So here I am with the day off. I’m still in my jammies. I’m trying to decide if I should shower now or wait until later. My housekeeper is here. Yes, I have a housekeeper. A lovely woman who probably makes more money than I do. I have the IKEA furniture to put together, some…

You Are From Neptune You are dreamy and mystical, with a natural psychic ability. You love music, poetry, dance, and (most of all) the open sea. Your soul is filled with possibilities, and your heart overflows with compassion. You can be in a room full of friendly people and feel all alone. If you don’t…

Hooray! I’m only going to be working 3 days between now and January 3rd. This may not seem that exciting to those of you in academia who will enjoy an entire month off, but I’m a 9-5er and I’m excited. I went to my boss (who’s really great, btw) and said I have a problem,…

So, sbfh hooked me up with “I Love Egg.” But then I found the Xmas version–so cute. Here’s a link to all the animations. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

I’m toying with the idea of donating to causes in people’s names rather than buying them presents. Even in poor years, I’ve managed to do presents, often by making them. I have less time now and honestly, I think the levels of consumerism has at least tripled in the last 10 years. So here’s some…

We went out for breakfast (at noon) as a family. On the way there, Mr. GM and I were discussing China and its 9% economic growth rate and its demand for oil and the debt that the US owes it. I had read something about it in the morning and couldn’t recall all the details.…

You Are a Liberal for Life You’ve got a bleeding heart – and you’re proud of it. For you, liberal means being compassionate, pro-government, and anti-business. You believe in equality for every person, and you consider yourself universally empathetic. Helping others is not just political for you … it’s very personal too. What political persuasion…

I’m in a writing group and tomorrow night is our monthly meeting. I’m not entirely sure how I feel about this group. On the one hand, it got me to start writing a novel based on my dissertation topic, a novel that is now about 100 pages long. On the other hand, I now feel…

I finally got around to downloading and installing firefox. I love it! I’m a mac person, so I’ve been using Safari for a while and there are things I like about Safari that Firefox still can’t do. For instance, I sync my bookmarks between my home computer and work which I like very much. However,…

There’s a great discussion over at 11D about how much should we want our schools to challenge our kids. If our kids seem bored with school, should we say something? Should we just let them work it out on their own? Lots of interesting comments over there. I have two really smart kids. I think…