Monthly Archives: September 2008

More Unpacking

Something else I found while unpacking. Stick won this at the Cyberlore party a few years ago for reading more Playboys than anybody else, I mean, successfully answering Playboy trivia questions.

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Tie

This quote keeps popping up all over my Twitter feed this morning. “I was a little disappointed the media called it a tie but I think that means, when they call it a tie, that means we win.” — Sen. … Continue reading

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On Classicist Romance

We have 2 copies of Winnie The Pooh in Latin.

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Unpacking

Most of our boxes look something like this: …or this: But some times Stick was a bit more honest in his labeling:

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Economics According to Meg

So if you are making minimum-wage as a cashier and at the end of the day, your drawer is missing $20, you probably get fired, because losing a twenty is either stealing or incompetence. But if you’re making a huge … Continue reading

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Captcha Fortunetelling

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Bertie Botts Every Flavour Perfumes

I saw this and wanted to share with you all: the site WeirdFragrances.com is offering samples of zany perfumes!  I’m not entirely sure what their deal is, since the site says that the scents aren’t available for purchase, but the … Continue reading

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Not My Doing!

Isabelle is my 5-year-old niece. She makes me reconsider my whole childfree thing sometimes, but then I see other kids at the mall, and I remember why I don’t like children. (Actually, I don’t like people, but smaller, fragile people … Continue reading

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El Greco To Velasquez

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Grammar In The Projects

I got a couple weeks of work teaching at a GED program run by the local housing authority. The funding situation hcnaged at the last minute, so my starting situation was a bit disorganized, but not so bad that someone … Continue reading

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