Last night I forced myself to leave the house to mix and mingle. First stop was my friends Steve and Chris' annual bar-b-q. They both seemed harried and Steve was especially irritated by swarming hornets, the messy kitchen, and the fact that when people used the downstairs bathroom the odor was detectable on the deck! I went into hostess support ( Read more... )

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I'm up past my bedtime after following the lead of impulsezip and checking out trustflow II. Impulsezip comes up with all sorts of nifty lj statistics and trivia, with special software he has developed just for that purpose, and can tell you who the 25 people on lj you have the most interests in common with if you ask real nice ( Read more... )

Hey, I'm sorry to harsh your mellow(s), but this pissed me off so much I have to post it and see what you all have to say about it: Neal Boortz.

I found this author in a round about way. When I was a teenager I went with some girlfriends to see Street of Crocodiles by the Brothers Quay. We had no idea what we were getting into, so we got really baked beforehand. To this day, it remains one of my most favorite under the influence experiences. Anyhow, I became obsessed with BQ and that led to ( Read more... )

Just a note to let anyone who might stumble upon my journal that due to a little unpleasantness and a desire for privacy I've switched to friends only for the most part.

Irene Elizabeth Eudaly

October 5th, 1922 - May 14th, 2005

"There is much satisfaction in work well done; praise is sweet; but there can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands."

Beloved Sister, Mother, Granny & Understanding Heart

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Every once in awhile when I'm sitting in front of a computer and trying to avoid the unpleasantries of my job I will google a flip little query like, "What is the meaning of life?" and every now and then I'll actually find an answer or at least something quite entertaining. Today it was "What is my Japanese name?". When that yielded nothing I ( Read more... )

I hit the ground running on stress and caffeine this morning and I really don't have much to show for it ten hours later, though I did sort through about a year's worth of mostly unreturned phone messages. The last several weeks I feel like I've been running a gunny sack race through a molasses filled obstacle course. With a blindfold on. And some ( Read more... )