Month: May 2008
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Holy crap! I don’t feel so bad about not getting that job at SBS anymore…
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World’s Longest Foosball Table. The guys at work are going to love this… (Thanks Bex!)
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Good and Bad NewsThe good – actually GREAT – news is that I know I can run a half-marathon. I know this because I successfully ran 18.4km yesterday afternoon! (That’s nearly 11.5 miles.) And at the end, I honestly felt like I could’ve easily gone all the way to 21km, were it not for my…
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Twisted Flower SocksThese socks nearly killed me. After cruising along all summer averaging better than one pair of socks per month, these suckers took me more than two months to finally finish. The pattern is by Cookie A. (designer of the ubiquitous Monkey Socks and instigator of the hated “socks and high heels” photo fad),…
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Jamerica the Beautiful.
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Political Slacktivism Well, it’s a quarter to 11 and I’m still sitting here in my pajamas… which means I don’t have enough time to get to the Obama photo thingy. *sigh* Although, really, I think I could do more net good for his campaign simply by trying to get my Grandpa to stop forwarding emails…
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I fast-forwarded through most of last night’s Biggest Loser finale, but I’m really happy that Sam won. He, Alison, and Kerstin did a great job. For me, though, my favourite transformation was definitely Sheridan. Great dress, great hair, great makeup; she looked like a million bucks. I was really pulling for her to win the…
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I feel great. I wanted to skip my swimming lesson last night, but the Snook urged me to go. I’m glad I listened to him. It felt good to get back to my training and stop letting my stomach dictate my life. This morning I headed out for my first run of the week, an…
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CSS Homer Simpson. Holy crap, that’s cool! (Link courtesy of Daring Fireball.)
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All Queue Jumpers Go to HellWhat IS IT with people cutting in front of me in line lately? I’ve had women cut in front of me THREE TIMES in the past two days. Yesterday morning I was waiting for a bus during rush hour when several pulled up at once. I headed for the second…