When I was pregnant I bought some clothes at Motherhood Maternity. They asked if I was "in their system" and I was like "what?!" because I don't like being in anyone's system - especially one that asks my DUE DATE, isn't that sort of a personal question? And they really wanted a due date. Like, she acted like she couldn't complete the ( Read more... )

Last spring at our early cinco de mayo party I had a really nice chat with a former neighbor, we caught up a bit and found out we were both selling stuff on the internet so we shared about that, I showed her my mini photo booth, we talked about profit margin goals, it was very bourgeois fabulous ( Read more... )

Finally got around to watching “the Pluto files” on Netflix, about planetary classification and recent controversies, and I think it does a good job telling the whole story and talking to people with differing opinions. But honestly I’m still bothered that most of America really wants to dig in and live in a “solar system with NINE PLANETS” ( Read more... )

Last week we had a staff meeting with some new people so we were asked to go around the room and introduce ourselves with our names and "something interesting about you". For the first time in my engineering career, I'm in a really chatty group this year, we already know everything about each other. I hadn't thought about it, but that's weird! ( Read more... )

I must sound like the angriest person in my lj sometimes... I swear I'm not, I'm really very happy with life, I love all sorts of little things... morning walks with the dog, cream cheese sprout avocado salsa sandwiches, coffee, musicals, road trips, crafts. So many things, I'd just never be able to list them ( Read more... )

I realize that emotional trauma related to grocery store self-checkout is totally a first world problem but zomg I HATE SELF-CHECKOUT... the problem is my husband just loves them and says "these problems" never happen to him when he's alone. when we go together, he always convinces me they'll be okay because he'll do the checking out and I just ( Read more... )

So remember a while back I posted about how it'd be a good idea to just phase out the penny as currency? Well now canada is going to stop making them and I say GO CANADA, they're joining many other countries, this is not a revolutionary idea. It's only "crazy" if you're a scared-of-new-things traditionalist who thinks every new idea is a threat ( Read more... )

I'm a nerd and I have a child, therefore I buy her space toys. Right? Like, here she is drinking from her rocket ship sippy cup.
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So I sent this guy at work an email, and five minutes later my phone rings, and he wants to talk all about the email. I had to be very patient. Then I turn to my cubemate and say, "Don't people understand that the whole reason I send an email is to avoid talkingThen I was accused of being a "gen-y-er", aka a "kid these days", who can't handle ( Read more... )

Target had huge chocolate bars on clearance so I bought a 4.25oz Hershey's Special Dark. It's a good size hunk of chocolate, but not what I'd call ridiculous. I get it to work and I notice it's seriously got a warning on it: Enjoy in moderation. One serving (5 blocks) contains 180 calories and 12g of fat.
Oh hell people. Chocolate is now in the ( Read more... )