I was listening to BBC today and it struck me that the British have a VERY different way of reporting than we do. I was listening to an interview with some management consulting company who had done a study that showed that actually, the British and the French produced less than their U.S. counterparts not because they have more vacation that U.S ( Read more... )

I had a lovely weekend. Thank you for asking ( Read more... )

I wish I could not take the things that happen at work so personally. Everytime something goes wrong, I feel like its my fault even if its not. It's like adoptive families think that their coordinators are out to get them and deny them the child that they have been longing for for so long. Why on earth would I do something to delay them? ( Read more... )

So, my period was a week late. No, I wasn't worried at all. I do have to say, though, that when my period is late, my PMS is about eleventy hundred times worse. Poor Steve had to put up with a barrage of crotch-grabbing and fight-picking all week. "Does this make me look fat ( Read more... )

Well... it finally happened. Uzuri has been having a going out of business sale since I moved to Seattle about six years ago. They finally went out of business.

I'm baking a blueberry pie tonight. It's amazing to me how easily I can whip out a pie these days. It hardly takes any time at all. I'll let you know how it turns out.

So, we have a new housemate! This is really good news. I was worried that we wouldn't find a good person to fill Shan's space. We had this 20 year old "I-want-to-find-a-place-that-will-respect-MY-identity-as-a-queer-womyn" college student - fresh out of her parent's house and interested in having frequent philosiphical discussions (is it ok if I ( Read more... )

This past weekend was my island get-away weekend. On Saturday, S____ and I went to Decatur Island for his company picnic. We went kayaking - it was GORGEOUS - and saw seals swimming not too far from our kayak. We could even see deep down under the water where big purple starfish were clinging to the steep sides of the islands. We weren't too ( Read more... )

God damn it's hot ( Read more... )

Hello out there ( Read more... )