Tim's mom's boyfriend sent an e-mail today inviting everyone to his house when I will be in Belgium for spring break. Most of the e-mail was in Dutch, except for one line at the end. I entered the e-mail into Google Translate, forgetting to get rid of the English line ( Read more... )

My friend Beverly is a huge fan of Threadless Tees, and she just submitted her first design. If it gets high enough ratings, it will be sold on the site (and she'll get money). You have to be a member to vote, and if you would buy the shirt, click on that before you click on a score.

Vote for this cute t-shirt design!

I used to get embarrassed very, very easily. And I hated it more than anything. I think things must be changing ( Read more... )

This is just about the funniest T-shirt I've ever seen.

Palindromes Shirt

For Chicago voters:

Sample ballots are available online here.

As you will see, there are a ton of judges on the ballot. To learn more about judges, go to voteforjudges.org.

A guy sent me a message on OkCupid a few days ago asking how to be certified to become a teacher in Chicago. He also didn't realize I was in a relationship even though the first sentence of my profile clearly states that I am. Anyway, the latest message he sent was hilarious ( Read more... )

Tim and I will be visiting Seattle for a short time next week. We'll only have about 3 days in Seattle, and Tim will probably be asleep all of the first day. So, I was thinking of going to dinner Monday night with anyone who wants to come. We could go to Araya's (vegan Thai) in the U-district, but if anyone wants to come and doesn't like Thai or ( Read more... )

My mom: "Hey, Dad got laid off! Yay!!!!"

Since Aug 5, I have received 6 e-mails at my gmail account intended for people who were not me. I'm getting kind of sick of it. They were addressed to at least 3, probably 4, different people. When I responded, "I'm not Rebecca. Wrong address." to the most recent, she replied that she was sorry she forgot my name and that she wouldn't be able ( Read more... )

Tim and I are going on a trip next month to the Olympic Peninsula. We have some plans, but I thought I'd solicit advice from the many of you who have been to the area more recently than I have ( Read more... )