For months, my computer has been having problems establishing a connection with the power cord.  It's gotten to the point now where the battery won't recharge even when I prop a bible on top of the cord.  I have 22% battery power left right now, and I'm not sure it will ever go up again by the usual method.  If I prop the cord up on a ball of yarn ( Read more... )

Beauty and the Geek finally has a male beauty and a female geek, and this is the season I said I wasn't going to watch!

Tim (my boyfriend) came to visit from Belgium this weekend.  We had an absolutely wonderful time.  Here is a funny thing that happened ( Read more... )

I've always wanted to submit something to Jay Leno's Headlines, but I've never found anything that I thought had any chance of being accepted. Then today at the grocery store, the cashier gave me a menu to a local drive-in. I hope it gets on TV!


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1. Purely Decadent Coconut Craze ice cream is probably one of the best foods in the universe.  Even if you aren't vegan or even vegetarian, if you like coconut, you should buy this ice cream, and eat it for every meal.  (On a related note, I think the name change of Soy Delicious ice cream to So Delicious is the stupidest thing ever ( Read more... )

I was on the #55 bus last night coming back from Midway Airport when someone snuck in through the back door.  He crouched in the entryway so the driver couldn't see him, and then after a couple blocks, got up and sat in a seat near me.  He pulled the stop cord about half a mile later and went to stand by the door.  Just before he got off the bus, a ( Read more... )

My laptop needs a new motherboard.  It has trouble making a connection with the AC adapter cord.  The problem is getting worse, and according to a Dell service rep I talked to, it will eventually no longer recharge the battery, and therefore not run at all unless I provide it with an already charged battery ( Read more... )

Anyone know a good way to become fluent in Dutch?

Here are my photos from Europe.  The Glendalough ones are my favorite.  And I totally want to live in Ghent, Belgium.

Europe Photos

This morning in my hostel while I was packing up my stuff ( Read more... )