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I was talking to my dad the other day and he pointed out that in addition to his revolving door of retirement, there is another reason that he is the Brett Favre of the brake parts industry: Favre breaks record with 283rd consecutive game My father prides himself on his perfect attendance record ((now, as […] →Read more
Well, so much for the whole blogging-every-day-in-December thing! But I assure you, I had various good reasons for forgetting. You may choose one or more of the following excuses: it’s too cold outside my shiny Christmas tree distracted me cute baby distracted me cute baby trying to knock over my Christmas tree distracted me cat […] →Read more
You know there’s something wrong right away when the description includes both “free” and “for less than a cup of coffee.” While searching for free iPhone apps ((Almost all of the apps I have are free because I’m cheap frugal awesome like that)) the other day, I came across this one: Free books? For only […] →Read more
Kim and I arrived at the rink a bit earlier than normal today, so we decided to hit the concession stand, where we saw this: Doesn’t that seem insanely cheap for hot dogs? I mean, you’d get FOUR hot dogs for the same price as ONE can of pop. Being a herbivore, I’m not up […] →Read more
So, while taking a short break from marking papers this evening, I was catching up on some blog reading and saw this posting on The Bloggess. And I thought I’d give it a try myself, to see what the people are Goolging these days. And this is what I saw: Why indeed? →Read more
Tonight is my work Christmas party, which doesn’t start until 8 p.m. But it’s down in White Rock and I didn’t see the point of driving all the way back to Vancouver, only to have to turn around and drive right back to the ‘burbs. So I’ve been sitting in my office long after everyone […] →Read more
By special request, here are some photos of my Christmas tree! I like that fact that it is skinny – most Christmas trees are much wider, but a skinny tree is a definite plus in a Vancouver-sized apartment! Notice that the star on the top touches the ceiling (and to even get the star onto […] →Read more
Dear Beth Simpson Who Is Going to Maui Next Week, I know that you think the Gmail address “beth.simpson” is yours, but it really, really is not. I know this because that is *my* email account and I’ve had it since September 4, 2004. You see, before I got divorced my last name was Simpson […] →Read more
At the end of NaBloPoMo, the NaBloPoMo people sent an email saying “Way to go and/or not, depending on if you actually did blog everyday in November” ((this may or may not be an exact quotation)) and “hey, why don’t you try blogging everyday for yet *another* month?” ((ibid)) Apparently, the theme for December ((apparently […] →Read more
30 days, 30 outstanding blog postings! OK, 27 outstanding blog postings and 3 blog postings that I totally phoned in – but done nonetheless. And in honour of this momentous occasion, I grant myself this lovely “Participant” badge. Because nothing says “great job” like “eh, she showed up.” →Read more