I guess it kind of was, since I telecommuted yesterday, but really… Today was the day I’ve been dreading for the last couple months: the visit to the new dentist. It turned out not to be such a big deal. After one of the more thorough dental exams I’ve had in years, the basic conclusion [...]

My mom has always enjoyed the Miss America pageant, and for the first time in a VERY long time, I made it through an entire telecast. (We watched it while on the phone and commenting the entire time.) Some of my friends may be surprised by this, but I’ve never really had a horrible bias [...]

JC tagged me with this on Facebook. It’s making the rounds — and I don’t know who has been tagged or not — so ping me back if you decide to participate. ^_^ Rules: Once you’ve been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 16 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. [...]

I was at the mall today, on my way to my monthly hair cut, when I passed by the window of the hipster antique store and saw “it” in the window: a wood Noblet clarinet, trussed out as part of the window display, for the insanely cheap price of $95. Surely, there had to be [...]

A busy and relatively productive weekend and start to the next week! Ready yourself for the onslaught of bulletpoints. – Most importantly: YAY!! The University of Florida Gators won the National Championship for college football over Oklahoma with a score of 24-14. AND Tim Tebow announced at yesterday’s fan gathering that he’d be back for [...]

One of my relatively early and most vivid memories is riding on the school bus. I was always the first to be picked up and the last to be let off. And one quiet, afternoon ride home, I watched as we approached and then passed someone walking along the side of the road. I couldn’t [...]

Today was filled with much nerdery and necessary housekeeping. – The first hour and a half of my Saturday was devoted to obsessively hitting Twitter and the BBC’s official site for news about who was tapped to be the 11th incarnation of Doctor Who. I knew that, ultimately, I’d be disappointed because whomever they named [...]

Happy New Year! Hope everyone’s holiday is going well. I started mine off by sleeping for a full 13 hours. (I must have needed it.) Then I feasted on my favorite meal from Cracker Barrel. (A “Country Dinner Plate” with well-done hamburger steak, hashbrown casserole, turnip greens and biscuits. Yum!) A nice way to start [...]