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Plans Change All the Time

I was busybusybusy yesterday and this morning, cleaning the house to prepare for my parents’ visit.  Mom and Dad were going to be going to a Rose Show up in. . .argh. . .starts with an H, next to Keansburg.  I hate when I blank like that!  Anyway, they had a surprise visit from my [...]

Allyssa and Ashley and friends

You just didn’t get it, did you?  My Internet Privacy post was directed specifically at you.  I’m not a sick person or a pedophile or a criminal or anything like that, but what if I were?  Your IP addresses show where you are, and that you are students.  Ashley, for heaven’s sake, you left your [...]

Bad English Attacks!

It’s really, really hard to read newspapers and magazines when your eyes are unconsiously, unerringly drawn to bad spelling, grammar, and punctuation.  You’re looking at a whole page of words, hundreds of them at a time, and BANG! the misplaced apostrophe jumps out and whacks you in the face.  I was particularly bothered by one [...]

A Note About Internet Privacy

Comments I’ve seen here and elsewhere lead me to believe that many people, especially young people, have some misconceptions about Internet Privacy.  Apparently, people seem to believe that all you need is a screen name and you can say or do whatever you want without repercussion.  Clearly, it leads to people saying things that they [...]

Scary Scientologists

As I was wandering a bit around the web, I found this video of crazed Scientologists.  Hey, what’s >your< crime?  I’m guessing they must have some special ability to redirect their own guilt after the human rights abuses they inflict on their own members, and dead scientologists around the world.  I’m thinking more and more [...]

Not Too Sick to Get Stuff Done!

Sanitized the cat boxes (ick. ickyick. It must be done every week, though!) Made a psydoc appointment, worked out stuff with the lady whose car I smeared (what a racket these body shops have!) got in touch with the guy who’ll install gutters and fix exterior trim for us. Then hit the road, found that [...]

I Hab a Code id da Doze. . .

I woke up this morning thinking that the allergies were just worse than usual. Oh, heavens, no! I’m all sploogy and red and raw and sore now, and of course, can’t take anything for it. I looked all over to see if I could find the Vicks Vapo-Rub. It burns when it first goes on, [...]

It’s Nice to be Close to the Beach.

After a lazy morning (except for the hour long walk to get bagels. . .I walked there, called hubby to pick me and the bagels up!) of reading Sunday papers, having coffee and bagels, and taking Carolyn out for gym sneakers (with a stop at the animal rescue adoption area. . .AWWWKITTENSANDPUPPIES!) we finally managed [...]

So Yesterday. . .

I drove up to Monmouth Feed Co. because they advertised a big sale on pond supplies, and it’s time to start thinking of covering the pond to keep falling leaves out, and giving the fish some protection for the winter. I also needed some more filter media, and just wanted to check the place out. [...]

Books and Bumps

Hubby’s car is still not ready to pick up, so I loaded up boxes of books into the car and headed up North. Got to Bloomfield right during lunchtime, so I got to not only deliver books to the school, but also chat with a bunch of the teachers. It was delightful to catch up [...]