Monthly Archive: June 2001

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my phantom menace

Where is it written that when you have a problem and ask someone else to help you with it, and that problem involves electronics of some kind… that it will immediately vanish once the other person takes some time to...

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shhhhh!

Martha’s Big K(itchen) Coup The woman is evil, the amount of money she makes is evil, but please don’t tell anyone, I LOVE her ideas… I’m so, so sorry. *ashamed pout*

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revisited

Mind Over Clutter I’m sure I put this in here before, and they probably bring this story back into circulation every year around this time. But now I can truly identify with it. I’ve said it before and will say...

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i had no idea

Excerpt from a food writer’s article: Pardon a cranky aside, but please notice that I said it “brings up” the question. I did not say it “begs” the question. Too many writers and speakers these days are using “begs the...

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it’s pouring

Just one bad thing after another. I found out that the disbursement of our 401(k) money was held up by fine print that no one bothered to inform us of, and that we had to practically use a microscope to...

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8 days of the week

Today’s been a good day, admittedly I’ve been a slave to laundry, but its all good. Bought some nice new things for the house yesterday and baked some goodies today. I’m slowly running out of steam, but managing not to...

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idiot box

Ok, so call me crazy, but this morning I am enjoying putting CDs on and listening to those to pass the time, rather than turning on the TV. I’ve been up, started laundry, gone to the store, started breakfast, and...

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movies: but did you like it?

One Game Dame Normally I don’t like any of the Washington Post’s movie reviews, but this one made me chuckle. Excerpts… Awesomely vacant, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider,” stars Angelina Jolie’s lips and breasts and, in a much smaller role, the...

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beware

Atomica This game is addictive and highly detrimental to getting any actual work done…