Still in limbo on the job. Had interview with Big Boss, which I think went well. Was told they would decide by the staff meeting Wednesday morning (that is, Wednesday May 11). No decision. No update on when decision will be made ( Read more... )

I keep seeing comments about Obama's great poker face over the weekend. Surely this means that someone, somewhere, has made or is making a vid. Right? Or at least a gif?

Last night Mom sent me this text ( Read more... )

I love the ambiguity of the English language. I just saw the headline "Taliban declare spring offensive."

So, first it was "Uncle L is in the ICU." Then it was "Uncle L is in the ICU with meningitis." Then it was "Uncle L is in the ICU with meningitis that was caused by endocarditis." Then it was "Uncle L is in the ICU with meningitis and endocarditis but he's on the mend." Now it's "Uncle L is going into surgery tomorrow for heart valve ( Read more... )

Seriously. I think I've got maybe 4 of them ready to hand. Out of... I don't know exactly, but a lot more than 4. The only thing keeping me from suspecting that Domino is absconding with them and pawning them is that I know they couldn't possibly fetch any money. And without that as an explanation, I'm honestly stumped. It's not as though I've ( Read more... )

DC Mayor, Council Members arrested in protest. My cousin was part of the protest, and she was arrested too. I know this because she posted to her Facebook about it. It amuses me to no end that the comments on her status were a bunch of her friends expressing shock and dismay, and my mother and uncles (including my cousin's father) expressing ( Read more... )

I have never been really fat. Even at my heaviest, I was not what people generally mean when they say "fat" (even if a basic description of my measurements might have sounded fat to some people.) And I'm at least 15 pounds down from that now.

But I have always identified as fat. Not physically, but politically. Size Acceptance, and joining SA- ( Read more... )

A while ago - more than a year, I think - my father developed this weird little bump on the tip of his nose. And then it wasn't quite so little. And then sometimes it was scabby and gross. And he never did anything about it, until a month or so ago. Don't ask me why ( Read more... )

A lot of the downtown exits on I-35 have been closed this weekend, which has been doing interesting things to traffic. I noticed this (obviously), but didn't have any idea what event it was for.

Then tonight, I was driving home, and I saw some of the cars lined up to go downtown, and I thought, "Oh hey, I bet it's Relay weekend!"

And I was right