I have a habit of telling my kids "You are the awesomest Awesome who ever awesomed" because I like playing with words, and because it's true. (Sometimes I tell the T that as well. It applies there too.) Apparently, BigAl likes the construction of the phrase, because the other night he started using it as well, saying things like, "[Mongo] is the ( Read more... )

Ok, to start, I have to explain that I was a hockey fan 20 years ago*, ever since DM and I lived on the Range with his parents, and his brother Toby (who controlled the TV in that house) taught me to love the game. Back then, Toby decided that because I have some Finnish ancestry, I must be a fan of Esa Tikkanen**, so I became a Rangers fan. And ( Read more... )

Gripe #1: Had this entire post almost completed an hour ago, but then my fat fingers hit some sort of awkward keyboard combination and I LOST THE WHOLE FUCKING THING. Anti-Gripe: So I decided to call the T first and post later, since he had said he was tired tonight and our call wouldn't run late anyway. Now I'm full of Schmoop and ready to take on ( Read more... )

Getting the extra hour of sleep was nice. I woke up at 8:30 Standard Time. Checked Facebook, and decided that I was tired enough to take a nap. So I did. A 2 hour morning nap is a wonderful thing ( Read more... )

(I originally typed that as "clean." Make of that what you will ( Read more... )

My feet hurt. And my knees, and my hips, and my shoulders, and my hands ( Read more... )

I've never liked those over-the-ear Bluetooth contraptions. Not because they make a person look like a douchebag walking down the street talking to thin air, but because they never hang right over my ear. If I move, it falls off. It's hard to hear. My sunglasses get in the way. DM had given me one for Christmas several years ago, thinking I might ( Read more... )

Linkage from this afternoon's news findings:

tl;dr "We couldn't figure out how to factor in emotion, so we assumed it wouldn't be a factor."
Greenspan offers faux apology for the trainwreck that was/is the 2008 depression. Gah, I majored in econ a thousand years ago, never did anything with it, and it was obvious to me several years before...

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Some days I regret accepting a job that has so much people contact, and the only way to get through it is by logging the stupid, amusing, or downright ODD things people say ( Read more... )

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Let's ignore the lack of recent posting, shall we?

Putting this here because I'm not totally comfortable putting it on FB, but it's funny (mid-90s-lookint webpage and all).

Anyway, check this out: What songs were your parents likely listening to when you were conceived?1. "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head", BJ Thomas ( Read more... )