Nothing but cats
I don't have anything to report today, except that I'll harken back to this website for images of some befuddled cats dressed to the nines. I LOVE it. Especially the cat in the duckie hat. I'm so getting these for future felines in my life.
For some other cat outfit craziness, check out this website. How about that camo visor?? Or the yarmulke? Consider me slain.
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
Tuesday, March 30, 2004
Where I will be on Tuesday and Wednesday Nights
You can find me in front of the TV, entranced in the excellent documentary series, The New Americans. It's seven hours long, and three nights straight, PBS style (which I prefer, since I'm impatient), and follows several people from all around the world attempting to immigrate to the States. What's cool about it is that it's over a period of four years, so you see them when the start out in their own countries and then the next episodes will detail their progress in America. Although each subject is appealing in his or her own way, my favorites are Israel and Ngozi, who are Ogoni refugees from West Africa. Israel was a chemical engineer in his old life, and then got into trouble for protesting against Shell Oil, and is now struggling to make it in America on $7/h, cleaning up after people. Even after being told that he has deadly blood pressure and wouldn't be allowed to work anymore, he's still sunny and supportive of his wife and willingly plays housedad. At one moment, when Israel was getting ready to board the bus from his refugee camp to the airport, he wondered aloud if his experience would be lik Eddie Murphy's in "Coming to America." That is so crazy in so many ways. Perhaps the perspective will give me pause before I whine about a 20 minute wait for a train.
You can find me in front of the TV, entranced in the excellent documentary series, The New Americans. It's seven hours long, and three nights straight, PBS style (which I prefer, since I'm impatient), and follows several people from all around the world attempting to immigrate to the States. What's cool about it is that it's over a period of four years, so you see them when the start out in their own countries and then the next episodes will detail their progress in America. Although each subject is appealing in his or her own way, my favorites are Israel and Ngozi, who are Ogoni refugees from West Africa. Israel was a chemical engineer in his old life, and then got into trouble for protesting against Shell Oil, and is now struggling to make it in America on $7/h, cleaning up after people. Even after being told that he has deadly blood pressure and wouldn't be allowed to work anymore, he's still sunny and supportive of his wife and willingly plays housedad. At one moment, when Israel was getting ready to board the bus from his refugee camp to the airport, he wondered aloud if his experience would be lik Eddie Murphy's in "Coming to America." That is so crazy in so many ways. Perhaps the perspective will give me pause before I whine about a 20 minute wait for a train.
Monday, March 29, 2004
Peeps Rubs Elbows with Celebs -- supporting Easter Seals!
Thanks to Don who sent this link: more on Peeps and it's work. You can get a an autographed picture and a Peeps clock from Vanna White? When does the bidding start??
Thanks to Don who sent this link: more on Peeps and it's work. You can get a an autographed picture and a Peeps clock from Vanna White? When does the bidding start??
Crankypants
Last night my temporary filling fell out as I finished eating dinner. I had been suspicious of its longevity for a few days, since it kind of felt like someone stuck some Play-doh over my tooth hole, rather than molding something that would stick. Having nothing covering the bare gum was pretty horrendous--I could eat nothing and could drink very little. This put me out of sorts, and my cranky mode went into overload this morning after fitful sleep, causing me to complain and email several unhappy emoticons. I went in at 10:30 this morning, and they patched me up quickly and painlessly. The dental technician who I like the best (so sad that I have favorites now) did a thorough job and spent a few minutes drying the stuff she put in there, even. I can drink and eat again, Hallelujah!
My grumpiness and self-pity cracks me up in light of my horoscope this morning:
Capricorn: Try to be happy for someone else. You're not likely to be the center of attention, and that's OK; avoid feeling sorry for yourself.
I don't think that the horoscope person thinks very highly of Capricorns.
Last night my temporary filling fell out as I finished eating dinner. I had been suspicious of its longevity for a few days, since it kind of felt like someone stuck some Play-doh over my tooth hole, rather than molding something that would stick. Having nothing covering the bare gum was pretty horrendous--I could eat nothing and could drink very little. This put me out of sorts, and my cranky mode went into overload this morning after fitful sleep, causing me to complain and email several unhappy emoticons. I went in at 10:30 this morning, and they patched me up quickly and painlessly. The dental technician who I like the best (so sad that I have favorites now) did a thorough job and spent a few minutes drying the stuff she put in there, even. I can drink and eat again, Hallelujah!
My grumpiness and self-pity cracks me up in light of my horoscope this morning:
Capricorn: Try to be happy for someone else. You're not likely to be the center of attention, and that's OK; avoid feeling sorry for yourself.
