So, something kinda funny happened a few days ago ( Read more... )

So, I was on the bus last night. There's a local freebie paper with a weekly section on sustainability; stuff like urban farming, local strides in ecologically minded businesses, and the like. I think I read the most retarded thing I've seen in a very long time in there ( Read more... )

So, we went and saw 'Wicked' last night ( Read more... )

I'm powerleveling at work. More accurately, the people who know more than I do are trying very hard to cram knowledge into my head before they leave. It's mostly working ( Read more... )

So, today after work I went and talked to a career councilor out at the local college. I took a test that inventoried my interests and how that related to possible careers. It was a little surprising in some ways, and not so much in others ( Read more... )

Go see Coraline. I don't care what you're doing this weekend, go see it. Beyond being a fun movie to watch, it's technically pretty damn impressive. Oh, and it was made here in Portland ( Read more... )

So, I went looking around my computer for my resume today. I don't think I have a copy of it, sadly.

Crap. I have to make it from scratch. The upside is that is probably needed to be rewritten from scratch

So, I have some bad news. This year has been bad for the store. About this time last year our previous manager was quitting. The job was not paying well enough and she had a dream to pursue as a mother and an artist. We persevered though, and for several months we didn't have a general manager in the store. The assistant manger, who had been ( Read more... )

So, on the way home from errands today, we pulled up behind a black-cherry colored SUV. It was a late model Benz with a license plate that read 'PRAYER'.

On the bumper was a sticker that said "Don't let the car fool you, my treasure is in heaven".

Sometimes I wonder what goes through people's heads. Or rather, what doesn't.

So, I can't smoke in bars here anymore.

Oh wait, here's a fix

I need more info before I ever consider getting anything like this, but it's still pretty cool. If they make a faux-clove, I'm totally all up in this. I went to the tobacco store near my work today, and the owner was raving about this little device. Iiinnnteresting.