If you can identify where the subject line came from, you're better than everyone on any of my summer ultimate teams this year. :( Although one person redeemed herself by remembering Canada Day. :)

My watercress is doing well; I'll have to start thinking about how to manage periodic replacement. In the meantime--yay, tasty watercress!

Ultimate season is winding down for the fall, with the end-of-season tournaments coming by. My Sunday team played this past weekend, unfortunately missing several key players. We did get a big boost from Extra Stupid, fresh off of being medically cleared to play. I remain of the opinion that she may have been cleared to play as much because she ( Read more... )

I managed to trip and fall while hose-wrangling. That this happened on the soon-to-be-curling ice that is still tacky from the painting reminds me that I am often amused at people who think I'm very coordinated. I'm particularly amused when curlers remark on my "smooth" delivery or my "sure-footedness." Yeah...keep watching. I fall a lot. :D ( Read more... )

I was listening to a local radio station the other day when they used the word "antepenultimate." As ellen_fremedon can confirm, in no way would I ever have written such a sentence for the express purpose of permitting me to use the word "antepenultimate." I would NEVER do that, and CERTAINLY never in consecutive sentences ( Read more... )

With three games to go in the regular season, our team was .500. We then rattled off a nine-game winning streak, including three yesterday in pool play and three more in today's single elimination round to come out as the tournament winners. I'd made it to the elimination round a few times in the past, but I'd never even made the final.

( A few highlights, for those who like the sport. )

Yay, cool new icon! Feel the joy. :)

I haven't posted in a while and I've also been somewhat less visible in IM, so to prevent asperityq from thinking I've died, yes I'm still doing things. What things ( Read more... )

As I do from time to time, I decided, for no particular reason, to take a break from my usual budget- and convenience-minded meal for dinner. I cooked tilapia in white wine sauce with mushrooms and wild rice. I think it could have used a little more tarragon and a wine with just a little less fruit. Still, I consider the result overall a win ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see Caminos del Inka, a South American-inspired visual/musical/dance performance. It was a nice change of pace from the usual classical concert repertoire. I felt that the visual slide presentation didn't contribute as much to the event as the other parts, although I admit that I was distracted through much of it by the work ( Read more... )

Apparently, I have enough saved up that when I want to rollover assets, I get transferred to successively higher up people whose job it is to try to talk me out of it. I don't know whether to be more flattered/reassured or annoyed. Seriously, in the big scheme of things, it's not that much ( Read more... )