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Carbon Leaf High-Stress Mashup
So far four things have reduced my pre-test jitters today. Singing, studying, whining, eating. SINGING I was singing on the way home and noticed if you selectively quote the lyrics to the excellent Caron Leaf anthem “What Have You Learned,” two things happen: 1) you lose all sense of what the song is actually about…
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Convertibles That Pass in the Night
A few weeks back, I was handed a United Way pledge card, scribbled $20.00 on the paycheck line and tossed it back on the coordinator’s desk. Later, emails thanking me for my generous contribution to the Arts and Entertainment Council arrived. Oops. They thanked me with two theater tickets and a viewing of our Partner’s…
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Schizo! (In Which We End Every Sentence with an Exclamation Point!)
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Let Me At the Pope, I Want to Smack Him.
This recent Vatican story is remarkable. Here’s the lead: VATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI lashed out Sunday at what he called the “deplorable” raids carried out by Belgian police who detained bishops, confiscated computers, opened a crypt and took church documents as part of an investigation into priestly sex abuse. Benedict made a rare…
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I know I SHOULD be offended but it was the only thing that made me smile today
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Cipherin’
During the prep for The Big Test, you are assured that you won’t be asked to do math other than simple addition, multiplication, subtraction and division, and this is true. Happily, they promise to give you a simple 4-function calculator when you go in for the test. My problem? I have to come clean. I…
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Thank Me Later
The summer-wilted tv season is upon us, but my lunch table was salivating with details of a fresh new show. Inedible to Incredible. Two co-workers had seen the show and said, and I quote, “DID YOU SEE SHE MADE HAMBURGERS WITH STRAWBERRY CORNFLAKES AND THEN SHE STUCK FIG NEWTONS AROUND THE EDGES.” That may not…
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Live Blogging The Bet
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Brain Food Regurgitation
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Brain Food
Putting the TMI in absentminded