Most importantly, HAPPY BIRTHDAY, girlnorth! Hope you have a fabulous day despite the rain! *HUGS*

And I am uberlame and missed poohmusings's birthday on the first, so a belated HAPPY 30TH to you, my dear! Enjoy being older than me for a couple of months! *SMOOCHES ( Read more... )

Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends! It's very strange, now that I'm back in Canada, to imagine having Thanksgiving so late. Heck, I'm already done half my Christmas shopping...

( ...Of course, I have a good reason to get done early this year! )

So my Dell laptop battery was unfortunately one of the recalled ones. It was super-easy to get the replacement (it even came in half the time they said it would) and send back the old ticking-time-bomb one. And it seemed like it wasn't a bad deal -- my old one was a year and a half old, now I get a new one and it will last that much longer, right ( Read more... )

Bay Area peeps (and those who know the BA)...

My family is in town for graduation and my dad requested an "authentic" Chinese dinner on Sunday night (for 8 of us). Any suggestions that aren't too far to drive from Rockridge? I've had not much success with Chinese places.

Thanks in advance!

You know, there's really nothing like a vivid dream about making out with Colin Firth to get your day off to a good start.

Now excuse me, I have to go rent Bridget Jones's Diary so I can watch the ending on repeat...

Has anyone else heard about the demise of diary-X? I know I haven't looked at my old one in years, but I guess it never occurred to me to save copies of my old entries... and now it's all gone. Mine, and those of old friends I used to read religiously. And I'm sad. I learned html for that diary! And there were tagboards with their hours of ( Read more... )

When you see this on your Friends List, quote Veronica Mars."You got a trophy for a rim job ( Read more... )

A huge, huge thanks to everyone for the hugs and sympathy. Things are returning to semi-normal, and one of the silver linings is the (painful) reminder to cherish the awesome people around us. And lots of hugs are good ( Read more... )

Oh, Toronto. So earnest, so well-meaning... so lame, yet somehow awesome.

Heeeee!!! I highly recommend Store Wars if you've got a few minutes and Flash capabilities. "Help me, Obi-Wan Cannoli, you're my only hope ( Read more... )