cool!

Alex recommended these two Internet gems, in testament to our growing-up years in the 80s: The Incredible Hulk’s blog — hilarious Finding The A-team: A Stuffo Experiment — fantastic!

{geek moment}

I recently read a very positive review about this program called PDF Converter. It not only converts documents (including scanned ones) to PDFs, but it includes this plug-in that allows you to make a PDF form fill-out-able and sendable online … something Acrobat doesn’t let you do. Best thing is, it’s much cheaper. In 30 …

Nicknames

The answer to last week’s random Liz trivia question was not guessed by anyone… which is to say, the lone guess wasn’t right. 🙁 To recap, the question was: My friend Tommy is the official bestower of nicknames for those who’ve floated through my life as dates. He comes up with some pretty astute monikers …

Zoe!

Saturday, Daniel and I went to the Plano Animal Shelter and brought home Zoe, a nine-week-old kitten who’s since been threatening the other animals at the house. Far from running scared, she’s made a habit of immediately hissing at anything moving towards her on four legs. She’s adorable, though, and adjusting well. See? PS: I’d …

oh, Salem.

Another decidedly uncontested Newsweek story: Making Magic As early as June a new witch may descend on Salem, Mass. The TV Land cable network is poised to erect a nine-foot, 1,500-pound statue honoring Samantha Stevens — the witch-cum-housewife in the sitcom “Bewitched.” Pending final approval by Salem next week, the bronze behemoth will depict Samantha …

maybe we should start an “ABH” campaign?

It’s not why everyone’s talking about Newsweek this week, but I read this morning this quote from Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, about his new weight-loss book, “Quit Digging Your Grave With a Knife and Fork” (which sounds to me like an attempt to make money stating the obvious): “I changed from saying ‘I need to …

all done now.

Thank God, praise Allah, and merci beaucoup. It’s all done now. The reference librarians gave me a half-dozen rounds of applause and offered to name their children after me before they sent me on my way all done with practicum. And not a moment too soon. 🙂

let’s review.

Two days ago, I turned in my last final exam; today at 2 p.m. I will give the presentation that will end my practicum experience. At that point, I will be done with the semester, done with my second master’s degree, and all set to take three glorious months off from school before starting the …