As faithful readers of the blog will know, I occasionally let the hound up on the bed with me at night. Generally it’s to allay my own random feelings of guilt… sometimes compensatory, other times anticipatory. Tuesday night was one of the latter, and I hauled him up on the bed (thank God, he can’t …

When asked, Derik will not hesitate to tell you that the Nashville-based group The Floating Men are the best rock group EVER, and so he has been cyber-proselytizing the internet preview of their new project this week. I have recruited myself to the cause — so here’s the scoop. The slow preview began Monday, and …

I’ve been rewatching “Coupling” the last week or so. I’ve always remembered the show as hilarious and brilliant, but it’s not until I’m actually watching it that I remember HOW hilarious and brilliant it really is! Here’s a link to some of Jeff’s best quotes, sorted out by episode. It’s impossible — futile, even — …

1. Baked potato soup on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. MMMMMmmmmmm.2. Sourdough bread. How can anyone possibly *not* love sourdough bread?3. Free WiFi. Even though I have the handy dandy AT&T built-in laptop Internet access card, I still love me some free WiFi.4. Apples as a side item. I *love* apples!5. Noise. I have no idea …

I met a friend for dinner tonight at IHOP in Smyrna, and apparently we made quite an impression on the people who were sitting in the booth behind us. We were having a wide-ranging conversation about politics, religion, and life in general (for example, for a while the age-old “to have kids or not to …

After a morning replete with classic Liz procrastination activities — Interweb surfing, ordering checks, paying the electric bill, investigating the process for paying my rent with my American Airlines card so as to reap the rewards of frequent flier miles, doing laundry, walking Rags, etc., etc. — I have spent the last 30 minutes writing, …

So… 2009! I’m still having a wee bit of trouble wrapping my head around the fact that the first decade of the 2000s is racing by at breakneck speed. Unbelievable, that is! I went to see “Marley & Me” tonight and cried embarassingly lots. I hate crying when I’m around people. Ugh. But it really …

I went back to Dyersburg today to swap out Ma Norell’s car for a rental (which, incidentally, happens to be a Dodge Charger — so, of course, the poking fun began immediately after my parents pulled into the Enterprise lot and saw me standing next to a Dodge). While in town, I managed to navigate …

Ph.D. comics occasionally has a real gem. Here’s one.