So some anti-tax nutcase (as opposed to the nice, sane people who are anti-tax) just set his house on fire and then crashed his plane into an office building pretty close to my house. He was aiming for the IRS office ( Read more... )

This passage occurred in an article on business negotiations I was reading for work:

As a woman it is important not to let your emotions show, especially when negotiating with men. In business, emotional displays can hurt. A man who screams is considered a tough guy who merely lost his temper. A woman who screams is viewed as someone who cannot ( Read more... )

We got a new TV today, one of those fancy flatscreen ones. I have mixed feelings about it, but hubby and the kiddo are pretty stoked.

Our big TV broke last week, and the DVD player wasn't compatible with either of the other TV's in the house (which are tiny and old) so Alice was missing her movies. Several days of her futile begging for ( Read more... )

It would seem that I have just secured my first freelance proofreading client through my brand spankin' new website.

Somehow I didn't expect it to happen so fast, but I are excited!

I made a post containing the following paragraph. I just ran across it and laughed carbonated water through my nose. (Ouch.)

I am thinking about far too many things... I'm worrying about a Christmas present I still haven't sent, and the thank-you notes I still haven't written. I'm wondering what I should do with my hair, because it desperately ( Read more... )

I just finally figured out that Anglo-Saxon and Old English are the same damn thing.

* headdesk *

Alice has taken ill. She had been coughing for a few days, and on Thursday evening she started running a fever ( Read more... )

My lemon tree had a lot of lemons on it when the cold snap came and I didn't get them picked in time. They froze on the tree.

So now I have a big bowlful of perfectly ripe but squishy previously-frozen lemons and I have no idea what to do with them...

Me:

Hi! I received 2 out of the 3 items I ordered... [the missing item] is shown as shipped on my order history, but it wasn't in the box.

So I guess it's my word against the shipping record's. Can I still get it, or do I have to challenge the shipping record to a game of chess or Global Thermonuclear War or something?

Them:

Thank you for ( Read more... )

In future please always remember seasonal crushing depression and plan accordingly. Do not assume that this year it won't happen, because WRONG.

Stupid inability to get anything accomplished. Stupid spending all day sleepy and all night with insomnia. Stupid grumpiness and paranoia. Go away. Srsly.