It's always interesting to see how different people react to threats.  I tend to joke it off and so, it would seem, does one of my bosses.  Another boss, however, seems to be more nervous.  Is it because he has a wife and kids and therefore feels more attached to life?  Or perhaps it stems from my refusal to be intimidated on a physical level.  I ( Read more... )

A real entry with all the fixins to come by Wednesday night but for now this update ( Read more... )

Just as I was sitting here feeling a bit like the little woman in the car shop (I'm currently in the lounge in the mechanical engineering building, the only girl - and one wearing a skirt and boots to boot - out of roughly 10 people), the following conversation wafts into my ear canal ( Read more... )

After a souffle, a stir-fry, a loaf of zucchini bread, a loaf of chocolate zucchini bread, and a batch of oatmeal chocolate chip zucchini cookies, the zucchini is no more.  Or rather, it is...more?...but now it's in various forms.  Its deliciousness remains ( Read more... )

With half an hour of work left and no tasks on the board for me at the moment, I decided that given my reticence this summer to post on my activities, perhaps an update is in order.  So here it is, my latest Japan adventure (as that is what took up my mid-July to early September ( Read more... )

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Have you ever thought about how many changes a person goes through in their life?
I was sitting on the couch the other night inwardly bemoaning the fact that cottage cheese - and for that matter Trader Joe's previously utterly delectable Sweet Nantes carrots - lately taste bitter to me. I think my taste buds have changed.

Today as I sat in an hour- ( Read more... )

While running to catch my bus tonight my pants unbuttoned themselves and almost fell off.
I missed my bus.

It's time for a diet.
And new pants because these weren't that tight.  Simply delinquent.

Not remembering where I left off last time, I think I’ll just give you the highlights of the past few weeks ( Read more... )

I shall now explain ( Read more... )