I don't think that the horoscope person thinks very highly of Capricorns.
Sunday, March 28, 2004
Friday, March 26, 2004
From this week's Onion
New York Times Seeks Court Order To Remove Tuesdays With Morrie From Bestseller List
NEW YORK—The New York Times announced Monday that it will seek a court order to have Mitch Albom's book of discussions between himself and his dying mentor, Tuesdays With Morrie, forcibly removed from the paperback non-fiction bestseller list. "We've tolerated the old dead guy's ramblings for the past 66 weeks," Times Sunday books-section editor Mel Constantine said. "But now it's simply gotta go. I want Morrie out of my list—permanently." Should the order be successful, the book's slot on the list will be replaced by a line urging readers to donate to the Fresh Air Fund.
Awesome!
New York Times Seeks Court Order To Remove Tuesdays With Morrie From Bestseller List
NEW YORK—The New York Times announced Monday that it will seek a court order to have Mitch Albom's book of discussions between himself and his dying mentor, Tuesdays With Morrie, forcibly removed from the paperback non-fiction bestseller list. "We've tolerated the old dead guy's ramblings for the past 66 weeks," Times Sunday books-section editor Mel Constantine said. "But now it's simply gotta go. I want Morrie out of my list—permanently." Should the order be successful, the book's slot on the list will be replaced by a line urging readers to donate to the Fresh Air Fund.
Awesome!
Thursday, March 25, 2004
Anagrams
Thanks to Steve who sent this cool link on anagrams. Enter your name and see what happens. For my name, some of my favorites are:
KASHMIR AN NIT
RAKISH MAN TIN
MANNISH ARK IT
I HITMAN SNARK
IRISH MAN TANK
and the ever wise AN ANT ISH MIRK
Steve found: MARTIAN KNISH and MANAKIN SHIRT
Thanks to Steve who sent this cool link on anagrams. Enter your name and see what happens. For my name, some of my favorites are:
KASHMIR AN NIT
RAKISH MAN TIN
MANNISH ARK IT
I HITMAN SNARK
IRISH MAN TANK
and the ever wise AN ANT ISH MIRK
Steve found: MARTIAN KNISH and MANAKIN SHIRT
Springtime
Ah, the arrival of spring in DC. Before the humidity sets in and scorches the sidewalks, there are days like this, when it hovers close to 70 degrees and it's sunny. It's criminally heavenly outside. I went for a (very leisurely--think injured sloth) jog around the Washington Monument today to shake off the cubicle blahs. I was hot, if you can believe it.
In other news, after a conversation about the qualities of different boxed chocolates that Matt, Anne, and I had last night, he came back from working out with a box of Whitman Samplers in tow (sugar-free for SBD!). I will sincerely miss living with him next year.
Ah, the arrival of spring in DC. Before the humidity sets in and scorches the sidewalks, there are days like this, when it hovers close to 70 degrees and it's sunny. It's criminally heavenly outside. I went for a (very leisurely--think injured sloth) jog around the Washington Monument today to shake off the cubicle blahs. I was hot, if you can believe it.
In other news, after a conversation about the qualities of different boxed chocolates that Matt, Anne, and I had last night, he came back from working out with a box of Whitman Samplers in tow (sugar-free for SBD!). I will sincerely miss living with him next year.
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
Teef Revisited
I spent the morning at my second home, the dentist's office. I had to get a filling replaced, but when the dentist dug around a little bit, he discovered that I had one filling on top of another, like a layer cake, and that allowed for some nice decay to seep in. He took another horrifying picture of the drilled out wreck of a tooth and showed me how one of the sides of it is wanting to break off and be independent of my mouth. I like the image of that tooth campaigning to secede. I have to get another outlay put in (which is what I discovered I got last time, rather than a crown--outlays are less expensive and, according the dentist, "more conservative."). After they took another mold of this offending tooth, I went directly to get my teeth cleaning finished up from last time. Suffice it to say that more scraping ensued. I'll spare you the gorey details, but apparently I had a lot left to go. It was quite thorough, and my teeth had better be the picture of dental health right now.
Anyway, I need to go back to get my outlay put in, in a couple of weeks, and then go back two MORE times to get fitted for a mouth guard, since I'm grinding my teeth into oblivion. Without insurance, a fitted mouth guard costs a cool $450, but since I was expecting it to be like $600, my reaction was to the tune of: "what a bargain!" How pathetically skewed my perspective has become after all of this dental work.
No major bills yet for the recent work done, and I'm frightened of when that hammer drops. Let this be a lesson to everyone: never skip your regular dental visits if you have insurance, otherwise you pay the piper. And my piper's name is Dr. Balshaw.
