-
Thursdays Are Fail Days
So, I hate to be all cliche about things, but that whole Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy thing where Arthur Dent says "I never could get the hang of Thursdays"....yeah, that's me.
This particular Thursday, after doing almost nothing in particular on Wednesday night (i.e. don't blame this on alcohol or staying out too late), it is now almost 12:30 ( Read more... ) -
I Need to Say Something, and I Need to Say it Here to Minimize Rioting
This is about Geek.Kon and some issues I'm having with a staffer and the way we need to do things right now. If you care about that, please read behind the cut. If you don't, please disregard this. I just needed to post it here because I needed to write it SOMEWHERE, and according to Chairman Bob I'm "evil" (his sarcastic way of complimenting me ( Read more... ) -
A Life Re-Evaluation. Part 1
Those of you who know me well know that I think I'm pretty f-ing great. But...not in one of those ways where I think I'm better or worse than any other person. More in the way that I learned to love myself in order to be happy and feel like I have value in the world ( Read more... ) -
Something Good for Once
I figure that since a high percentage of my LJ posts are me complaining about something, I would do well to post about something that made me smile this morning.
There have been signs up around my neighborhood about a missing 86-year-old woman who must have gone out from her house and gotten lost a week or so ago. The sign indicates that she doesn' ( Read more... ) -
Bakeries Everywhere...You Might as Well Stop Trying
My friends....I have just eaten some of the greatest cake in the entire world. Ever. Definitive. No exaggerating, no overdramatics, just pure and simple fact ( Read more... ) -
This is a Tribute
Here is a fantastic article.
It starts out with a fantastic intro that talks about Tenacious D.
It then goes into a fantastic bit of metaphor.
It includes this quote, which made me read the article in the first place: "The job of river conservation boils down to this: If at all possible, save the original; create or save tributes where you can’t."
( Read more... ) -
For More Information, Please Visit Our Website
For quite a long time now I've been amused whenever I see internet/cable companies advertising for their services on TV. Especially when they advertise on CABLE TV. But my favorite ads have always been the ones that directed me to their website to learn more about their fantastic internet deals. From a young age I was able to see the ( Read more... ) -
California in the Summer
It's cold. And cloudy. I haven't seen the sun since I left Minneapolis on Thursday. And, I'll be honest, I didn't really see it then since I left Minneapolis before the sun had decided to rise.
Regardless.....here I am on the California coast. Beautiful Monterey Bay! Which looks less like this:
( Read more... ) -
Yeah, I'm Pretty Sure We're Not on The List
I have to take a very short plane trip in August. When I booked my trip through Delta (yes....I still fly with Delta even after the "Great Baggage Fiasco of '09"), they told me that I could offset the carbon footprint of my trip by donating $6.00 to the company I work for. Naturally, I did so ( Read more... ) -
Because I Really Love Oysters
Ok...so first, let me start out by saying that I'm a conservation scientist who used to work in large part for something called the "Upper Mississippi River Program". That's what this is based on, but it's purely MY opinions.
Disclaimer over.
So. At a conference in February of this year, I heard the director of The Nature Conservancy's ( Read more... )