Month: January, 2010

Eeeps

I am pretty much knocked out. I did not know shopping for bedroom furniture could be so difficult — and expensive. The Thriller and I invested in a new bedroom set, after learning our lesson from repeated backaches, courtesy our old mattress. Um…I guess I’ve been out of the loop for awhile. The prices are [...]

Top of the Top

During coffee this morning, I checked out some top ten lists at Listverse. If their research is to be believed, some of the #1 choices were surprising. Did you know… The most dangerous of all herbivores in Africa, the hippo kills more people every year than lions, leopards and crocodiles. It’s true. I’m a longtime [...]

I know, right?

J’ever think of something weird and say to yourself, “Hey, I gotta write that down”? I do. If I compiled a list of every strange, funny, annoying or generally off-center thought I ever experienced, it would be quite lengthy. The coolest “Hey, I need to write that down” manifestation has got to be the Facebook [...]

This Just In III

Just read an article about a voracious carp threatening the Great Lakes. This is a picture of a controlled fish kill. There is NO WAY that is Lake Michigan water. It’s…I mean…like….blue. ~ Didn’t he useta have red hair? Talk about NBC’s newest drama… (Photo: NBC – Paul Drinkwater) ~ *GASP*!!!! You must be joking. [...]

I. M. Weird

And we all know it. Or at least my family and fiends know it. Do you have strange rituals and idiosyncrasies? Please say you do. I’m sure some of mine infuriate the Thriller (and others), to wit: I check my online bank balance every morning, and sometimes several times a day, even though I know [...]