I think holiday music is making me slightly insane. After listening to "Winter Wonderland" approximately forty times today, I have started to analyze the lyrics ( Read more... )

Apparently my town is virtually recession-proof. Go us.

Okay, this is hilarious.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HE9OQ4FnkQ

I'm gonna kick some ass with my own pipe wrench!

The Queeq​ueg chapt​er of the Frate​rnal Order​ of Moai is proud​ to annou​nce that our beaut​iful Squid​-​​desig​ned tiki mugs to benef​it the MS Socie​ty of Maine​ will go on sale TODAY​,​​ Octob​er 1 ( Read more... )

Does anyone else find this ad hilarious, or is it just me? The coffee may suck -- I don't know, I don't drink coffee -- but I love the commercial ( Read more... )

Without getting into politics -- because I really hate talking about politics -- I have to say that I don't understand shifts in the polls. I know who I am going to vote for, and because my decision is issues-based, it's not going to change, barring a complete turnaround of the candidates' positions ( Read more... )

I've had this "everything is changing" feeling for awhile now. I chalked it up to work, which has been in transition/reorganization for about 18 months now (with no end in sight). Nothing else was really going on, I thought, since we're not moving, changing jobs, or experiencing any other major life transitions ( Read more... )

Since my department changed our name, the powers that be have been working on branding. To that end, we've been given all sorts of stuff with our name on it; two different kinds of bags, coffee mugs, folders, note pads, etc. One of these items was sticky notes; we each got 4 pads. Well, apparently the first round didn't stick well, so today we ( Read more... )

I think the news station we watch in the mornings (NECN) has gone a tad crazy from the heat and humidity. Yesterday the traffic reporter (who is a goofball at the best of times), for reasons that remain unclear to me (I was half asleep), was singing "We Can Make the World a Whole Lot Brighter" of Brady Bunch fame. This morning the weather guy did ( Read more... )

I'm heading out on vacation this weekend (to this event), and I cannot make myself work today. Argh ( Read more... )