1. Have you seen the new nickel?!?!? (http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/index.cfm?flash=yes&action=nickel_series) I swear I almost didn't think it was American currency. Bizarre ( Read more... )

So, I was looking at my account with my online book club this week and noticed that I accidentally got charged twice for the first partial shipment of my last order (the infamous Order 7). I sent their customer service people a nice note pointing out the error and asking that the duplicate entry be deleted. The math, apparently, was too difficult ( Read more... )

The people I work with are usually wonderful and not at all asshats. Today? Maybe it's because the attorney lunch ran out. I don't know ( Read more... )

Literally. After being stuck at the office until 10 last night, I came home to my apartment having been flooded. No kidding. Apparently an apartment on the 9th floor (I'm on the 4th) had a leak in the bathroom, which trickled all the way down to our apartment, flooding my roommate's bathroom and about a quarter of my bedroom. The carpet was ( Read more... )

It's apparently a slow news day, folks:

• Utah judge with 3 wives fights for job

• What does President Bush keep in his pockets?

• Caterpillar contest predicts mild winter

These are three of cnn.com's "TOP STORIES" today. Whew...all stirring, need-it-now stories, aren't they?

I'm gonna go watch the panda cub again.

Gakked from wendywoowho (who now has the cutest Grommit icon EVER ( Read more... )

Dear SC Ladies ( Read more... )

It's not often I write about my lunch, but wendywoowho inspired me ( Read more... )

Le Boy and I went to see Othello at the Shakespeare Theatre last night. Despite the fact that I was starting to feel under the weather, and the play was over 3 hours long, I was completely taken by it. If you like Shakespeare - heck, if you like any kind of good theater - try to catch this production while it lasts (not very much longer).

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Buffy can see ( Read more... )