Despite the world's economic down turn, and the stresses on banks and the credit crunch and any number of other media catch phrases that combine to mean "finances suck," despite all that, USAA has grown. And the only reason this is particularly noticable to me is because USAA does that profit sharing thing, where they give back some of the profits ( Read more... )

So i understand that my profs at school want to help us reach our full potential, create new ideas rather than blindly copying old ones, develop our own creative process and ideation techniques ect ect ect ( Read more... )

I fit an increadible amount of stuff on one book shelf.

I spent the day cleaning the corner of my "dinning room" which holds the majority of my supplies for various projects and hobbies. The shelf is unassuming; four slots of a sloppy 11 inch depth, 3'11" long, and each nearly 13" high. its low to the ground compared to my book shelf, and when you ( Read more... )

Haven't dropped off the planet yet!!

( Life updates: school and work. )

E-bay is about to become my frenemy and i'm crazy excited ( Read more... )

I am in the mood for veggies.
Veggies like for dinner veggies, like savory might-have-been-a-side-dish-in-a-restaurant veggies

Check these out i've been scanning:
Herbed Artichokes with Sour Cream Sauce
Italian Style Broccoli
Mushrooms Papillotte

GroupRecipes is my friend...

In other events, i've been ridiculously productive this week. Made a necklace- ( Read more... )

So i'm at a lovely fast wide screen high resolution fast mac with fast internet connection at school. Absolutly great. it took me less then ten minutes to check /both/ e-mail accounts instead of 15 to get into maybe one the way it does at the library. My laptop has been delayed in shipping by a week, so for a while this joy will be limited to ( Read more... )