I have discovered a new challenge. I very much doubt I shall complete it, but I will learn from the parts I do accomplish. Hmm, I do love a good quest. Today I discovered that amazon.com is offering a book set for sale. This set is like the Absolute King of book sets: it is […]
Category Archives: random life
I am the TERROR that FLAPS in the night
Steven and I went up to ye olde towne of Alabaster last weekend to celebrate a menagerie of occasions: an anniversary, a birthday, and two Father’s Days. There’s another anniversary coming up this weekend — the last two weeks of June are crazy. We traveled up there Friday night; the original plan was to go […]
rotten tomatoes
I smell things a lot. Sometimes it’s perfectly legitimate, like a perfume someone is wearing. Other times, it is something totally random that has no explanation, like a sudden whiff of socks followed by a spritz of wet umbrella, then it’s gone. Usually the question of, “Do you smell socks, Steven?” just prompts him to […]
somebody can’t count
Was anyone else aware that a ‘baker’s dozen’ is thirteen of something? I surely didn’t. How am I supposed to learn these things if nobody ever tells me?!
moviegoer
If you couldn’t tell by the pictures I posted last week, I went to the midnight showing of Star Wars. Some people might think I must be crazy to squeeze in with the most fanatical of fans just to see a movie, not to mention the sleeping time I was giving up on a weeknight. […]
in case you’re wondering about the pictures
Blogger has recently made it possible to send pictures from your camera phone direct to your blog, so I’ve been experimenting with that. Don’t worry, I still plan to actually write stuff; I am just having fun with the picture thing. Just bear with the crazy Carrie antics and I will get better with time. […]
April 32nd again
Just writing a quick note here because, just like last year, I want to be able to go back through the archives and say, “Look at what I wrote on my birthday!” So that’s what I’m doing. I bought myself an old guidebook to Paris — in French — for myself the other day, so […]
laundry for engineers
Steven and I have some odd arrangements when it comes to household chores, but none that amuse me as much as our laundry arrangements. When we first got married — and started living in the same abode — I took it upon myself launder both of our clothes heaps. That didn’t last long. Once Steven […]
confessions of a self-proclaimed book nerd
Recently I have found one of the best things about working at a large university is having access to their bountiful library. Indeed, I already had access to the library via my membership of the alumni association, but as an employee not only is the library just across the street from my office, I can […]
dental thoughts
Since I have been — and still am — too mentally exhausted to write about our moving experience in a fun and witty manner, I shall give you this lovely piece called “Thoughts @ the dentist whilst the teeth are being picked,” which is leftover from last December. Enjoy. “Ow. ow. ow. ow. ow.” “Eww, […]