I often am amazed by things that the powers that be seem to think we should care about. Things such as who won ‘Dancing With the Stars’,the idea of an Alvin & the Chipmunks movie and, according to this article,  crying candidates.
According to the article, it seems that when someone's considered to be a tough guy man's man,  it's okay and ( Read more... )

Stating the obvious department: I really haven't written on LJ much lately ( Read more... )

With Thanksgiving over, I find myself breathing a sigh of relief.  The holidays just sort of bug me so I aways feel good when they're past ( Read more... )

This weekend is the Chicago Air and Water Show

For some reason it's supposed to be the biggest attraction here all year and I'm really curious as to what all the fuss is about.

Yesterday we went up to the roof of my new place to check it out. Being downtown, we got a really good view of the show, despite the fact some of it was blocked by some of ( Read more... )

I imagine most of you have seen this already but it’s just too amusing
not to post…

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_fe_st/odd_hello_kitty_cops

According to the article, police in Thailand have come up with a new and creative way to discipline
their officers. The bad cops are forced to wear pink Hello Kitty armbands as a mark of shame. ( Read more... )

As with most things, I'd say balance is essential ( Read more... )

I've officially entered the 21st century. I've finally gotten a cell phone.

Yes, after all these years complaining about how much people with their cell phones annoy me, I've gone over to the dark side. Of course, I have sworn I will use my new phone for good and not evil. This includes...

• Not walking down the sidewalk aimlessly oblivious to ( Read more... )

Tried to access LJ at work today. It's been a while and apparently they changed the security settings ( Read more... )

Sitting here in my new place with a landslide of boxes to unpack, I remembered I haven't written on this journal in a while. So I've decided to hold off on unpacking by updating my LJ. Nothing like fighting procrastination with more procrasination.

I'm moved again for the umpteenth time ( for those that are wondering, 'umpteenth is slightly more ( Read more... )

I've decided what I'm going to do with the rest of my life. I'm going to be a neurologist!

A while back (August 21, 2006 to be precise, but who's keeping track) I was sitting at work and the next thing I remember was waking up the next day in the ICU at Northwestern Hospital. Apparantly I had three grand mal seizures. Needless to say, I was slightly ( Read more... )