I spent the morning at my second home, the dentist's office. I had to get a filling replaced, but when the dentist dug around a little bit, he discovered that I had one filling on top of another, like a layer cake, and that allowed for some nice decay to seep in. He took another horrifying picture of the drilled out wreck of a tooth and showed me how one of the sides of it is wanting to break off and be independent of my mouth. I like the image of that tooth campaigning to secede. I have to get another outlay put in (which is what I discovered I got last time, rather than a crown--outlays are less expensive and, according the dentist, "more conservative."). After they took another mold of this offending tooth, I went directly to get my teeth cleaning finished up from last time. Suffice it to say that more scraping ensued. I'll spare you the gorey details, but apparently I had a lot left to go. It was quite thorough, and my teeth had better be the picture of dental health right now.
Anyway, I need to go back to get my outlay put in, in a couple of weeks, and then go back two MORE times to get fitted for a mouth guard, since I'm grinding my teeth into oblivion. Without insurance, a fitted mouth guard costs a cool $450, but since I was expecting it to be like $600, my reaction was to the tune of: "what a bargain!" How pathetically skewed my perspective has become after all of this dental work.
No major bills yet for the recent work done, and I'm frightened of when that hammer drops. Let this be a lesson to everyone: never skip your regular dental visits if you have insurance, otherwise you pay the piper. And my piper's name is Dr. Balshaw.
Tuesday, March 23, 2004
Btw:
Tonight is the final episode of ANTM Season 2! Don't tell me what happens tomorrow morning, as I have to tape it tonight. Although I liked Joanna at first, I think I'm rooting for Mercedes right now, since she's probably the least likely to win, in my opinion. Plus, I totally fall for the cute, perky thing she's got going on. I actually think that Shandi has the best chance of winning, though. What's your opinion?
Tonight is the final episode of ANTM Season 2! Don't tell me what happens tomorrow morning, as I have to tape it tonight. Although I liked Joanna at first, I think I'm rooting for Mercedes right now, since she's probably the least likely to win, in my opinion. Plus, I totally fall for the cute, perky thing she's got going on. I actually think that Shandi has the best chance of winning, though. What's your opinion?
Gawker Stalker Stalker
Check out the Gawker Stalker column today, as our vroom-vroom submitted something that got published! It's the one about Dave Pajo and Karen Elson. Grace took me to see Dave Pajo/Papa M's show last time I visited her in NY, so this is all the more heady an experience for me. It should be noted that Grace pretty much trips over celebrities, she has so many sightings. YGG.
Check out the Gawker Stalker column today, as our vroom-vroom submitted something that got published! It's the one about Dave Pajo and Karen Elson. Grace took me to see Dave Pajo/Papa M's show last time I visited her in NY, so this is all the more heady an experience for me. It should be noted that Grace pretty much trips over celebrities, she has so many sightings. YGG.
Monday, March 22, 2004
More Awesomeness
Go to James' blog, Your Logo Here, and read about his brother's rise to fame with his eBay auction selling imaginary WMDs.
Go to James' blog, Your Logo Here, and read about his brother's rise to fame with his eBay auction selling imaginary WMDs.
Rocking Out
I discovered yesterday, while visiting my family, that my parents are taking Erik and his buddy to see an Yngwie Malmsteen concert in Baltimore. They're not just dropping them off at the the place, they are going to go in and enjoy the concert as well. I started laughing as soon as I discovered that, since these were the people who after seeing Paul Simon in concert complained over how raucously loud it was. And now they're *voluntarily* going to see Yngwie Malmsteen. When I informed them that this concert would be sure to be on the loud side, my mom disbelievingly exclaimed: 'No!'
I was almost driven to offer to take Erik and his friend instead to save them their imminent misery, but I didn't because:
1. It's kind of funny.
2. I have taken Erik and his brood of friends to a concert before--Green Day a couple of years ago when they played at American University. Trying to keep track of three 12-year olds in a crowded venue was no fun--I was perhaps the most serious and stressed of the people in the room.
This reminds me of when my aunt was telling me about how she won tickets at work to a concert to a band that she had never heard of, and took my cousin (then 10 or something) and a neighbor and the neighbor's kid. When retelling it, she also exclaimed over the loudness of it all. I asked her what the concert was, and she informed me that they had gone to see KISS. Awesome.
