May I just say "Word" to Rebecca Traister's review of Koren Zailkas's memoir, Smashed, about her youthful binge drinking ( Read more... )

Well, it was yesterday that was a snow day. We had a lecture scheduled for work. Had sent out notices (well, we had the Printing & Publication Office send them out, but I had to run the database queries and send them Excel spreadsheets with the addresses to do the mail merge for the envelopes). Had corrected notices after the director of the ( Read more... )

It's been a very busy and very cold week. The busy-ness has been due in large part to the fact that my birthday was on Tuesday. I like to stretch the celebration of my birthday out for as long as possible. This year, I thought I was going to manage to get three cakes out of it, but as it turned out, I ended up with only two ( Read more... )

Because everybody's doing it.

( Lost )

I was just flipping channels trying to figure out what was on (oh, digital cable, how I miss thee), and I ran into a Full House rerun on Nick at Night. Actually, I had to stop and see if it was really Full House, because DJ was talking to a boy about college and I didn't realize the show went on for that long. That means I was a junior in high ( Read more... )

( The O.C. )

I know I've got some soap watchers on my friends list. Well, I've got a question for you. I'm revising a couple chapters of my mystery novel to hand in for class on Thursday. In one scene, the main character's soap-obsessed friend tries to convince her that the uncashed $5000 check that she has found made out to her (dead) mother from a rich old ( Read more... )

Liz and I have been taping Lost and watching it after Smallville. That works because you don't have to pay as much attention to Smallville, and we're usually eating at 8:00. Last night, Liz made some awesome chicken and noodles with peanut sauce with some pad thai mix and her own additions. Mmm ( Read more... )

Man, I am so tired today. I've gotten practically nothing done at work, especially compared to yesterday's productivity, because I can't motivate myself to do anything but stare blankly at the computer screen ( Read more... )

( Lost )