Mac mentioned today that she finished reading The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky and said that it was in the same sort of a veing as Catcher in the Rye.  Now, Catcher in the Rye is my all-time favorite book ever, I think in part because when I first read it my read more

This is part of a Christmas gift, although I don’t believe the recipient will be reading.  The description will remain somewhat cryptic none-the-less.  I made it with some Tahki Magic in Winter which looks like cookies-n-cream ice cream to me.  Its “polar weight” and each strand consists of four smaller strands loosely held together by read more

So, here’s my office.  The post-its notes were last week’s to do lists.  The majority of those items on them are now checked off.  Whee!! Sadly, I am behind on my hours for this month and unlikely to pick up more hours, and then next month I will spend 3 weeks away from work.  That’s read more

So, Mac posted up an entry about finding an opossum in her backyard earlier tonight.  Somehow the trainwreck that is my thought process got into the idea of animals I’d like to see but never have.  The first is this: A marmot.  When I was preparing to travel to Eugene from Fargo my friend Adam read more

When you say Sears you probably think of quality goods, like Craftsman tools and high-end appliances.  When you say K-Mart you probably think Kame-Apart, or crap quality with a funny smell.  At least I do.  However, Sears and K-Mart seem to think they were made for each other.   Kmart Holding Corp. and Sears, Roebuck read more

Okay, so it is Tuesday, and almost Wednesday at that. Earlier today Mac put up a post quoting H.L. Mencken, a 1920’s reporter/book reviewer/political commentator.  The quote is as follows: “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day read more

In yet another product review today, I have to be completely enthusiastic about Trader Joe’s Spicy Cider.  It doesn’t have any sugar added to it, and its got the fantastic brown sludge at the bottom that indicates that its been pressed from actually fruit instead of being filtered so its only vaguely apple-y tasting.  It read more

Having seen this mentioned on a few other websites by now I figured I should do a little write-up of my experience with it.  While stopping to pick up pop-tarts at the local Albertson’s on November 2nd TheBoy came up to the self-checkout with a bottle of this in hand.  With its tagline being “cola read more

Sorry for the lack of posts recently. I am frantically trying to wrap up the term as well as knit Christmas gifts.  I promise a substantial post tomorrow.

I had the strangest thing happen to me today.  Back when I was a freshman in college I was acting in NDSU’s production of The Crucible.  About a week or so before the production one of the girls on the crew asked me what town I was from in Maine, having seen my bio from read more

I’m not going to get to see a lot of snow this year, if any at all.  I already kind of miss it.  So instead, I present to you a new skin, winter-y and good.  If you’ve got it set to something else, just reset to default to use whatever skin tickles my fancy.

These numbers just don’t add up. Bay Village: 13,710 registered voters; 18,663 ballots castBeachwood: 9,943 registered voters; 13,939 ballots castBedford: 9,942 registered voters; 14,465 ballots castBedford Heights: 8,142 registered voters; 13,512 ballots castBrooklyn: 8,016 registered voters; 12,303 ballots castBrooklyn Heights: 1,144 registered voters; 1,869 ballots castChagrin Falls (VIL): 3,557 registered voters; 4,860 ballots castCuyahoga Heights: read more