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Phew! Even though I’ve been on vacation for a week, I don’t think I’ve been so busy in a long time! The cause? Liz crafted an elaborate “honey do” list to help me pass the time. Since last Friday, I’ve vacuumed, scrubbed, buffed, shined, mopped, painted, repaired, mailed, and picked up [...]

While emerging from sleep and into mobility, Liz uttered this profound query during a Today Show cooking segment:
Why does Rachael Ray make me want to kill?
Discuss!

Mood:amused

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Okay, we are officially living in Bizarro World…
We went to the Brew Kettle with butterandjelly a couple of Wednesdays ago, and while there I tasted (and completed!) a sampler flight of beers. Amazingly, after years of hating beer with a vengeance, I’ve started [...]

My tasks are wrapped up.
Our techies are having a holiday party at Dave and Buster’s. Like schoolkids waiting for the last bell before a break, we are dismissed at one o’clock today, which seems like it will never come–time has stretched and slowed into an infinity of sluggish molasses.
And I’m on vacation until January. [...]

This morning I found a news story about knitting penguins jumpers.
They look so cute in the jumper, I feel I must run out and get yarn!

Mood: amused

This December… you will believe a giant ape can beat the crap out of three angry tyrannosaurs!
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I was going to write some more about my impressions of the film, but I’m too jumbled right now. Suffice it to say that you should see it, soon, and on the biggest screen you can find. [...]

Had two completely different weekends in one the past two days–one lazy and relaxing, and one busy and productive.
On the lazy front: sleeping in, watching the snow fall, playing with the cats, watching TV and movies of varying badness (from Hellboy to a Gene Autry movie whose title I never caught, but which was [...]

I think most of you know with my new job I call on everything from the local grocery store all the way to high end places to eat. This has caused me start pondering restaurant wine lists.
What makes a good restaurant wine list? Yes, I know Wine Spectator and Wine Enthusiast does [...]

Beaujolais Nouveau is a wine from France, NOT a product of California. I’m sorry Charles Shaw and Trader Joe’s, but you need to take your wine else where!
Errrrr!
On a happier note, the Goat Cheese Gouda from Trader Joe’s is VERY good.

Mood: bitchy

Liz brought me food! And a ThermaCare wrap for my shoulder/neck area! Hooray for being married to my own personal angel of mercy! Happiness!

Mood:happy