Went and voted in town elections today. The most important was the prop 2 1/2 override, but there were a bunch of town office elections which i did not at all anticipate. Since I wasn't going to go home, research and come back, I voted for everyone. I figure, it's a small town, there's nothing much wrong, and for every office, there were either ( Read more... )

here's why, perhaps
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-to-get-a-free-meal-at-McDonalds-4186

Extra bonus for those who want to brush up on Quebecoise French

The last time I was called to Jury Duty by our wonderfully inefficient state was January 2005. The Department of Education takes months to process a teacher license after years of paperwork, but these guys are right on the dot. Hope no one plans anything interesting on June 4th. I'm taking Hasik, and feeding him in front of the judge.

Generator of electricity from knee movement. One minute of walking enough to power 10 min of cell phone, for example, though a bit heavy (3.5lb ( Read more... )

I have to hand it to HAMAS - they organized the shopping trip into Egypt brilliantly. Silly Canadians taking buses to Michigan have nothing on the bombs, bulldozers, and elite commandos clearing the way for the Gazans.

Thursday morning, the day after the Iowa caucuses, I got my breakfast croissant and sat down to see who won. In between running around getting Ali's breakfast, checking on Jason, and brewing my tea, I was looking at My Yahoo's aggregation of AP and Reuters news very sketchily, so I wasn't surprised that each half-second scan came up with nothing. ( Read more... )

I caught up to housework, more or less, so it's time to catch up on frivolous world events. For example, the new KITT is here! This was one of the first TV shows I was in love with (the other was the A-Team, fool!) and I'm super-excited, both for the action-adventure, the nostalgia, and, of course, the ripped technology of KITT itself. The Hoff ( Read more... )

Сегодня airset календарь мне сообщил радостную весть - рожать пора. Спасибо, а то я чуть не забыла.

В понедельник приезжали предки готовые остаться на вечные векироды. Ага. Еле выпроводила их вчера, хотя успела вроде заразить нашей с Алишкой простудой. Интересно как дышать правильно во время схваток с заложенным носом? Авось узнаю ( Read more... )

И когда только у меня в последний раз были и силы и желание и время писать? А жаль. Ну хоть сегодня свободный денек. Итоги за последниe пару недель ( Read more... )

http://dilbertblog.typepad.com/the_dilbert_blog/2007/07/i-want-a-lucky-.html

By this method, Bloomberg and Thompson are definitely out, Giuliani and Edwards may be in, but Gore might just have the best shot!