I am the only person at home (in family’s home) right now. This is very unusual. I am secretly relishing it and feel a twinge of guilt as a result. All 3500 or 3800 or whatever square feet are all mine. Mostly. I take advantage of the time and quiet to catch up on Facebook, [...]
Entries from August 2008
August 25, 2008
“everyone cries when they’re stabbed. there’s no shame in that.”
Teh Smitten and I have been netflixing Slings and Arrows, a Canadian Shakespeare Theatre sitcom recommended to us by Mr. Odney. The title line is courtesy of this very dysfunctional, twisted and enjoyable show. Rachel McAdams is in it and is charming. I dunno – my friends with artsy backgrounds need to rent this [...]
August 17, 2008
47 days till Disney madness
Christ. I can’t believe I’m actually taking the Teh Smitten on a trip with my sister, brother in law, and their insane children. The trick will be keeping him adequately lubricated during the course of the trip so that he thinks he’s having a great time. I think I can manage this.
The EPCOT Wine and [...]
August 8, 2008
liveblogging the opening ceremony
Yeah, this will be the most I watch of the Olympics.
Are you watching the opening for the Olympics? What the eff was Hungary thinking? No woman would look attractive wearing a red and white floral bedspread. I gotta give Bobby Costas props for being diplomatic, evenly stating, “its all a matter of [...]
August 6, 2008
curses
Major quarterly meetings. Cresting next week. Training new contract staff. Outgoing contract staff not real helpful. One contractor went nuts last week, resigned on Thursday and Friday was her last day. It turns out that she didn’t do a damn thing last week – flat-out lied about everything I asked [...]
