Apparently it never occured to my house sitters to leave a faucet dripping when it froze.  Luckily I had just drained my tanks so I doubt they're damaged, and the exterior line was easily thawed.  Unfortunately there's some ice blockage in the interior piping.  I think it's only in the copper pipes so there's a good chance they'll all survive the ( Read more... )

I'm only 5 pages into this and it already does an excellent job of portraying what we put Nuin through every week.

http://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=612

Found the below through DevilDoll298

http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/12/02/airport.security/index.html

Sounds like a neat idea at first glance.  Points out how easy it is to get weapons through security and how a few properly trained people wouldn't even need weapons.  Sure, no problem.  Anyone with a tiny amount of sense knows airport security is far ( Read more... )

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A pity the choreography is so poorly fitted to the music. Its execution is stunning. Reminds me of the professional ballroom dancers in Lithuania complaining about how incompetent their choreographers are. The most beautiful choreography is still crap if it doesn't fit the music.

But man, look how well they perform it.

I've accomplished so much the last 3 months despite all thrown in my way, but I'm left tired and worn out now.  I didn't get out of bed till 7:30 pm tonight.  Just laid there all day alternating between dazed incoherence and reading "The Happiness of Architecture."  Not tired enough to sleep and lacking emotional energy to get up.  Growling stomach ( Read more... )

Unforgiving, Intolerant, Impatient, etc is not the same as being a Wuss or a Coward.

So quit hiding behind the holier than thou intolerance for stupid people and quit being such a pansy.

Suck it up and change your reality.

Wuss.

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388475_revenue20.html?source=mypi

I remember Gregoire running a whole ton of adds bragging about how she mantained a balanced budget, established a rainy day fund, and improved our economy.

What scares me is so many idiots here believed her.  Unemployment has gone up, and she has run us about 20% over budget this ( Read more... )

Dear God Grad School is exhorbitant.  I have difficulty believing it costs enough to run a school to charge each and every student more than most of my friends (or myself) have ever made in a year.