I'm looking for another quality non-fiction book to read.

My favorite so far is Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond. Cool because it relates the development of different cultures and the play-out of history to a few small factors that were the result of geological situations in the evolution of humankind. (super brief synopsis ( Read more... )

This is excruciating ( Read more... )

Last night, I found out something personally disturbing about the recent murder in Park Ridge. The man that was shot and killed used to live directly across the street from me. He and his wife moved a few years ago to where they were living when it all happened. No wonder I felt like I recognized his name in the paper. It's incredibly sad and ( Read more... )

Yesterday I sold my biggest deal at CB yet. Still not back into job security, but I should be ok by the end of the month ( Read more... )

The weirdest thing happened last night ( Read more... )

This morning, my grandma passed away. It's been a long time coming... ever since her stroke 11? years ago, it's been downhill. Don't think I've had a real conversation with her since early high school. Except for the times she managed to say that she loved me. I guess they were real conversations, then, just limited. I wish she'd never had the ( Read more... )

The weather icon for Thursday has snowflakes falling from a cloud. This upsets me on several different levels.

Re: Guitar Center...

I'm still on the fence. Monday at CB was kind of sucky, but today I left work with a real good feeling because the three appointments I ran all felt like they'll end in sales.

Picking flower petalsDon't like the ( Read more... )

I want your feedback ( Read more... )

Important news for people around PR and those that actually visit me in Chicago - I now have a massage chair. And it is awesome. It got delivered and set up this afternoon while I was at work (I'm still here, slaving away). Very excited to give 'er a test drive when I get home. ::gushes ( Read more... )

This is the first time that I can ever remember going home from work because I was sick. I rarely missed classes in college, and I pratically never went home from high school. This morning, however, I was getting overly hot at work and thought it was just that the heat was on too much. Then I started feeling actively nauseous, and tried ( Read more... )