Archive for November, 2008

I did not shop today.  Well, I did have my husband stop for some milk; I figure that doesn’t count.  Will I be shopping tomorrow?  Nope.  Not unless it’s for a necessity.  Cyber Monday?  No again.
Am I totally un-American?  Do I want the economy to fall even further down the hole?
No.  What I’m looking for [...]

It’s Thanksgiving in the U.S., a day of peace and celebration.  This year, the peace has been marred.
I’m still appalled by the terrorist attack that took place in Mumbai, India yesterday.  As I write this, the death toll is at 100, with hundreds more injured and some people possibly still in a hostage situation (although [...]

Yes, I’m resorting to links.  It’s also called “putting these into a blog post so I can finally close the tabs in Firefox.”  If you’re interested in bicycle commuting, here are my latest finds.
The Well Runs Dry has several good posts on bicycle commuting:

The author first chronicles his journey in How I Became I Bicycle [...]

I have to admit now that I will not be a NaNoWriMo winner this year.  Again.  I hate admitting that, both because I really did want to do it, and because I was quite vocal about NaNoWriMo on Twitter.
Actually, I admitted to myself a couple of weeks ago that it just wasn’t happening.  It’s been [...]

Could these questions and answers be put on standardized tests, or drivers license tests, or something, so that everyone will know the correct answers?
1.  When shopping in a crowded grocery store on the Sunday before Thanksgiving, you should:
a. move at twice the speed of everyone else
b. plow through intersections without so much as looking to [...]

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