Thanks to Laura Potts for bringing this to my attention: They will be collecting school supplies for Knox County Teacher Supply Depot in lieu of fines May 3-10, 2009 at all library locations. One approved school item will wipe out $10.00 worth of fines with a maximum of $50.00 worth of fines removed. Fees for […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Friday at work was one of those days that just didn’t want to end.  Brought to you by the words ‘Slow, slower, slowest’, the number Infinity, and the letters ZOMG. That seems to be par for the course lately - the week rushes by, I wonder what happened to my days, then Friday comes with […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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I’m currently part-way through the fourth installment of the Mercy Thompson series, a really entertaining set of books by Patricia Briggs. Mercy Thompson is a ‘walker’, not to be confused with a skin-walker, who finds herself caught up in the troubles and politics of the Fae, the Werewolves and the Vampires.  She’s a poor little […] ↓ Read the rest ( Read more... )

My coworker Tony has a brother who’s at Fort Knox - he just started Basic Training last Friday.  Tony is sending him words of encouragement, praise for serving, that sort of thing - and he is sending it on a card in a blue envelope. Apparently, the more blue envelopes one receives, the more phone […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Apparently a movie was released in 2008 called Side By Each that takes place in (of course) Rhode Island.  I found this because I was telling a coworker about the quaint colloquialisms of the predominantly French-Canadian residents in Woonsocket, and lo and behold, a movie What’s amusing to me most is that the main character’s […] ↓ Read the rest ( Read more... )

Write a 26-line poem using all the letters of the alphabet, where the first line starts with the letter “A,” the second “B,” the third “C,” etc., culminating with the final line starting with “Z.” Blind Date “Always wear clean, normal underwear,” my mother says. And yet Before I leave my home, the last thing […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Having just finished watching ‘Marley and Me’, I feel compelled now to wax reminiscent about my own dog experiences.  There haven’t been many, and there has so far only been one dog that crept into my heart in any manner that might be comparable to Marley and the Grogans.  He was the last dog I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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How much do I love WordPress right now? A lot. A huge lot. It’s made running my site and my blog so easy that I don’t even flinch anymore when I get that little “a new version of wordpress is available” notice.  I used to flinch. A lot. Now, all I need to think about […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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I’ve been struggling for the past few years with both of the above-titled concepts, but I can remember a time - maybe just 5-7 years ago when I wasn’t lacking in either of these.  I had a good sense of what/where/who I was, and what I needed in order to make me happy, and I […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

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Ok, so I know I’ve been neglecting my postings here for.. well, for months.  I haven’t really wanted to share anything that’s goin on - it doesn’t seem “share-worthy” really. So, instead.. I’ve decided to document the phenomenon that I’ve discovered at my place of work. That spectacle is called “The Food Day.”  It’s a […] ↓ Read the rest of this ( Read more... )