I mean, seriously, George? To blunt charges of cronyism, President Bush names a man he just met to run the Federal Reserve. Oct. 11, 2005 – Still smarting from criticism of his nomination of Harriet Miers to the United States Supreme Court, President George W. Bush today nominated a man he described as “a guy …
ever wish you could go back to high school?
I don’t either, really, but if I did — now would be a FANTASTIC time to be a student at my high school alma mater. Not only have the Bombers managed to win a stunning FIVE football games in a row now, after beating Jonesboro 49-21 last Friday and advancing 3-0 in conference play, but …
gettin’ all hot and bothered…
… but, sadly, not in a good way. I won’t go off on an extended rant about my office temperature yet again … just want to point out that our thermostat is set below 70 degrees, yet *mysteriously* it’s a balmy 82 in my office now. {sigh} I think today will be the first time …
bleh
Well, crap. My two-months-overdue quarterly sinus infection seems to be settling in. I spent most of the day either blowing my nose or snoozing on the couch. Daniel, bless him, stayed home, too, for “moral support.” 😉 Season one of “Scrubs” was on most of the day, though I sense I probably slept through the …
life is about to get SO much better…
It’s now official… Daniel and I have made a huge decision together that will forever change our life together. (No, mom, I’m not pregnant.) Today, we bought a king-sized mattress set. Now, I adore my boyfriend, I really do, and I have spent the last thirteen months of my life sleeping with him in a …
very nice-uh
ASIDE: (indoor) office temperature check: 81.9 DAMMIT! So, I had this *really* nice dream last night. And I know you guys probably don’t care, but I’m going to tell you about it anyway. Witness the joys of blogging. 🙂 Lord only knows where this dream came from. I do have a suspicion, though, which I’ll …
what would you do?
I’ve bitched and moaned for years about how hot my damned office is. Every year when it turns cooler outside (like today, it’s — ohmygod — 65 degrees outside! crap! break out the winter sweaters!) some gremlin in our building’s HVAC system decides it’s once again time to punish Liz. I can usually make an …
I have to go buy highlighters.
I’ve had people make comments to me in the past about my appetite for highlighting. Naturally, this is a behavior reserved for school-related writing (I don’t carry a highlighter around with my latest Nicholas Sparks or John Irving read, promise!). And yesterday, during my marathon festival of reading, I literally — AM NOT EXAGGERATING — …
it didn’t even feel like playing hooky.
Yesterday, I didn’t go to work. There, I admitted it. I didn’t call in {cough, cough} sick. I just left a message on our work answering machine saying, “I won’t be in today.” And I got SO MUCH DONE. The impetus was a 1:30 meeting with one of my professors (Dr. E, if you’ve been …
humor
One of my university Web geek colleagues (and fellow GW alum!) sent out on a listserv a link to this Web site/compilation on Friday, saying, “Hey, it’s Friday!” But personally, I think humor like this is WAY more appropriate on, say, a Tuesday. Funniest ratings (of college professors) from ratemyprofessors.com