I have been defeated by the spectre of twenty sit-ups in a row. This from the girl who could do fifty of them without breaking a sweat back in high school.
I’m also now a good twenty pounds over where I’d like to be weight-wise, and a good ten over what I’m really comfortable with.
I think [...]
Archive for April, 2008
I am so damn out of shape.
Posted in Uncategorized on April 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Promoting Literacy
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged pictures on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
(Click picture to embiggen!)
We took this picture for a sort of tongue-in-cheek contest that Pat Rothfuss held to celebrate the paperback release of his first book. The original concept for this was a bit more naughty-librarian-ish, but unfortunately, the only other skirt I had was practically indecent. And since we were taking it [...]
Huh…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged that's life on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve had my phone less than 24 hours and already had a call from some scam company.
I’m actually sort of impressed at the turnover. But, hooray for Nokia’s “add number to screening list” feature!
Your Vocabulary Term for the Day
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged randomness on April 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phone Book Hubris (\fōn bu̇k hyü-brəs\) noun: The feeling of pride and excitement in finally acquiring a cell phone with a personalized contact list, which is inevitably cut short by the realization that you only ever get calls from two or three people.
(Yes, I finally have a cell phone. Whoa, catching up to 1999, I [...]
And for even more morning craziness:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged finances, that's life on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Apparently an avalanche came through early yesterday morning and knocked out our hydroelectric power lines. So the entirety of Juneau is on diesel for the next several months, which they have to barge in from the lower 48, which means our power prices are jumping from 11 cents per kw/h to at least 50.
On [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged that's life on April 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It’s snowing. Heavily. Overnight it snowed half a foot. Forecast is calling for a whole foot before the storm is over.
In April. The middle of April, no less.
I propose a new law: No snowstorms past April 1st unless you live past the Arctic or Antarctic circles…
Grr. Argh.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health, that's life on April 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I hate it when things that were supposed to be taken care of come back to cause more trouble for you later. Especially when you already got the short end of the stick previously, and don’t particularly feel like bending over to take some more. (If you’ll pardon the mixed – and slightly [...]
Thoughts on the economy, government, and this election
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged economics, election, obama, politics on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Believe it or not, all of these ruminations were sparked by a single article:
For Many, A Boom That Wasn’t
David Leonhardt from the New York Times takes a look at middle class wealth during the most recent boom and finds that this latest period was the first major economic expansion in the history of the U.S. [...]
Bleh…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday night, I got fewer than six hours of sleep, and woke up feeling bright and chipper.
Last night, I got more than seven hours of sleep, and woke up feeling incredibly groggy and zombie-fied – even after coffee.
But on the upside, I did run a mile in 11 minutes 15 seconds last night. Which, [...]
When high culture and pop culture collide
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged linkage, randomness on April 7, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Reason #2,178 why the Internet makes our lives better:
Europe’s The Final Countdown, that epitome of 80s synthesizer pop trash…
…on three cellos and full symphonic orchestra.
I’m not certain I have words for how completely and totally awesome this is.
