn't tell me until recently, but apparently one month all the credit card charges on Starbucks totaled more than $100. That may sound somewhat reasonable (if you're getting a drink every weekday), but ( Read more... )

One of life's greatest mysteries solved!

While perusing one of my all-time fav websites on my lunch break, I came across this gem:

I.e. vs. E.g.The Dilemma: You’re reading a document that’s riddled with needless, pretentious Latin abbreviations (a legal brief, e.g., or mental_floss’s exploration of differences-i.e., this book), but your year of ( Read more... )

Maybe I've been out of the loop for too long, but did anyone else notice that CNN.com now offers t-shirts with their headlines printed across the front? I came across it today while reading cnn.com (I don't know why, it's become one of my most hated news sites). It's an interesting marketing/sales strategy from a news organization. It's hit or miss ( Read more... )

I think the resource I use the most for my science reporting gig must be Google Search to look up "What time is it in_______?"

This Friday marks my official countdown to “Farewell D.C., Hello California.” I technically have two weeks remaining, but with only one weekend left it really feels close to the end. I don’t know, right when I feel like I can actually stand living here, I have to pack up my things and fly home ( Read more... )

When Edwin first IMed me "earthquake!" I immediately after typing "What? What?" logged on to the LA Times Web site. It was down, which I've never seen before, and that actually freaked me out. Less than 5 minutes passed and I tried again. This time the site was back up and with a one sentence alert. Probably less than 10 minutes later, a small ( Read more... )

The best thing I've heard all morning: all this time, I had health insurance!