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… because Joyce told me about xkcd.com. Here’s the latest gem. I laughed out loud. No, really. NOTE: I had to shrink this to fit. Click to go see the full-sized version on their Web site

(Aside: When I wrote Liz’s charmed life, installment #73, I plucked the number out of thin air, but since this post is following so closely on the heels of that one, I feel compelled to proceed chronologically. In case you’re concerned, YES, I know I’m weird.) So today was a GREAT day… it started off …

My mom officially began her third term as city council member last Thursday, and what a spectacular show we missed! Here’s the write-up from the Baxter Bulletin (emphasis added). (Incidentally, you can also hear some audio clips of my mom and the city attorney and read more at the radio station’s Web site: KTLO story.) …

Earlier this week, I sent an e-mail to a few people asking them to do me a favor… the details of which are unimportant, honestly, and not meant for public consumption. The response has been overwhelming, wonderful, and awesome. (And yes, I recognize that’s incredibly redundant. Deal with it.) I feel so blessed to have …

Yesterday I got my grubby little hands on a copy of the syllabus for a class I’m taking this semester, taught by one of Vanderbilt’s rock star professors. I’ve been (somewhat obnoxiously, I know) vocally distressing over what the reading load was going to be like, and I’m reasonably sure that most of the poor …

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 …