... wearing fluffy doggy slippers. With ears.

Oh, yes -- they also bark when the ears are pressed.

There. If any management types walk by, they'll probably have me committed.

The 8 gig iPhone price got dropped by $200.

Excellent, absolutely excellent, by-the-book bit of price skimming.
Somebody's marketing professor must be so proud.

Ohhh... Aerogarden sells a wall fixture in which I can stick multiple gardens. And I have this unused dark corner near the kitchen... And tomatoes were awesome but I'd also like salad greens, more tomatoes and soon-to-be-available strawberries ( Read more... )

Being yelled at by the florist about lack of responsibility re: own hair and makeup: 1.

Hissy fits: 1.5
    Hissy fits at the florist's -- 0.5 (contained)
    Hissy fits upon returning home from the florist's -- 1.0, category 4 on the hurricane scale

Weight: don't know, don't care. Still fit in the dress.

Wedding dresses: 2. Long story having to do ( Read more... )

Somehow, all articles about Rove's end-of-summer resignation sound like obituaries ( Read more... )

Jumped at the opportunity to take a "women in IT" survey because, hey, I love programming and wish that more girls had an opportunity to see how interesting the stuff is.

Had a rather negative "wtf" along the way, though  -- in the section for "what did you see in your IT education? ", one of the options  was "learning materials attractive to girls ( Read more... )

Still a cesspool of misogyny. No chance of improvement -- self-selection works too well.

Whatever.

Okay. Was supposed to be off today but woke up at 7, worked from home 7:30 till 5 because it keeps raining projects.
Then went out to relax and have fun with a friend I haven't seen in waaaay too long.

End of a nice meal.

My favorite part of the meal -- the fortune cookie.

*Drums*

** More drums **

Here it comes, ladies and gentlemen, the most sadistic ( Read more... )

Haven't played chess in years, so decided to go to Yahoo and give it a try.

Well, got my ass kicked. Three times. One of them, in under 20 seconds.

On the upside, I remembered how much fun the game is.

I shall now proceed to get my fourth ass kicking :)

Ugh. And I *knew* this would happen. Shouldn't have relied on a pre-production quality service.