1. It doesn't matter how long you've been baking, it is still possible to burn a cake.

2. It really is easier the second time around.

I'm a big fan of marriage ( Read more... )

We have been cleaning our office and have some stuff we need to get rid of. So, for free, you could get ( Read more... )

I went swimming yesterday and swam very lightly for maybe half an hour. It felt good right up until I finished and got out of the pool, at which point it felt fantastic. I was jumping up and down and giggling to myself and chattering. Higher than a kite. And swimming is legal! And you can do it in public! With friends! Regularly ( Read more... )

The first snow of the year is always magical for me. Something about the way the flakes float in the air. . .

For my birthday, zsquirrelboy got me 2 dozen Krispy Kremes and an impromptu late-night trip to Woods Hole.

I have the best husband ever.

. . . either my body or my clothes. I can't really change size and shape in a week, can I? I mean, with any reasonable sort of behavior?

My coworkers don't seem to be good teachers for me. Either I'm asking the wrong questions, or they are giving me the wrong answers. . . We don't seem to be communicating well.

I'm not tired enough to go to sleep. I'm not really interested in reading or surfing the web, although I've been doing the latter for almost an hour. I need to be quiet, so zquirrelboy can sleep, so no music and no phone calls (although I'm not sure I want to talk on the phone anyway). I'm tired and lonely and depressing myself.

There is an article in the Wall Street Journal that got written because of the [much shorter] article I wrote about some wonderful research I though was getting overlooked. *strut* *swagger ( Read more... )