I am, unsurprisingly, sick ( Read more... )

Yesterday they let Lomo out of the hospital and I took him home and we loved the crap out of him for about 14 hours ( Read more... )

On a lighter note, I am mesmerized by this photo.


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Last week there was this beautiful weather and I was working at the coffee shop and everyone who came in asked, "And how are you?" and I answered "I'm great. I'm really great. Everything's comin' up Cara- I can't complain ( Read more... )

My thoughts, on seeing a "Free Breakfast Friday, January 30" sign in the office building elevator this morning.

"Oh yeah! Free Breakfast Day on Friday!"
"...am I working on Friday?"
"I am! Yeah! Free Breakfast on Friday!"
"...WAIT! TODAY'S FRIDAY! YEEAAHH!"

Consider my day made.

I joined a gym Friday on a whim, and have since spent about five hours there. Much to my surprise, I really enjoy it, but I make no promises that the enthusiasm will hold out (hence joining one with a month-to-month plan). On Saturday, during my fitness evaluation (after getting pinched with the "skinfold thickness" measuring tongs, and getting ( Read more... )

This makes me smile:


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Co-worker, on the subject of expensive new radio purchased for wife:

"This had better sound great. There had better be broken drumsticks on my living room floor."

Saturday night we went to the Bonos' Christmas party, where we read aloud from David Sedaris's "Holidays on Ice" and had a mid-century recipe cook-off.

Travis and I brought a celery log from a 1970s Weight Watchers recipe, as well as "Peanut Butter Catchup Dip" from a 1950s Good Housekeeping cookbook. The dip, in case you're curious enough to try ( Read more... )

I learned a new word just now: Fasciculation ( Read more... )