back to basics
I am cutting edge
I am so high tech, I can put my grocery list on my phone.
Urban happiness, not to be confused with urban hipness
From the time my oldest daughter was, say, 10 years old, it was evident she was going to live somewhere other than our little town. She was meant for urban life, clearly. We loved playing “When You Come To the City To Visit Me.” That game included the moon, for what we would do and [...]
Meet the newsroom
At least, meet some of our stuff. Little visual snippets of the newsroom, mostly the plants we have around here — we’re getting closer to a tropical rain forest. We do our work in a completely eccentric environment and our space reflects that. I have the most “fake” walls built up around my desk, created [...]
I’ve seen the “un” hand washers
and Sanidoor might be worth every penny. You’ve seen them where you work, some people skipping the step between toilet and exit. You decide on the spot to never participate in a company potluck again. Nothing will convince some people to wash their hands after pottying, but the new Sanidoor might help the rest of [...]
Positively spudacious
Maybe you’ve seen this, but a friend sent this on and I thought I can’t be the only one who hasn’t. Plus, who can resist a Gilligan’s Island reference? Please excuse me, I have some potato salad to prepare.
They got them a time machine at the Les Schwab store
Lemme ‘splain. My friend Ann is a tire Nazi. Actually, so is my friend Beth. Why am I attracted to friends who are fixated on car tires? Rims and tires have always been the man’s realm in this house. David might have asked me what I thought and we certainly discussed tire budgets, but I [...]
Germs bustin’ out. Or maybe not.
Spread Joy, Not Germs, During Holiday Before you go over the river and through the woods to grandmother’s house this holiday season, consider what a University of Wisconsin infectious-disease specialist calls key myths about travel and illness. “Many people have misconceptions about how viruses and bacterial infections are transmitted from person to person, especially on [...]
Let the goodness begin
Here we are, lovely readers, at the moment I start running the promised Thanksgiving (and other) recipes. Today we have two delicious-sounding submissions to get us going. Mediterranean Squash Stew By Pam Daws ½ butternut squash (3 cups cubes) 2 cups chopped spinach* ½ cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic 1 ¾ cups diced tomatoes [...]
Pulling the plug on
unholy holiday electrical costs. This comes from Angie’s List: The holidays are a time for delicious food shared with friends and family. Yet, all that time spent counting your blessings adds up to higher energy bills. Between your stove, oven, and dishwasher running overtime, and the door to your refrigerator standing open as family members [...]
I assume you are just as sick
of the 2009 flu season as I am. Therefore I am pleased to present a more-fun-than-the-CDC video on how to cough (here). It starts a little slow, but the coughing competition is worth the wait. And, actually, pretty informative. All you teachers out there might want to consider showing this to your class — maybe [...]
