This picture was taken on the camera embedded in my laptop.
Guess that’s what I get for trying to surf the internet while lying down.
(Also notice that even here I failed to get a good picture of her. It’s like Kat has soaked up all the feline photogenic aura in the house.
Kat loves the laundry basket.
Kat has been hanging out with me in the basement.
He’s also been looming over me, standing on me, and getting in my face.
And yes, the bookshelves stretch along the entire wall up to the ceiling. There are similar shelves behind the camera.
Sorry. Nothing Halloweeny here.
Move along.
Yup, I’ve finally reached the hundred book point for the year–the only good thing about being home sick.
I’ve read an average of ten books a month this year, with the 18 books in October offsetting September’s pitiful showing of only 4 books. Still behind my reading as compared to 2005 and 2006, but there’s been [...]
So the good news is I don’t have African Sleeping sickness or dengue fever.
The bad news is I likely have mono.
Again.
For the fourth time.
They’ll call me later today with the test results.
So I’m home in the basement, alternating Tylenol and ibuprofin, and waiting for Michael to bring me soup and tea.
The decision will be [...]
Great. According to the internet I have either Trypanosomiasis or Dengue fever.
I think I’ll stick with Gina’s diagnosis: Republican Intolerance Syndrome.
My joints and my back ache.
My skin hurts.
I’m running a fever and shivering uncontrollably.
As I was running out the hot water heater, I was trying to eliminate possibilities.
“Hmm… No buboes, so it’s not the plague. No sore throat, so it’s not strep throat. I haven’t been bitten by any wild animals, so it shouldn’t be [...]
It’s time for another game of word association.
To get around the restrictions, type the old word, an equal sign, and then your word.
Marshmallow
Well, I bought it myself, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome.
I bought the Alex Ross Obama t-shirt!
I also bought one for my mom, and was tempted to send one to Eric, but I didn’t know his t-shirt size.
I’m sitting here putting off going to work.
Let’s hope things are a lot calmer than they were yesterday.
A jury found U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska guilty Monday of all seven counts in his federal corruption trial.
What I don’t understand is why NPR is still going on about the Obama rally.
That was my head exploding.
I hate Mondays.
ADDENDUM the First:
I’m eating a pumpkin shaped cookie with orange frosting.
That’ll make everything better, right?
I went to a party!
(more…)
Temperatures are in the 50s, it’s raining, and there’s no football game.
I hope to spend the day napping and reading.
Wish me luck!
If you looked at yesterday’s pictures of the game traffic, you noticed that we have several yard signs for the election. (More than appear in the picture, actually.)
When I went to the Democratic Headquarters, I wanted an Obama sign, a Jay Rockefeller sign, and a Charlene Marshall sign. When I got there my friend Gwen [...]
Even though we use compact florescents, he still treats the light like a sun lap.
Large eyes, long whiskers, cute pink nose.
He’s even got the head tilt down. Cute! Cute! Cute!
As I’ve mentioned before, my house is really close to the stadium. This means I can enjoy not only the drunks, but also the fireworks during night games.
I’ve been trying for years to figure out how to take good pictures of fireworks. My problem this time is I wasn’t sure we were having fireworks at [...]
Yes, it’s time for WVU’s Thursday night home game (as you may have noticed from the previous post.)
It’s 4:45 and traffic going to the stadium has been backed up since I got home around 4:00.
Fun for all!
ADDENDUM the First:
Good Grief.
ADDENDUM the Second:
GROAN.
ADDENDUM the Third:
sigh
ADDENDUM the Fourth:
I’ve resorted to whiskey and chocolate.
ADDENDUM the Fifth:
Yay! Fireworks! They [...]
There are maybe six students in the lab.
The parking lot is maybe a quarter full. Probably less.
Everyone is wandering around going, “Is it time to go yet? Is it time to go yet?”
Y’know. I realize they’re big money, but night games are a disaster educationally. Because we’re so close to the stadium, our parking lots [...]
Like everyone else, I get the occasional e-mail missives that I suspect are sent simply to tweak me.
Here is the latest. (with the ridiculous fonts and colors and sizes removed for your sanity.)
REFUSE NEW COINS
This simple action will make a strong statement.
Please help do this.. Refuse to accept these when they are handed [...]
I’ve been trying to add some varied aerobic activity into my workout. I can’t run or do elliptical machines because of my knees, and to be honest I don’t like a lack of forward momentum. So I’ve been looking for activities to add to my walking, and decided to add jump roping.
The first jump rope [...]
I was over at Stonekettle Station tormenting Jim, when I noticed a typo Jim made, ran with it, and ended up with the following. Now I’m trying to decided how curious I am about what happens.
(more…)
Michael: You look broken.
Michelle: I am broken.
Michael: I don’t have a receipt. Are you recyclable?
Michelle: No, but I am compostable.
Michael: Hmmm…
Michelle: HEY!
If you don’t read John Scalzi’s blog, you may have missed this news story.
No matter how hard I try, I’ll never be a good person, at least in comparison to the likes of Leroy C. McLaughlin. But for all I’ll never achieve that level of goodness, he still inspires me to try.
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