annual rant.

It’s time for an annual rant about one of the many so-called health professionals I consider to be the licensed equivalent of voodoo magicians. Namely, optometrists. Yes, today was my annual eye exam. I’ve found it’s to my benefit to do this annually, so the drastic degradation in my vision appears more of a natural …

a few recommendations.

Yesterday, I did two things I’ve been wanting to do for what seems like weeks now: 1) I finished a book that wasn’t assigned for a class. It was Jennifer Weiner‘s latest novel, “Goodnight Nobody” — she’s the author who wrote the novel on which the new movie, “In Her Shoes,” was based. The latest …

not much of a yankee

Gary tipped me off to this quiz, which I just took, and which declares I’m 65% southerner, or “Just under the Mason-Dixon Line.” Sounds about right. And as for the spelling test (who could resist?), I only managed an 85%. However, I would just like to say (for the record) that I fundamentally believe the …

back to reality.

Thank goodness for DVD collections. We spent the “snow days” watching season five of The West Wing (one of my favorite TV indulgences), which only just came out on DVD this Tuesday. Talk about great timing! My 36 hours of work reprieve were a fantastic early Christmas present to celebrate the end of school. We …

an (icy) revelation

I may not have fully figured out how to prevent myself from becoming homeless post-working-at-TWU, but I did figure out one thing this morning: Not working in Denton is going to rachet down my stress level about 10 notches. Take today, for example. We all know/knew today was going to bring freezing precipitation to north …