I know that I'm hormonal and slightly overtired when a trailer for "Free Willy: Escape from Pirate's Cove" moves me to tears.

Hopefully I got enough sleep to make this morning's softball game a fun experience for all. Mostly though, I just wanted to let you all laugh at me as I'm laughing at myself.

This morning on NPR, I heard this story about what the use of pronouns say about how we're interacting with people. I just tried playing with the power dynamics of pronouns in an email to a direct report, and wow does it seem to work ( Read more... )

Yes, in a fit of fangirliness this week, I ordered navy blue Converse All Star low tops. I expect to receive them tomorrow but they're already causing me aggravation.( Read more... )

Do I dare post today's xkcd in the office?

For those of you just tuning in, at the end of December I decided that I’m not going to buy this year, but I am going to move to a neighborhood that eases my commute and hopefully puts me in a better community. The rest of this post is the results of my search thus far and the decision I’m facing now ( Read more... )

I spent much of Monday and yesterday diving into the intricacies of mortgage options and my own personal finances. The answers I came up with are that now is not the time for me to buy. First, and most importantly, I think it would be a stretch to my monthly finances to buy the kind of place I'd want to buy in the location I want to be. I want to ( Read more... )

I want to move out of my present place. Commutes to work and my social life are just too long. I believe I'd be happier closer to both. I also believe that I'd be happier owning rather than renting, but I'm not sure that the place (both the location and the unit) that is right for me now will be right for me 5 years from now. I'm also not sure I ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Ori!

Last night, I got tired of being depressed, so I decided to just stop it. It seems to have actually worked today. It was helped along by the resolution of a thorny problem that's part of a high stakes project at work and dinner with friends that involved hilarious stories of projectile vomiting during the play "Our Town ( Read more... )

Dear Friends in New York City, I will be in Manhattan the weekend of December 27th and 28th visiting my cousin. Anyone want to get together for a birthday dinner on the evening of the 27th ( Read more... )