Most of you know that I work as a contractor for NASA, on the MARTE project, right ( Read more... )

So, when I'm really, really pissed off at someone, there are a couple of songs I find myself defaulting to - namely Goodbye Earl by the Dixie Chicks and Cell Block Tango from Chicago.

What are your really pissed off at someone songs?

Poll Annoyed? That's putting it lightly.

We're spending time today at the Observatory doing a massive Spring Cleaning. Being the hippie-granola crunchy girls karenbynight and I are, we're trying to do all of this deep cleaning without getting into nasty chemical solutions.

I'm reminded once again of the lovely resource that Greenpeace Canada has provided in their Tips For Living Green - ( Read more... )

So, I've just moved into a new cube at work, from the office I shared with hopeforyou. The office had been her home long enough that it was pre-decorated when I arrived, and was also enough of a dark box that I never felt inspired to decorate ( Read more... )

So, no spoilers, just a general YUM! Tasty goodness, must see again. And I think I need to start knitting Jayne hats, the guys next to us were wearing them- much the cute.

And, wow, my date almost got an entire theater of Firefly fans PLUS two of the cast members to kick his ass! (Though, he may have been goal focused on getting Gina Torres to do

Poll Toes

...all of you.

I confess that I have, in the past two weeks, consumed all of Firefly. The DVD set, too - so that includes the episodes that never aired ( Read more... )

Bob Hunter, one of the founders of Greenpeace, has passed away.

EDIT 11:01am: Greenpeace has more to say, a lovely tribute.

Sitting on the Observatory Porch with princeofwands, obsessively geeking and watching a technicolor sunset falls among the many really lovely things in my last 24 hours. Others have been my sweeties turning up to have 'cuddle the sad sweetie' be part of their date night, lunch with mactavish, and the tub-o-splenda ice cream I just picked up at coldstone ( Read more... )

So, if you've been around me recently, you know that one of my stressors has been my employer failing to make the transition in my employment from temp to perm- giving me things like benefits and vacation/holiday pay ( Read more... )