Unless you've been living under a rock for the past few months, you are well aware that this is an election year. And, if you bother to cut through all the bullshit: the vitriolic ads, the Fey-driven satire, the Hustler/Palin porn, and the polarized blogosphere, you come to a really frightening conclusion. Despite three presidential and one Vice ( Read more... )

Following the lead of those, more popular bloggers, I have started a new Blog. Check it out at

http://thriftstoreundies.blogspot.com


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Ok guys, here’s your latest Squint Challenge.
Sorry for the delay, I’ve been rather busy going to Niagara Falls/Eating Ostrich/Fraternizing with Married People.
Nonetheless, I tried to make this challenge a little more difficult (read: not theme oriented). Some of the pieces are a little askew and for that I apologize. Feel free to ask for hints or ( Read more... )

So I got this game called SQUINT a few months back, and I think it’s a pretty fun time. Basically, you have 72 cards that are all different types of geometric shapes. Using those cards/shapes, you have to make all different pictures ranging from easy (cowboy boot) to hard (giraffe).

I find this game really fun and engaging and I wanted to share it ( Read more... )

If anyone would like a Christmas Card, lemme know by leaving your address in the comments box. I have 18 cards and will do my damndest to send one your way.

my mother is a well-respected Special Education teacher in the central ohio region. After her tutoring duties today, she came home and said that the Circleville School District is in such dire need for Speech Therapists that Ty Ankrom (the superint.) has said CHS will PAY for someone to go to Grad School if they sign a contract stating they'll ( Read more... )

I heart pointless text conversations ( Read more... )

Today, on my day off, I went on a 7mile hike around Hocking Hills. While not so good for my feet considering I have a softball game tomorrow... the hike was fabulous for my camera and quite cathardic. Enjoy the photos below:


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sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I'm not going to make it, but you laugh inside
remembering all the times you've felt that way, and
you walk to the bathroom, do your toilet, see that face
in the mirror, oh my oh my oh my, but you comb your hair anyway,
get into your street clothes, feed the cats, fetch the
newspaper of ( Read more... )

1.) Diet Coke has come out with a new soda called "Diet Coke plus", the plus being in a rainbow, comic-sans font and indicating that the drink includes vitamins and minerals ( Read more... )