Historical Archives
I’ve just returned from my post-vacation grocery run. I wanted to follow my new rules, and actually, it wasn’t that hard in many cases, thanks to my store’s new brands. Sadly, the web site gives little information about them, but I checked labels dutifully, and many of them really do only have natural ingredients. I…
My car mechanic knows my name, knows the whole weird my-husband-and-I-have-different-but-similar-last-names scenario. I don’t know whether to think this is cool or scary. Right now, I’m going with cool. Everyone needs a mechanic who knows their name. Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
Image by lorda via Flickr Last week, I devoured three books about food. First, Julia Child’s My Life in France; second, Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food; and third, Julie Powell’s Julie and Julia. All were delightful in their own way. It was a bit jarring to go from Child’s autobiography to Pollan’s description of…
This is actually true: Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
15 years ago today, Mr. Geeky and I got married. It’s hard to believe. The early years were a whirlwind of babies and career changes and moves across the country. And now we’re in the middle, more settled to be sure but still with many challenges ahead. When we met, I was a hippy-like aspiring…
Image by lorda via Flickr I’m on vacation this week, without my computer and without much access to any kind of network, so I’m away from WoW. Which is a good thing. WoW can get pretty intense at times. A few weeks ago, they released a new patch which added some new features to the…
Dean Dad had a post last week that looked at the staff side of the equation during this economic downturn. I lived through a downturn during my first years as a staff member and saw 30 people get laid off. In many departments, this meant a 20%-30% cut in their staff, meaning that the rest…
This is the first fall since 1996 that I haven’t been getting ready to attend or teach class. Right now, I’m actually at the beach, enjoying a final vacation with my father, stepmother, stepbrother, and of course, the kids and Mr. Geeky. Mr. Geeky is having to do some work here, since classes begin for…
Geeky Girl comments on summer homework. http://talesofgeekygirl.blogspot.com/2009/08/summer-homework.html — Post From My iPhone Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
I think this is exactly what my cat is thinking every day. After almost 2 years, she’s finally realized we’re not going to stick her in a cage again. see more Lolcats and funny pictures Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure
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