We wound up with two trees this year, because Nora wanted her own.

Brian, who draws the comic strip, did not see her tree, and yet he managed to capture something of its essence.
( Check out the real and the fictional below. . . )

Here's a story on how the small, local businesses are benefitting from the SnowpocalypseI know I've done more shopping at the Sand Point Village since the weather set in - we've got a City People's, a really cool wine store, Katterman's pharmacy, a restaurant, a café and a bread store. Yesterday, when we needed groceries, I slapped together a sled ( Read more... )

Here's the snowman that we built this morning. Before it started snowing again.

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I've booked our flight to Venice - direct to Paris on Air France, and then the commuter hop to Venice. 12 hours going out, and 14 hours coming back. Special web-fare and everything! We'll have 10 full days there, and the apartment looks awesomeThe only tiny quirk is that we have to be on the plane out of Marco Polo at 7am - which will probably ( Read more... )

My friend T. came over this afternoon and helped me attack the rest of the workroom mess. There are still a few "areas of concern", but:
O.M.G. The. Floor. Is. Clean! 8D And it only took a little over two hours, plus vacuuming. I am sure that if I had been doing this by myself I would have gotten only about a quarter as far - having someone else ( Read more... )

A dear friend of mine is shifting careers, going from HR into counseling, and as such, she's in the process of getting certification as a Life Coach. I'm always a bit leery of programs with cute names, but I know that she has some real ability, and since Washington State is going to start asking counselors to have some sort of certification ( ( Read more... )

From tolkiencub:

My journal is called _____ because _____.
My subtitle is _____ because _____.
My friends page is called _____ because _____.
My username is ____ because _____.
My default userpic is _____ because_____.

My journal is called "Le Cul-de-Sac" because I live in a dead end street, and it's feels just a teensy bit metaphoric. Also, my original ( Read more... )

O.M.G.
Army Times on lawsuit being filed against KBR.

Note that Halliburton says it is "wrongly named in the suit", since it severed its ties with KBR in 2007. But the actions alleged in the suit are from 2006, and undoubtedly before that, too.

::urk::

via tolkiencub:
Win Ben Stein's mind, a review of Ben Stein's propaganda film "eXpelled" ::shudder::

I wouldn't have seen the film under any circumstances, but Roger Ebert does a public service with this review.

Sign the petition.

That is all.