I worked from home today because yesterday I was felled unexpectedly by a head cold. Sneezing all day long, culminating in a stuffed-upedness at night that required a Kleenex shoved up one particularly clogged nostril so I could breathe properly out of the other. In addition to working, I also did seven loads of laundry. [...]
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Sick day.
Posted in Apartment, Work, tagged clean underpants, Kleenex, laundry, layoffs on March 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Posted in Stocks, Work, tagged St. Patty's Day on March 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How did stocks loosely related to St. Patty’s Day fare today, you ask? Your answer here.
Savings and loans.
Posted in Boyfriend, Grad School, Money, Tutoring, tagged Anthropologie, payday, saving money, spending money on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My boyfriend shared this lovely article in his Google Reader the other day. “Avoid the Grade School Trap,” shouts its headline, and it goes on to explain that many people respond to a recession by returning to school rather than taking a job they feel is “beneath them.” This is a horrible idea, warns our [...]
Let them eat pasta!
Posted in Eats, Stocks, Work, Writing, tagged pasta on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love pasta.
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Posted in Stocks, TV, Work, tagged product placement, Top Chef, Wikipedia on February 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In anticipation of tonight’s “Top Chef” finale, here’s a little ode to all of the wonderful companies and products that make the show possible. May the best woman win! I’m rooting for you, Carla. Hootie! Hoo! Interestingly, Wikipedia’s removed the results it had up earlier today. Carla’s name was highlighted in pink, indicating she was [...]
In case there was any confusion.
Posted in Boyfriend, Movies, Stocks, Work, tagged Chris, Oscars on February 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I kicked some major butt on Sunday night. You can check my predictions and see for yourself. Chris didn’t stand a chance!
Happy birthday, Dad.
Posted in Family, Movies, Stocks, Work, tagged Dad, Oscars on February 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sorry I’m a few weeks late for your actual birthday, Dad, but I think this is one gift you’ll actually appreciate.
Holding down the fort.
Posted in Cats, Daily Life, Work, tagged Arthur on February 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Tonight I had my tutoring job after work, and then I met old friends for drinks, and I came home later than I have all week. My sweet Arthur (aka Parthenon aka the Panther aka Artemis aka Artsy Fartsy aka Arturo aka Parthy) was distraught. I could hear his soft mews through the door as [...]
I told you so, Hudson River-style.
Posted in Work, tagged Hudson River, plane on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some people doubted me when I announced that TheStreet.com might get an interview with the crew of Airbus A320, otherwise known as the Plane-Shaped Sinking Fish. Here it is.
