Speaking of beautiful things …

I walked out onto my patio last night to find the small trees surrounding my “backyard” are just starting to turn red. I’ve seen these trees in yards before and they’re gorgeous when they’re in full color. They almost look as if they are on fire. I moved into this apartment in April, so I didn’t know [...]

A happy thought in a depressing week

My sister was taking my 3-year-old niece, Aowyn, to preschool the other day. As they were backing out of the garage, Aowyn started listing all the people she loves.
I love sissy.
I love mommy.
I love daddy.
I love chewie.
I love misty.
While I’m not sure about making the list under the family pet, it was nice to be [...]

At a loss

Monday could not have crept by any slower than it did. All I wanted to do was get back to work because that’s the last place the world made sense. And now I’m here, and I can’t stop staring out the window wishing I was somewhere — anywhere — but here.
I don’t know if it’s [...]

Inventor buried in Pringles can

Note: One of the best things about my job is that I get paid to read about really interesting — albeit slightly crazy — stuff every day. This story I found on the wire is no exception.
The inventor of the Pringles chip can, Fredric Baur, was so in love with his greatest invention that he was [...]

Now a wall is mocking me … what is the deal?

I recently moved into a new apartment, which actually allows you to paint. Given the option for the first time in my apartment-dwelling life, I felt obligated to take them up on it. Plus, I was just going to do one accent wall. How hard can that be? Silly me.
To play off my new furniture, [...]

Am I a clown? Do I make you laugh?

OK, the universe is officially picking on me.
To the 12 people who read my blog about automation in the bathroom, you know how much I abhor it. Well, it seems the cosmos was reading as well. We were on our way home from vacation in Michigan this weekend when we stopped at a gas station somewhere along [...]

Automation in public restrooms is the devil

It all started with the automatic toilet. That annoyed me. I can’t tell you how many times the stupid sensor decided I was done when in fact I wasn’t. That was bad enough.
But the Bathroom Powers That Be couldn’t leave well enough alone, could they? It’s gotten out of control. Automatic hand dryers. Automatic paper [...]

Peer pressure made me do this

I admit it. I’m 30 and still give into the beast that is peer pressure. And you thought that only happened in high school. Silly rabbit.
In a desperate attempt to be one of the cool kids – most notably the likes of Sarah and Gretchen — I’ve started this silly little blog in which I’ll expound upon matters of the [...]