I'm going to be in San Francisco in two weeks (weekend of the 16th/17th) on business. I'm only working Friday and Monday, and get to bum around for the weekend however I'd like. I'm thinking I may use this as an excuse to hit Glamour Closet...

rpipuzzleguy, Byron, anyone else want to get together for games or other hijinks on Saturday or Sunday of that

testitest passed level 1 of the CFA! Only 35% of people did this year. I'm sooooooo happy -- both happy for him that he passed, and happy for myself, because it means he won't be spending all fall and winter studying to take the exam again in December. Yay, I get a boyfriend and not a roommate for the next six months ( Read more... )

Bucatini all'Amatriciana from Epicurious ( Read more... )

EFFING GOVERNMENT-ENFORCED CABLE MONOPOLIES ( Read more... )

Oh what the hell. I don't hate to gloat at all. Especially not when it's about the Phillies scoring six runs in the ninth inning last night. Awesome!

Today I am sitting at my desk with red streaks in random places all over my body. So THAT'S why they tell you to use a full shot glass's worth of sunscreen -- I can tell EXACTLY where I missed by where the ouch is. :S testitest is far worse off -- he did put sunscreen on, but he's even whiter than I am and it just wasn't enough. Poor guy is a scary shade of ( Read more... )

...and my namesake is a hot mess.

( Spoilers. )

Dammit! ( Spoilers. )

I've read that if you run regularly, for every five workouts, you'll have one great one, one terrible one, and three okay ones. Lately I've been skewing the ratio a lot towards "terrible," though, because the weather has been so crappy. (YOU try running in this humidity and see how far you get ( Read more... )

BUT, this is too good not to mention ( Read more... )