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In which my sanity comes into question

Verdict:  LAME So today was the day of my scheduled jury duty.  And I did not get picked.  Bummer.  I was juror #322, though, so I can’t say that it was a huge surprise they didn’t get to my name on the list.  On the plus side, it didn’t take very long for them to […]

Seven years in, and I have just now noticed this?

While talking with a friend today we got on the subject of pet names (for your significant other, not the domesticated animals living at your house) and terms of endearment.  And all of a sudden realization dawned:  N does not have pet names or sweet little terms that he uses for me.  Oh, yes, he […]

A veritable cornucopia of pointlessness

Tomorrow morning AE’s friend Tommy will be coming to our house for a few hours.  AE is beyond excited about this, I am less thrilled.  I mean, Tommy’s a good kid and all but I am not used to hosting other peoples’ children in my home.  What if he gets hurt?  What if he’s allergic […]

100th post, 100 things.

Some people seem to find these lists annoying, some people think they are a must do.  I don’t feel strongly either way, but sometimes I have a hard time coming up with something to write about so I thought I would give this a shot.  Plus I like lists.  Bonus!  Here we go, for my […]

In which I say nothing of value, AS USUAL

So I am busily typing a response to an e-mail this morning and all of a sudden POOF!  The entire e-mail program closes out, no error message, no warning, nothing.  ARGH.  But I dutifully open it back up, and retype the same response.  I get to the exact same place in my message (near the end, […]