Archive for March, 2010
Home decor inquiries
If you’ve seen my pet pictures, you know what my living room furniture looks like. I’ve got a couch and loveseat, both generous hand-me-downs from when my friend J got married. The pets obviously love the furniture. I, at the age of 34, have still never bought a [Read More]
Non-venting
I’m kinda bummed that we’re not gonna get raises at work for the second consecutive year, and that I mistakenly paid my car payment twice when I really can’t afford to do that, and about dialysis, and about being single, and about so very many things. [Read More]
Mid-week dialysis venting
Get off your f’in phone, . It’s 330 in the morning. I need to get out of here asap. Cannot stand this for another two hours. And I did leave an hour early. One-handed iPhone typing. Mr X is as loud as he’s ever been tonight. I want to leave duct [Read More]
This week in Antichrist news
Percentages of Republicans who, according to a new Harris Poll, believe: 67% – Obama is a socialist 57% – Obama is a Muslim 45% – Obama was “not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president” 38% – Obama is “doing many of the [Read More]
Elections matter
I’ll ignore the ugly stuff out there for a minute and savor the fact that the most important legislation in my lifetime has passed. It should be crystal-clear to everyone that the two political parties aren’t quite the same. Elections do matter. If you voted for [Read More]
Health Care Reform: Final Arguments
I could write a lot more about this. I’m so sick of it. Looks like Congress will pass the damn bill tomorrow. Good. Against: (Tea Partiers Protest Outside Capitol, 2010.03.20) Oh, and Civil-rights leader Rep. John Lewis is a n****r. And Rep. Barney Frank is a f****t. [Read More]
Three Cats and Daffodils
Herman and I often encounter these neighborhood cats, but have never seen all three lined up in a row like this. I wish we’d been able to get closer, but the cats would’ve gotten anxious and run off if they had realized Herman was stalking them. [Read More]
More fun with Flickr stats
I’m amused when I can find one of my pictures on the first page of Google Image search results. silly cat faces (#10) capon springs weddings (#10, #11, #21) duke girls partying (#1) (other pics that aren’t mine are NSFW if SafeSearch is turned off) slug [Read More]
Just five dollars and a dream
Despite a hiatus in 2007, I’m still calling my NCAA pool “Toastie’s 15th Annual NCAA Pool”. $5 per entry. Hosted by CBS Sports this year. Here’s the website to sign up and get more info. (The secret password is ’1996′.) I generally [Read More]
