So far, so good.  I don't have a bag with me yet because I haven't produced too much waste yet.  What I have produced is little enough to fit in my pocket.

Item 1: gum, in gum wrapper (didn't even occur to me at that point)
Item 2...requires explanation...my co-worker Joe just came over to Donna's desk and foraged, as usual, for chocolate.  Which ( Read more... )

Lent begins this Wednesday (which means St. Louis' Mardi Gras celebrations are tomorrow!) and I'm gearing up for a rather big Lenten penance undertaking.  For the 40 days of preparation before Holy Week, I am giving up packaged goods.  And by "giving up," I mean the following ( Read more... )

I woke up with one name on my lips: Yadier.

Which is ok with Ryan, because when he got home from work around 6 am, his usual question was modified to this: On a scale of one to a million, how much do you love....Yadier Molina?  

I'm in Tijuana.  We had a salmnella outbreak (pretty sure).  Everyone is crapping and barfing.  Except me, so far.  Later, amigos.

Illinois work zone PSA ( Read more... )

I was driving down Gravois and was baffled by this sign. I finally decided no one would believe me unless I took a picture.
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My kitchen is flooding!

Please pray (or think good thoughts if you're not the praying type) for Ryan's niece, Scout. She has been in the hospital three times in the last two months for her pancreatitis. She is three years old, the smallest of the triplets, and this time she's in intensive care. She can't hold down any food and doesn't have much strength, and is ( Read more... )

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Who wants to go here with me?  Check out the menu.  I think I would eat/drink everything on it.  And they have flamenco dancers every Monday from 7:30-9:30.  Who wants to go with me?  PLEASE!

UPDATE: My parents have agreed to go with me tonight. Yay!
RE-UPDATE: My dad backed out, so we ate fried chicken from SuperValu. Oh well; I got to eat ( Read more... )