I discovered yesterday, while visiting my family, that my parents are taking Erik and his buddy to see an Yngwie Malmsteen concert in Baltimore. They're not just dropping them off at the the place, they are going to go in and enjoy the concert as well. I started laughing as soon as I discovered that, since these were the people who after seeing Paul Simon in concert complained over how raucously loud it was. And now they're *voluntarily* going to see Yngwie Malmsteen. When I informed them that this concert would be sure to be on the loud side, my mom disbelievingly exclaimed: 'No!'
I was almost driven to offer to take Erik and his friend instead to save them their imminent misery, but I didn't because:
1. It's kind of funny.
2. I have taken Erik and his brood of friends to a concert before--Green Day a couple of years ago when they played at American University. Trying to keep track of three 12-year olds in a crowded venue was no fun--I was perhaps the most serious and stressed of the people in the room.
This reminds me of when my aunt was telling me about how she won tickets at work to a concert to a band that she had never heard of, and took my cousin (then 10 or something) and a neighbor and the neighbor's kid. When retelling it, she also exclaimed over the loudness of it all. I asked her what the concert was, and she informed me that they had gone to see KISS. Awesome.
I Love the Library
I have been driven to exclaim before about the greatness about the Alexandria Central Library, but I must do so again. As I was telling people on Saturday night (and it was so scintillating, the news is getting retold), I was startled and pleased to find that the library had in their DVD section Grey Gardens, the Criterion version. I had read about this cult classic in a few places, but Netflix doesn't carry it for some reason (maybe they don't carry Criterion dvds). Imagine my pleasure when I saw the dvd peeking from the library shelves. I watched it on Saturday when I got home, and it's something else. Anyway, I also picked up Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, and have been voraciously reading it. I never read his Rush Limbaugh book, but I might have to go find it now. The Lies book is great, though--I was laughing out loud this morning reading it.
And, just to show that I am liberal and also have a sense of humor about it, check out this article in the New Yorker.
I have been driven to exclaim before about the greatness about the Alexandria Central Library, but I must do so again. As I was telling people on Saturday night (and it was so scintillating, the news is getting retold), I was startled and pleased to find that the library had in their DVD section Grey Gardens, the Criterion version. I had read about this cult classic in a few places, but Netflix doesn't carry it for some reason (maybe they don't carry Criterion dvds). Imagine my pleasure when I saw the dvd peeking from the library shelves. I watched it on Saturday when I got home, and it's something else. Anyway, I also picked up Al Franken's Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them, and have been voraciously reading it. I never read his Rush Limbaugh book, but I might have to go find it now. The Lies book is great, though--I was laughing out loud this morning reading it.
And, just to show that I am liberal and also have a sense of humor about it, check out this article in the New Yorker.
Friday, March 19, 2004
The Man Behind the Daily Columns
I rely usually on Slate's Today's Papers for my daily news dose, since it does such a good job of concisely summarizing everything (I also like their International Papers column, which often sheds light on a topic on which I was characteristically oblivious). Here is an interview with Eruc Umansky who is the man who puts together the "Today's Papers" column. It sounds like a pretty good job, except for the insane hours.
I rely usually on Slate's Today's Papers for my daily news dose, since it does such a good job of concisely summarizing everything (I also like their International Papers column, which often sheds light on a topic on which I was characteristically oblivious). Here is an interview with Eruc Umansky who is the man who puts together the "Today's Papers" column. It sounds like a pretty good job, except for the insane hours.
Shocking
Whoa, it looks like people shot at and hit the President and VP or Taiwan right before the elections and referendum! Suzi is over there with her class right now to see the elections, so I bet they're up to their knees in craziness right now.
Whoa, it looks like people shot at and hit the President and VP or Taiwan right before the elections and referendum! Suzi is over there with her class right now to see the elections, so I bet they're up to their knees in craziness right now.
Discovery of the day
This article talks about how scales work differently on carpets than on hard floors. I discovered that today when I tried my scale on both, and on the carpet, the number was greater by like six or seven pounds! What is up with that? I've been weighing myself on the carpet all of the time, when apparently scales are actually callibrated for the hard floors. My mistake. I've been more interested in my rate of weight loss with the diet, though, and I think that that's been measured throughout this time. I just know now that I'll be doing my weekly weigh-ins in the bathroom now.
This article talks about how scales work differently on carpets than on hard floors. I discovered that today when I tried my scale on both, and on the carpet, the number was greater by like six or seven pounds! What is up with that? I've been weighing myself on the carpet all of the time, when apparently scales are actually callibrated for the hard floors. My mistake. I've been more interested in my rate of weight loss with the diet, though, and I think that that's been measured throughout this time. I just know now that I'll be doing my weekly weigh-ins in the bathroom now.
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