Archive: September 2003
Books on the Shelves Meme
From Fazia: “Remove the authors who aren’t on your shelves and replace them with authors who are, keeping the list at ten.” Her list: Laurie R. King Jane Austen Madeleine L’Engle Tess Gerristen Diane Duane Sheri S. Tepper Ursula K. Le Guin Stephen King James A. Michener Emily Bronte My list: Bernard Cornwell PD James [...]
(Full Post)Resting
I’m going to spend the day in bed. I’m going to finish writing my test plan. Ok, no snickering! Things to Say When You’re Losing a Technical Argument, via Jill. I’m embarrassed to say that I’ve actually uttered numbers 1, 12, 19, 27, 37, and 63. Why blogs could be bad for business, via Out [...]
(Full Post)Crash
This afternoon at 5:00 I was grocery shopping with no crutches, no cane, no wobbling from side to side. By 7:00 I burst into tears when my son carried a dripping wet chicken across the kitchen three times (he’s making stock, the “fresh” chicken is solid like a rock, he’s trying to get the damn [...]
(Full Post)Feed Me
On the one hand, I’ve been really busy and haven’t been posting much – a situation which is unlikely to improve for at least a couple of weeks since I’m doing the single mom thing temporarily. On the other hand, nobody else seems to be updating much either – has there been a collective attack [...]
(Full Post)Underworld
Took the under-17s to see Underworld today. I’m getting old and crotchety – it seems like every movie I’ve seen in the last year has the SOUND TURNED UP SO LOUD THAT WE’RE ALL GONNA GO DEAF! And when it was quiet, the movie experience was not improved by the loud, inappropriate giggling of two [...]
(Full Post)Hair and Heels
Very busy week – meetings with customers. I feel like I’ve had nothing but little fried hors d’oeuvres for dinner all week (it was only two nights). But I’m still on my feet – despite the tasteful pumps, and thanks to going home every night and falling immediately into bed. I don’t think I’m cut [...]
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