Sadly, I felt compelled to be a geek this morning.  I sent an email to my regular morning deejay, telling her that the word 'levee' is correctly pronounced to rhyme with Chevy....not 'leevee'.  She sent me a very nice reply, telling me that she should have remembered that from the song 'American Pie' ("...drove my Chevy to the levee and the levee ( Read more... )

I've had a relatively stressful couple of weeks at work, so to reward myself getting through a rough time, I went shopping yesterday.  Ahhh retail therapy.  I bought two sweaters (brown and fuchsia), a black tee, and a black pinstripe skirt.  I've been on the lookout for a dark blue jacket in either washable suede or velvet, but alas, dark blue isn ( Read more... )

Happy Happy Birthday, little sister.


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I should know better than to listen to conservative Republican talk radio.  I'm just asking to get pissed off and angry.

This woman called in...and she lives in my area, I'm embarassed to say...during a conversation that contrasted the response of the local officials in NYC on 9-11 to the response of the local officials in NOLA after the 'cane.

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I've been having sinus headaches for the past week. Ughh.

...ain't it the truth.


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...don't get dressed in the dark.

Picture this:  a cornflower blue skirt, navy blue pumps, white tee...and an olive green suit jacket.  Ugh.   I was doing okay until I reached into my closet without turning on the light first and grabbed what I thought was the cornflower blue jacket that goes with this skirt.  It wasn't until I had driven to work ( Read more... )

Look at these fairy houses at TwigWizardry:


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I put $15 of gas into my car this morning, which gave me not much more than a quarter of a tank.  $3.09 a gallon, never thought I'd see the day.  Major suckage.  The only good thing I can think of is that it might mean smaller crowds at Busch Gardens this year.  How's that for being self-centered?

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Oh sistah girl, I had to put this here.  You're right.  This takes the cake.  Jesus H. Christ!


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