Hi, all (3 of you who may actually read this)!  I'm here in Pisa enjoying being on the internet and not in my crappy hotel room, but also really tired and bored.  Sure there are things I could and should be doing, but I'm just not used to actually working for so many hours in a row.  Plus, my internal clock is all confused about what time it is.  ( Read more... )

Oh. My. God.  So, this is a post about American Idol, but I promise not to give away who won, but in case you live under a rock, the two finalists this year are both named David.  I recorded the final on my DVR tonight so I could fast forward through the boring parts of which there were a lot.  So, I wasn't watching it live.  And then *this* ( Read more... )

Have you ever noticed that when we smile at strangers as we pass them on the street or whatever, the smile is generally this closed mouth, smile-with-your-lips, don't show any teeth kind of smile?  I wonder if this is something carried over from our distant ancestors.  Was showing your teeth to a stranger a sign of aggression?  That's how dogs show ( Read more... )

7 days! 7 days! 7 days! 7 days! 7 days! 7 days! 7 days!

This week, I was volunteered to go to Dallas with Marc for a big meeting. We were only going for 2 nights, so I wasn't sure if I could check a bag or not, but I wanted to because it's a pain to get tiny toiletries together. So, I asked Marc what he wanted to do and he realized that he already had two carry-ons with his laptop bag and the poster ( Read more... )

OK, so I should really know better than to go into an ebgames with anyone. The last time this happened, I was with Cassandralone and ended up leaving with a GameCube. Oops. Today, Smatgirl and I went to Panera for lunch, and we all know that all Paneras are next to ebgames. Don't believe me? Just look around. :-P ( Read more... )

There's a mouse in my house!

Owy-ow! I woke up yesterday morning with the worst neck/shoulder pain ever! It actually woke me up at 8 in the morning and then I pretty much couldn't move all day. Yowza! Yes, Advil helped a little, but mostly I spent the whole day saying "Ow!" It was very sad. Today it is a ton better, but still not completely normal. OK, that's the end of ( Read more... )

OK, so, a few weeks ago, in a moment of extreme impulsiveness, I dragged Udi to the Apple store and got a new laptop that has dual core intel processors. So far, so good, but Udi insisted I wait to buy extra ram (it came with 512) because it would be cheaper to get online. So, I took Matzah Ball, Jr. home, only to discover that having two fancy ( Read more... )

So last night was the end of Passover and we decided to go to Betty's Wok and Noodle to break it. (Wok wok wok!) :-) I checked ahead of time and saw that their was a BSO concert last night and I remembered that Betty's gets very hard to get into when there's something happening at the symphony hall. So, I called to make a reservation. First ( Read more... )