Okay, England? What's the deal? You never, ever get snow or really cold weather, and the one week I have to fly into you, you suddenly decide to have a real winter for once. What is your problem? Do you think that this is funny ( Read more... )

It's my birthday! You can all thank me for this new president -- it was MY birthday wish. Did you like the parade they put on for me? I also got a friendly Peruvian bird from the Field Museum from sergei_mcsick, a check from Grandma, a new novel called "People of the Book" from my supervisor, and a nice little cake from my other supervisor. I am twenty-two ( Read more... )

It's 21 below outside right now. Not with wind chill or anything, that's the actual temperature. Wind chill readings have been lowered to 52 below...and there's no way I can get out of working without looking bad! I am going to wait inside my apartment until about thirty seconds before the bus comes. Again, sorry about all of the weather ( Read more... )

Okay, so tomorrow it says windchill readings to FORTY-SEVEN BELOW. I hate the necessity of going outside and getting myself to work! I don't usually beg for rides, but I think tomorrow evening I'll see if I can have one of my co-workers chauffeur me from the radio station to the bus stop...

Me: Iowa Public Radio, this is Lydia.
Guy: Hello -- I'd like to request a song?
Me: Er...okay, what would you like to hear?
Guy: [off] Guys, what do we want to hear? [Something in a foreign tongue]
Me: I'm sorry?
Guy: No, that wasn't a type of music. Sorry. Queen. Can I request "We are the Champions" by Queen?
Me: Oh -- this is actually a ( Read more... )

Sorry about all of these weather postings, but this is just spectacular!

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"Much colder. High of 5. Wind chill readings to 26 below." (That's -32 centigrade)

Boy, I wish I didn't have to go outside today! I'm wearing three shirts and cotton leggings under my pants. Hopefully this will go all right...

Well, it's still snowing -- and we're supposed to get two to four more inches tomorrow night. And it's going to get bone-chillingly cold again. I want Mallorca to be now ( Read more... )

It also it doesn't hurt that Lorre played villains and vampires in those creepy old films the band's target demographic adores: "If you can find me a punk rocker that doesn't have a thing for vampires, I'd be shocked." Hey, let's just make up a bunch of stuff and then print it in a major newspaper! That's the way journalism works, right? ( Read more... )

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