Statement of the day.

There has got to be an easier way to cream butter.

A dilly of a pickle.

1. I really want to serve as bridesmaid. I've known the bride for half my life, after all. I'm honored she asked. She's smart enough to know what she's gotten herself into, and boy howdy, it's something. Well, she knew that when she asked me.
2. Unfortunately, no matter how I finesse the schedule, I will have to skip a day of classes. That's equivalent to missing two sessions of each class, since we have double sessions.
3. Fortunately, the wedding date is two weeks before finals, so the only real potential conflict is maybe a project deadline. Which I can bust my butt to finish early.
4. Fortunately, the two classes scheduled are economics and finance, which are more numerical. I can handle that. Discussion? Bah.
5. Unfortunately, I am the best note-taker in the class, so I wonder what will happen if I borrow someone else's notes. Fortunately, I am the best note-taker in class, so that should compensate for missing a session.
6. Fortunately, I am sure several of my classmates owe me once since I've shared my notes with them.
7. Unfortunately, most flights to Toledo require two stops. You have to pay an extra $300 for the privilege of removing one stop.
8. Unfortunately, Toledo is quite far from other cities with bigger airports, so flying to a bigger, more moderately priced city is out of the question.
9. Unfortunately, given the sheer number of stops, I am not confident the airlines will get me into town on time. This means potentially landing at 1AM, which is probably not a good idea if you're supposed to be on time to a morning service.
10. What can I do with a full day in Toledo that won't drive the bride completely mad? Homework? Never mind that ticket will cost an extra $100 plus a night of hotel.
11. Hey, maybe I can visit the famous Tony Packo's. That should kill the whole day and a tank of gas. Heartburn? Bah.

Question of the day.

I am coming down with a cold. Is it OK for me to come to the office with it, since I caught it from my co-workers in the first place?

Question of the day.

Is it OK to be a weenie about the weather? It's not raining, it's not snowing; it's gorgeous and sunny but a touch windy and quite cold, but downright balmy compared to what other parts of the country get.

Question of the day.

How do you know how much the machine costs if you haven't bothered to spec it out? It won't cost $2K just because you say so.

Long weekend musings.

8-9 hours of sleep per night is a beautiful thing.

I'm thankful my family is not hung up on holidays. This means we can visit each other during less stressful and expensive times of the year.

Waiting in the cold and dark and braving the crush of shoppers is not worth the few dollars saved. Luckily, I have mountains of homework as an excuse.

Who needs turkey when you can have dim sum? And give me crispy chow mein any day.

Sean Connery is still the best Bond, Diana Rigg is still the best Bond girl, and "Live and Let Die" still has the best Bond opening song. That said, "Casino Royale" is thoroughly enjoyable and even has a plot despite the mushy bits.

Although I'm sorry I won't get to see "Flushed Away" this weekend, I'm glad I saw something.

Question of the day.

Where did November go?

Too much TV.

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
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Question of the day.

Isn't the point of air guitar not to hear how you sound?

Advice for the day.

Never enter into a family cell phone plan if your family is not comprised of your dependents. It is a giant pain in the butt.

Question of the day.

Is the guy in the next cube covering his mouth when he coughs every other minute?

Question of the day.

What do you do to alleviate writer's block?

Question of the day.

Why are so many people willing to eat chicken fingers but not chicken feet?

Statement of the day.

If you are able-bodied and in a six-storey building, you should not take the elevator down.

Statement of the day.

I can't wait for the elections to be over so the TV can go back to selling me junk food.

Question of the day.

When people say things really ought to be a certain way, at what point is it love for the human condition, and at what point is it arrogance?

Example 1: You have zero ability to tolerate alcohol. Your pal, who can tolerate alcohol, is having a wonderful (by all objective measures) glass of wine and insists you take a few sips. Either your pal is enjoying the experience and wants to share it with you so that you can experience what they're experiencing, or your pal is a wine snob and wants you to agree with him/her. Even though you'd probably get sick doing so.

Example 2: You are Hindu. Your pal, who is not Hindu, is enjoying a fantastic hamburger and wants you to have a bite. Same choices as #1, except for the wine snob part--this pal eats a lot of hamburgers. Even though it would violate all your principles to do so.

Example 3: You are from a non-democratic country. Your pal, who is from a democratic country, thinks your country really needs to be more democratic. You think your country really needs better infrastructure more than democracy at the moment. Either your pal loves his/her country so much he/she would like you to exactly have the same experience, or he/she is arrogant and thinks democracy is the only way the world should be run. Disregarding the fact that you're really proud of your own country.

Which is it?

Question of the day.

Will the constant barrage of TV ads really affect the election outcome?

Question of the day.

Is this a great election season or what?

The Terminator is running for governor. Donna Tello is running for comissioner. And there's the usual slew of negative TV ads telling which way to vote on the propositions.

Next year, make me a promise. Somebody please nickname himself He-Man.

Dear Makers of Propel Fitness Water,

I don't understand your packaging strategy. There is a tamper-evident plastic wrap ringing the cap and an inside seal topping the bottle, but the part of the cap you actually put your mouth on remains uncovered during shipping. This means the beverage inside is clean, but the mouthpiece is potentially unsanitary.

Incidentally, I don't like the sucralose taste. I'm glad this bottle was free.

Question of the day.

What does it mean?

I've made two presentations in the last month, in completely different contexts, and about completely different things. One was at work, and the other was at school. I'll admit I busted my butt to pull together both. And both times, I've been tapped on the shoulder afterward by people I generally trust and told that I did a very good job. The gracious part of me accepted and is feeling pretty good about it. The cynical side of me suspects it's one of the following:

* I'm normally really quiet, and people don't expect me to present well, so a good presentation is a pleasant surprise.
* I normally ask dumb questions, so this was a pleasant surprise.
* I looked horribly nervous, so everybody was trying to console me. Or, I flubbed something important, and they were trying to console me.
* They were simply glad to hear a presentation in which good English was spoken. (Past tense notwithstanding.)
* Or, maybe I really did give good presentations, people really do look to me as a role model, and busting my butt was worthwhile.

I want to believe the last one. I think I will.