Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
I left for work yesterday morning pondering the internet situation in our house which had completely died on Wednesday night. Ok, not completely - the wireless network crapped out - one computer could still direct connect to the modem. I figured I would call Time Warner, upgrade to their wireless networking system because I am... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know I participated in the fun that we on the west coast poked at you guys yesterday. In my defense, I waited until a few after hours your earthquake and I knew full well that everyone was totally fine. Once that was cleared up, well...some ribbing had to be done! Heck, you guys... Continue Reading →
This image floating around Facebook today says it all - absolutely classic that some brilliant observer caught the similarities: UPDATE: Just as quickly as this flew around the web, word spread that it was a photoshopped image. Which it is so I feel compelled to post this correction of sorts. Some creative soul changed the... Continue Reading →
Is there really anything else to talk about today? Spending the last two days again listening to the audio from Al Jazeera English I heard their voices loud and clear. On day 17 (yesterday) word spread that the end was near and their demands would be met. People poured back into Tahrir Square to celebrate... Continue Reading →
What a week! I've actually learned a lot thanks to being so riveted by the scenes from Egypt all week. Wikipedia has been put to the test! The Oct6 bridge was one - named for the beginning of the Yom Kippur war. And I will get a little deeper than I have in previous weeks.... Continue Reading →
First, for my fellow crazy cat lovers, a recommendation: Sweet Prince works for Petco corporate and brought me this self contained packet for grass seeds for the cats. Let me tell you, they LOVE it! And? it was remarkably easy to grow. I planted the seeds in the bag just before new years. Within a... Continue Reading →
One of the temp agencies recently sent me an email which contained this interesting info: That Accounting sector total pains me - OUCH! However, see the IT/Technical sector? It's up at least by a small amount. However, I promise you that I have a 100% guaranteed way to explode that number and just about solve... Continue Reading →
Today and tomorrow are the probably the two biggest listacle days of the year. Everyone will be blogging about the highlights/lowlights of 2010 and then tomorrow making their 2011 resolutions. Given that most of us who write on the internet are doing to unload one or two (or 10,000) frustrations through the keyboard vs onto... Continue Reading →
I kept it traditional yesterday, but I can't resist sharing a couple of more politically oriented Veteran's Day today - and yes, I consider these beautiful because sometimes it takes a proper visual representation of an issue to get a very very critical point to be made: And one more traditional representation of beauty (in... Continue Reading →
