Karsten’s quote of the day lifetime: “She’s having a happy fit in my pants!” *** Got a massage today at Nashville Sports Massage on Church St. I went there to see if the guy could help me with my lingering
Scene It? and Napoleon Dynamite
Karsten and I went over to ‘s place last night to play Scene It? — and won, that lucky bastard. 😉 No, he obviously knows his movies — credit where credit is due — but he did get a couple
Prosody and God’s Will
Something about that Martina McBride song “God’s Will” (written by Tom Douglas and Barry Dean) gives me chills, but it’s not the lyrics, interestingly enough. I find the lyrical story a bit of a turnoff, actually, since I’m not a
2005 Priorities and Resolutions
One of the things we do on my team at work when we’re setting goals for a time period is to determine what our areas of focus (or “pillars”) for that period are; in other words, what overarching categories of
Celebrity sightings: What famous people have you seen?
Went out to Noshville for lunch with coworkers J & K and my Boss. Much talk of the celebrities they’ve spotted there in previous visits; my hopes were up for at least a minor sighting. But no. I must be
Long lunches and long hauls back home
Just got back from lunch with Karsten, , and my coworker J at Baja Fresh. But not the West End Baja Fresh! No, the Green Hills Baja Fresh. So it was different. Snootier. Or, well, it should have been. But
A proliferation of two-year birthday traditions
If doing something two years in a row can be considered a “tradition,” then I shall keep with tradition by singing to myself: Happy, happy birthday to me Happy birthday to me And to you – with thanks and apologies
Here in Chicagoland…
[This is an entry I wrote in my Clie PocketLJ client last night, but I can’t get my laptop to connect to the network at work from my parents’ house, so I’m typing the entry in through my mom’s computer
The morning after
I woke up this morning and thought “Wow, I can’t believe I forgot to brush my teeth last night.” Then I realized, no, I did brush my teeth. That’s just how gross my mouth feels anyway. Ewww. OK, sorry. It
‘Tis the season… for birthday parties
Well, that was fun! We went to a coworker’s birthday party at Rumours Wine Bar in the up-and-coming area of 12th Avenue South. Karsten slipped out at one point and checked out The Art House next door, and I went