Month: December 2009
-
Knitters’ Christmas Tea PartyI went to a tea party! The regular Thursday night crowd from the Morris & Sons SnB all met up on Saturday afternoon at Harrogate Teas. We nibbled on sandwiches, sipped a variety of teas, and guzzled our weights in champagne. (I’m serious.) It was so much fun! We also had a…
-
“Can ‘Nice Girls’ Negotiate?” Depressing but spot on, I’d say. Money quote: “When men ask for something, they are being proactive; when women ask, they are being pushy.”
-
I see commercials for that 8 Hour Rapid Detox all the time on Go! network. Nice to know that it really is exactly the diarrhea-inducing scam I figured it was.
-
More on Sleep Cycle Alarm ClockThat was good timing! I posted my review yesterday and then found out that the 2.0 update dropped on the same day! The new version includes historical graphs of your sleep patterns. Here’s my data from last night: Went to bed / woke up: 11:13 PM / 7:00 AMTotal time:…
-
Iconic Photos: Wrapped Reichstag. That is so cool. I’d heard of it but never saw the photos.
-
App Review: Sleep Cycle Alarm ClockLast week I happened to see a tweet about a new iPhone app called Sleep Cycle Alarm Clock. As I am a notoriously crappy sleeper – and the app was pretty cheap – I decided to try it out. The idea is that your movements in bed are a fairly…
-
“Amid recession, meth menace evolves.” An article about the rise of meth addiction in Elkhart, Indiana (where I’m from). Like Moire, who pointed me to the story, I was stunned by this quote from the local prosecutor: “I literally did talk to an RV manufacturing facility group of supervisors who sat there and said, you…