How did it arrive so fast?

Jan 19th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

We got a new credit card. We don’t need more credit, but this card has better cash back rewards than our current one we use*, and we will no longer have the business one from the same company. I like cash back rewards. We use it to pay for everything that doesn’t charge us a [...]

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I miss the internet.

Jan 17th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

The wall writings in Left4Dead amuse me*. *This short update is brought to you by my vow of 24-hour Facebook abstinence.

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Weekly Menu – January 17th (and a funny video)

Jan 17th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

It has been a long time since I’ve posted a menu. I guess it has been that long since I’ve done a menu. My throat started hurting again. Yippee. Saturday: Pizza — I used high gluten flour, kindly provided by Verminiusrex. I didn’t notice a difference in my dough than when I use bread flour. [...]

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From The Mouth of Ada

Jan 15th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

“I want new shoes. I need to get money, money, money!*” *Animal Crossing may not be as harmless of a game as I first thought.

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I am still here

Jan 15th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

After 10 days, I’m finally starting to feel like a normal person again. My sinuses finally cleared, but my throat got worse, to a point where it was difficult to swallow. I didn’t want to do anything but sleep, but that is difficult with a job and kids. Today is the first day that my [...]

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Ada Lovelace Day

Jan 12th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

I should participate in this.

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GTD in the New Year

Jan 10th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 2

I still haven’t read listened to the book, but I did Get Some Things Done today. First, I installed a free task application to try out. Not impressed with it. I would like to have Things, but I can’t spend money on it at the moment. I’ll stick with text TODO lists and my calendar [...]

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Playing catch-up

Jan 10th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

Today is the first day since Monday where pain hasn’t invoked squatter’s rights in my head. I’m running on extremely stuffy now. The lack of solid sleeping has worn me down though. I hope that I will get a full night’s sleep tonight. In the meantime, coffee has been fueling my morning. Today is going [...]

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Choosing your words carefully

Jan 9th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 1

I would not be good at this. I know that I’m criticizing something I cannot do better. However, this headline struck a nerve with me: Obama raps Bowl Championship Series: ‘We need a playoff’. There are a lot of things that this country needs right now. A playoff system for NCAA Division I football is [...]

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A link full of total awesome

Jan 9th, 2009 // In: Posts // By: // Comments 0

Thanks goes to Lydia for sending me this link. You may click and scroll to the third one on the page to view a comic about Ada Lovelace–Enchantress of Numbers and my daughter’s namesake.

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