There's this enormous windstorm breathing down our necks tonight. Possibly 70 mph winds even this far inland. The seahawks are trying to have a game in it anyway, which apparently is already pretty comical ( Read more... )

Visualize me getting my fantasy part time job with benefits at the University of Puget Sound. I have an interview Monday morning. Woo-hoo!

OMG WTF! Panic! Head for the Hills! Wait, no the hills are covered in snow! It's the snowpocalypse!

1.5 inches of pure white death!!!

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.....West Coast people are funny. Or they would be if anybody owned a snow shovel or a bag of salt.

We found a great hill for sledding at the University of Puget Sound.

Some of you have probably already seen this, but my mom told me about Save The Children's Caps to the Capital Project .

Send a cap as a protest to the president that Save the Children will then donate to a newborn in a developing country.

To anyone on my friend's list who does not have a kid, or whose kid's school is not participating,  go to boxtops4education.com and tell it you are supporting Grant Elementary in Tacoma, WA.  Set up an account and take an online survey for a few free box tops.

There's also a marketplace that links to a lot of major internet retailers that are ( Read more... )

I totally want to buy this for Daphne for Christmas.  Unfortunately, I know the cats would knock it over.  Remember that Garter snake we had?

Sciency toys are weird.  It's very nice to have the amazon reviews to weed through the stuff that just doesn't work.

This, on the other hand, went right on the wish list. 

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Daphne:  When the sun destroys the earth, Burger King and McDonald's are going to fight.  All the people will run out of them, and when the earth is destroyed, they will still be there because they will use their shield ( Read more... )

Annabelle had her first day of school today.  We've decided she'll just be going to the preschool at Daphne's school to keep it simple.  I feel badly about giving up the co-op, but it would be a major pain in the butt to get her there and back and pick up Daphne at the same time.  Plus, they both go to the same place!  And they are both done at the ( Read more... )