When I was driving to work today my car had the dashboard idiot light on saying "check coolant."  I realized my inspection sticker had expired a month and a half ago.  And I'd stepped in gum in the Target parki...

A few weeks ago everybody at work got a VIP pass to the current Precolumbian exhibit at the University art museum.  I finally got some friends organized to go today; the pass was good for six people, and there were five of us....

I didn't go any farther out of my house today than the step by the garbage can when I took out the trash.  I have not spoken to anyone all day.  I was invited to a Labor Day barbecue and Inu-Yasha marathon, but passed....

Hullo. I really didn't mean to disappear. Promise! I've spent the last 20 minutes reading all the updates from you guys, so here's a wee update from me. ALIVE! hot. ye gods. It's like trying to breath underwater aroun...

I see that I neglected to tell you all about my new car. heh. probably that's for the best, since it's a manual transmission, so mostly what I saved you from was a series of endlessly whining entries all about how hard ...

I have discovered that the only thing that really helps with the embarrassment of having gotten all twisted up over some guy I can't have ever in a million years is some other guy jokingly flirting with me. I am not a l...

Can it be Friday now? How about now? ... now? In other news, I have only 2 episodes of "Rome" left to watch, and then the long long wait for the DVD release of season 2 begins. Have I mentioned that I'm going to Phi...

I went with a couple of friends to an herb festival at a little town up the road this weekend.  I told my neighbor about this afterwards and he asked if there was live reggae music: not that kind of herb! Plumeria ...

There is a gigantic fly buzzing in slow, stately circles around my workstation like a latter day Hindenburg. Tuesday. I think I might be emerging from the blue funk that the aftermath of spending the weekend with my fr...

Lovely story from yahoo news about a 95 year old who'll get her undergraduate degree this May. I'd like to be just like her when I grow up.