Apparently a slotted spoon, dropped from just above waist-high, can flip end over end on the way down and, upon impact with the floor, launch rice and beans above head-high.

Yep.

I just can't get into the "Christmas Spirit" this year. We still haven't put up our tree. Unfortunately, there's the usual stressor in our lives pretty much to blame, I think: the growing hostility I feel towards my in-laws. Things finally came to a head, of sorts, when Henry made the mistake of leaving me in the car alone with them this past ( Read more... )

When my Mother-in-Law dies I'm going to instruct the mortuary folks to roll the coffin into the memorial service a solid 15 minutes late. Wouldn't do to break with her usual MO, after all.

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I WANT a fucking BATH.

Yes. I want to soak neck deep in the bathtub, dammit.

I've been looking at some post-op sites, and most of them recommend only 2 weeks after surgery. Apparently my own doctor is super conservative. GRRR. I've still got some scabbing going on in my navel and where my port was, so I'll hold off at least another 7 days but...

http://io9.com/5396602/dr-horrible-2-has-songs-a-title-and-nathan-fillion

SQUEEEEEEE!

Today was the Day of Produce ( Read more... )

Funny how that's the one thing that starts nagging at our brain, telling us we WANT to do it - no matter how much it's something we really don't enjoy in the first place! I'm supposed to take it easy for a full four weeks. No lifting, no pushing/pulling, no deep bending, etc. You ever try to clean your house with those limitations? Yeeeah RIGHT! ( Read more... )

I went to watch the latest episode of House, "Brave Heart" and found that the damned baseball game had ran way into overtime. House didn't start until 30 mins into the recording, so I'm missing the second half. Hulu doesn't have the episode up yet.

HEEEEEELP! I needs me some House!

As everyone knows, I just got gallbladder surgery. My mother-in-law has just had surgery to deal with stage 3 endometrial cancer ( Read more... )