Go to Google Sets.
Type in:
– mow lawn
– do laundry
– buy groceries
Choose Large Set.

In case the list has changed…
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From Tom

Four jobs I’ve had:
Bug Picker, Cook, Information Technology Consultant, Microbiology Laboratory Technician

Four movies I can watch over and over:
The Fifth Element, The Lost Boys, The Princess Bride, Star Wars

Four places I’ve lived:
Baltimore MD, Fayetteville NC, Milwaukee WI, Morgantown WV

Four TV shows I love:
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Firefly, M.A.S.H., Wild Wild West

Four places I’ve vacationed:
Baltimore MD, Cincinnati OH, Fresno CA, Oahu Hawaii

Four of my favorite dishes:
Chicken Pie, Crabcakes, Deviled Chicken Soup, Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Four sites I visit daily:
BBC News, Calvin & Hobbes, The Literacy Site (and its compatriots), Making Light

Four places I would rather be right now:
Sitting somewhere eating and drinking with my friends, Visiting my grandmother, Visiting my Aunt & Uncle, Nowhere else really–I like where I am well enough

Four bloggers I am tagging:
S at Hillbilly Sophisticate, pericat, Winston Smith, anyone who has not already done this.

Now you’re it.

ADDENDUM:
S’s answers are up

abulia \ay-BOO-lee-uh\ noun
: abnormal lack of ability to act or to make decisions

theomachy
noun (pl. theomachies) a war or struggle against God or among or against the gods.
origin late 16th cent. (denoting fighting against God): from Greek theomakhia, from theos ‘god’ + –makhia ‘fighting’.

I may have mentioned before that the Morgantownies page on my website gets lots of visitors in spurts, and then nothing.

Well, January has been a busy month. Since the 19th I’ve gotten nine e-mails for page, eight of them with suggestions of additions, which is a lot for my site. Consider that the last two e-mails I received were in November and October.

But what’s really cool is the number of people I have known who have found me because of that page. In the past week I’ve gotten e-mail from two people that I haven’t heard from in years–in once case since 1988.

There’s just something lovely about seeing names that you haven’t seen for years appear from out of the blue.

And Michael has not yet gotten any interviews, however it has only been a week, so I wouldn’t necessarily have expected him to get a call yet.

So if you know of any great jobs available in the Morgantown area, lemme know so I can point him that way!

Happy New Year!

It’s the Year of the Dog, which is my year, so I’m hoping that in 4703 my luck is going to be a little better than it’s been so far for 2006.

And for amusement:

THE METAL DOG 1910 AND 1970

Metal Dogs have extremely high standards and expect a lot of themselves and of others. They are loyal and hold a strong outlook about the direction they want their life to take. They choose their friends and causes with care, as they do not plan to ever not support these people and things again. Once they have committed themselves, there is little to no turning back. They are bold, unafraid to disagree out loud about anything they feel is unjust or unfair. Metal Dogs are easily stressed if a plan does not go accordingly. They find it difficult to relax when there are things to be done.

Michael’s response? “God! That describes you perfectly.” Mostly referring to the last three sentences I believe.

Some bits I’m just not willing to share with the entire internet.
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Friday Time Wasting: Serenity Quiz!

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Autism Spectrum Quotient Quiz

The test is interesting, but I don’t think I believe my score.
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You know, you read this as a plot in a novel, you’d say it was absolutely too ridiculous, and put the book back.

An Indian man has been living in a tree for the past 15 years despite passionate appeals by his mother to return home.

But wait! It gets better!

Kapila’s wife, Tulasi, began having “illicit relations” with his younger brother Babuan.

It’s got everything! Sex, family intrigue, AND living in a tree.

In case you were feeling good about your accomplishments, here’s a story of a ten-year old actor who is now directing his first movie.

I’ll give you an unusually long quote, because this was the part that struck me:

The film is about the street children who have no other address than the footpaths in India’s big cities.

“When I was six years old, I saw slum children selling newspapers at a traffic signal and I asked my dad why they are not like us. Why they do not go to schools.

“My dad said they do not have parents. I felt very bad and thought I must do something for them,” Kishan told the BBC.

“Then I wrote a short story and read it to my dad who narrated it to his friends as well. It was my dad’s friends who suggested that I should direct the film myself, as I had written the story.”

Wow. The best part is that he actually sounds like a good kid.

This is from last week, but describes today perfectly:

splenetic \splih-NET-ik\ adjective
: marked by bad temper, malevolence, or spite

Two more mining familes have lost their loved ones.

To paraphrase Governor Manchin, now is the time for morning. Later, after we put mourning aside, that is the time for righteous anger, and for questioning why such things are happening.

As I am not completely oblivious to the world around me because of my own whining…

There’s a mine fire in Logan County, and two miners are still unaccounted for.

The only good news is that it appears the mine rescue teams got there quickly.