October 20, 2009 – 1:59 pm
"Do you sell bags of gum?" The question was pointed towards me, standing in the 'gum' aisle at Walgreen's, trying to decide what bizarre flavor of sugarless gum I would most desired (today it's "Mango Surf"). I turned to the woman and replied, "Um … I don't work here …" She apologized, adding how annoying […]
September 24, 2009 – 10:58 am
The Bad Mom Along with all the usual stuff going on, a cat we had recently trapped for TNR gave birth on Tuesday. We knew she had been pregnant but didn't know how far along she was. The two kittens she produced were clearly premature, I'm not sure by how much. One was stillborn, but […]
September 17, 2009 – 10:01 am
The whole package So my Zenni Optical glasses arrived, looks like it took almost exactly 2 weeks from date or order. First thing I notice about them is that they don't really look like the photo on the site: they're wider and flatter than I expected. Also they're black and not brown, but I checked […]
September 11, 2009 – 9:14 am
It always feels weird working on September 11. I know stuff is going on, and the President probably had a moment of silence or something. But I dunno, shouldn't we have the day off or something? I guess we didn't get Pearl Harbor Day off, but I sometimes feel like there is a palpable push […]
August 31, 2009 – 1:53 pm
While I'm running out the clock at this job, I'm trying to use all the resources available to me while it lasts. One big issue is health insurance. Sure, there's some kind of Obama-subsidized COBRA thing but in all honesty I will probably forget to sign the forms or whatever when the time comes. So […]
