Category: Journal

Apparently The Daily Show does matter because the one night I’m tempted to go to bed early is the one night they have a piece on the SAT. I caught most of it anyway. That will teach me to follow…

Hair care really does trump everything. me + netflix = not working out Edited book pairs lesson. Cooked too many things, but ate them anyway Considered going to bed at 7pm Must stay up for Daily Show Put on The…

Got up too late. Went to work with wet hair. Again. Worked on ASP stuff. Cleared a month of stupid site maintenance to-do’s. Inspired three-year-old to want to eat branches. Restructured Captain John Smith. Wondered why if there are butterfly…

Arrived at work seconds before conference call Participated in pizza lunch meeting w/o eating pizza Beowulf, Beowulf, Beowulf Proclaim Beowulf finished. Went about non-epic activities Boss says, “Beowulf needs work.” Went home, being passed by Urbana Fire Truck rushing mutual…

So maybe yesterday’s list of interesting things wasn’t convincing. Maybe you’re back and wondering what I did today: Went to work. Attended a meeting. Wrote the Ideas column for Inbox. Left work. Worked on the Beowulf fun. Cooked dinner. Set…

According to this month’s Real Simple, I can make my life more memorable by taking more notes about it: From “Jot It Down” There’s a reason people say time flies. Some of us may think it’s because each day grows…

Stanley seems to be a cat, and he’s on his 4th life. He perks up when people come near the tank again. He eats when I feed him. It’s like he’s a different fish. I swear to you we all…

So reports of Stanley’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. I was ready to believe he was dead. He seemed to get very sick very quickly last week. My boss reported that he was dead when she checked him yesterday. Today,…

Stanley 2003-2005 RIP Dear Stanley, known affectionally as “Swimmy” to family members, passed into that good night over the weekend, leaving behind his sad SpongeBob and Patrick tank friends. In lieu of flowers, please hug and kiss and love your…