School started up again, and my classes are only on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a one hour lab class on Friday. Those days are long: 8 am to 6 pm, but the extra days with uninterrupted time will really help my studying ( Read more... )

I dreamed night before last that my grandfather passed. I was screaming that I had been selfish and not been there with him or gotten to know him, and that I was constantly ungrateful and childish.

Wow! Look who's in the hoosegow! Its the judge that married me!

Things overheard in a McMenamins:

drunk guy: "So, did you like, ride any ostriches while you were in Australia?"
drunk chick: "I don't think they have ostriches there"
drunk guy: "Well, did you see any road runners, at least?"

grown man #1: "Oooooh I thought you said she had My Little Pony Panties!grown man #2: "No no no no, I said she had My ( Read more... )

Ryan's family is wonderful. His aunt and uncle are remodeling their kitchen in scappoose, and his mother asked them if we could have their old refrigerator! We picked it up this weekend, and it is huh-yuge. The stuff from our old fridge doesn't come close to fillng it, and it came with an ice maker that ryan plumbed. Sooo niiice. A gallon of ( Read more... )

Ode to my Blue Shoptowel ( Read more... )

i need one of these, but first, people have to want it. join the mailing list so someone will manufacture/distribute it, please. its cool, really, just click the link. no really, its really really cool.

non seq; in case you weren't alive today, discovery is in orbit.

The Expatriate
Achtung! You are 30% brainwashworthy, 18% antitolerant, and 9% blindly patriotic
Congratulations! You are not susceptible to brainwashing, your values
and cares extend beyond the borders of your own country, and your Blind
Patriotism ("patriotism" for short) does not reach unhealthy levels. In Germany in the 30s, you would've ( Read more... )

Look at what we did!Explanation: there used to be a granite topped breakfast bar in our kitchen, but we could barely both stand in there because the kitchen was so small. The breakfast bar was so high and narrow that it became a giant catch-all for clutter and was never used for its intended purpose... We got an offer for a free BIG fridge, so we ( Read more... )

The past week has been eventful ( Read more... )