The past two weeks at work have been hellacious, and I'm glad they are over. Between two weeks of ten hour days without respite to the stress associated with the holidays at my work in and of themselves, I am thoroughly done with Christmas, thank you very much ( Read more... )

Do you like blogs? I like blogs. I bookmark them and receive email subscriptions from them. Here's one I thought I'd share.

Stuff White People Like

Here's an excerpt:

Stuff White People Like #177: Political Prisoners


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I think I've become addicted to Neem Oil and Neem products. I just used some skin gel after the shower and I have never, ever, ever had softer skin in my life. If it weren't for the price, it almost makes you want to shop at Whole Foods ( Read more... )

Want to learn a language? Check out Livemocha.comLive Mocha is essentially a social networking site that revolves around learning a new language, and if you ask me, is actually kind of nifty. I'm not usually one for social networking sites, but this is one that I can really get into. I've signed up for an Italian course, just to refresh memory, and ( Read more... )

So, Livejournal informs me that I last updated this thing precisely 8 weeks ago. That, for me, is a long time. I'm going to try and sit down and write an entry right now for the sake of figuring out how much interest I still have in this thing.
( I Didn't Know What I Was Getting Into )

My greatest accomplishment as of late? Learning all of the words to "We Didn't Start the Fire", which I can now recite by heart without the song playing. If you remember that song, you'll understand why it's an accomplishment, indeed.

You know, funny thing is that once I made up my mind firmly, and genuinely did not want to do it anymore, quitting smoking was one of the easiest things I can ever recall doing.

Dax - smoke-free since August 15th, 2008.

August 8, 2008 will be a historical day. People will remember it as the day the Olympics kicked off for the first time in a Communist country, and the day that Russia began annexing nations to form the new Soviet Union. I hope ya'll liked the Cold War ( Read more... )

The Legendary Pink Dots are releasing their 49023904903458349085934th album at the end of August, to be titled "Plutonium Blonde". This is exciting for various reasons ( Read more... )

If anyone's looking for a really interesting analysis of this whole Iran/Israel/US crisis right now, I urge all to check out this write-up. It gives several key points as to what's going on with each of the nations' leaders. Now there's talk that Iran is going to close the Straight of Hormuz. Hey guys, you think gas is expensive now. Just wait ( Read more... )