So Friday was a fun day at work. I got there a little early, bought a coffee and set to work on our staff meeting, helping to lead the discussion and generally having a good time. Then about fifteen minutes after the meeting started we heard this announcement over the PA system "Code 10 in the lobby, Code 10 in the lobby ( Read more... )

I am now in my third week of being sick and it always seems to get worse on Thursdays. Today I woke up feeling crappy and stuffed up and well, just generally sick. So I stayed home from work today (as I have done basically for three Thursdays in a row). I always feel so guilty when I stay home from work, even if it's for a legitimate reason. I ( Read more... )

Today I was watching Unwrapped (this show on the Food Network featuring Mark Summers, where the go into how different foods are made and how the are mass produced) and the feature was breakfast foods. They were talking about eggs and how one company tries to measure the cholesterol in eggs using a Gas Chromatograph. And guess whose GC they were ( Read more... )

So today was my step-sister's birthday and we all went out to California Pizza Kitchen and that one Gwen Stephani song came on in the restaurant (I don't know the name, but it's that one where they go wooo-ooh, wooo-oh repeatedly). And all the kids started dancing.

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The video quality is crappy, but you can at least see all the kids shaking their ( Read more... )

Draft 2 of my current writing project is done and I think it is a great improvement on the first draft. I will submit it to my little writing circle shortly and see what they think of it. It's an unusual day when I can actually be pleased with something I've written and I intend to hold onto the feeling for as long as I can ( Read more... )

Quick update on a few things:

1) Still on the diet. I've lost 6 pounds. Woot! Going to the gym tomorrow to work my sore muscles and try not to die.

2) American Gladiators is on tonight! I love that show...It is my guilty pleasure. This guy is my favorite:


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I'm not usually one for watching American Idol, but I am SO glad that I did the other day. Here is what you missed if you weren't watching:

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I want this guy to do my birthday party ( Read more... )

Guess what happened today? I'll give you a hint...it's something fantastic and awesome beyond belief!

I got a new computer!!!


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It's been a while since I've updated ye olde blog so there's actually quite a lot to tell. Not all of it's terribly exciting, but here you go ( Read more... )

I hate New Year's resolutions. People always set such lofty aspirations only to completely devote their energy to the idea for the first few weeks of the new year and then eventually decide they were kidding themselves and drop the ball. At least that's what I've always done ( Read more... )