Heh, satire rules!
Satirical Dixie Chicks apology. It would be a hell of a lot funnier if it weren't so true though.
Quote of the Random Interval
"And...don't you dare feel sorry for him...he has it made, and he knows it! LOL. We all have our crosses to bear...he gets to have clean underwear appear magically in his drawer, meals cooked, and his children remain alive. In return, he has to put up w/me. Its a small sacrifice isn't it? Hell, I'd *gladly* put up with me if I had me to do everything for me."
Why do they hate me so?
iVillage changed its message board format. It's ugly, unwelcoming, hard to navigate, and it seems like every tiem you click on something it opens in a new window. They still have an outline format, but that causes even more windows to open up. A bunch of women from my debate board are going elsewhere, and I'm following suit. Goodbye, iVillage!
This is what happens when you live too far away to get service from your own damn company
Yesterday, I got a brochure from a telecommunications company that has just been authorized to enter CLEC competition in Wisconsin. Sage Telecom wanted to offer me unlimited local calling, an hour toward local toll calls, interLATA and intraLATA service, Caller ID and CallWaiting for $27.90 per month (plus applicable fees and taxes of course). Being the responsible consumer that I am (and the geek who works for a telecommunications company myself), I decided to give Sage Telecom a call and ask a few questions.
First, I'll give you a couple of links:
FCC: Charges on Your Phone Bill
Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
I spoke with a woman we'll call "J." I asked J how much they charge for the Federal Universal Service Fund charge. She told me in a very rude tone of voice "$5.06, the same as you pay with Ameritech." I explained that $5.06 is the Subscriber Line Charge, I wanted to know what they charge for Federal Universal Service Fund. She said in the same rude tone "I don't even know what that is." I tried to explain it to her and she hung up on me!!!
I couldn't believe it. I call a phone company, and they couldn't tell me what they charge for a federally mandated charge (well, in that the comapny is required to pay it to the government - they're not required to have their customers pay it, but most companies pass the expense along to their customers). Nice.
Fast forward to an hour later, when I call them back and ask for a manager...
First I talked to some guy named "A" in residential sales. I asked him for a resi sales manager, he transferred me to their general customer service phone queue, where I got "S" (sp?). I partially explained my situation to "S" before I realized she wasn't a manager, she went to find someone to escalate the call to. Whoever she found had her ask me to just send the complaint in writing. Huh? I said I'd be more than willing to do that, but I wanted to speak with someone also. She transferred me back into her own department's phone queue (still customer service mind you - I needed to speak with residential sales), where I got "D," who finally got me to "E," the director of resi sales.
I explained my situation to "E." He apologized, saying it's unacceptable that I was hung up on, but also told me that their representatives are told not to divulge tax and fee information. WTF? How am I supposed to know what my total bill will be? He then told me that my FUSF would be whatever I was currently paying because that's law. Huh? I explained that the amount charged for FUSF is up to telephone companies as long as they're paying their 6.whatever percent to the government. My company charges 6.whatever percent just to recoup their cost, some companies charge more than that and pocket the difference. It's up to the individual company how much they charge for FUSF, not the government (state OR Federal).
He asked for a callback number and said he would personally check into what they charge and call me back within 15 minutes. Then he gave me a spiel about wanting me as the newest Sage customer. Not likely! If I have to go all the way to the director of sales because nobody can tell me what my bill will look like if I switch to your service, only to find out that representatives are told NOT to divulge charges, there's no WAY I'm going to be going with them!
Oh, and here it is over 3 hours later and still no word from "E." I think a visit to Planet Feedback may be in order.
UPDATE!!! I submitted my Planet Feedback letter. By that time it was over 4 hours since he was supposed to call back, and I said so in my letter. Of course he left a message on my voice mail not even 5 minutes after I submitted my letter. But the rest of it still stands. I should not have to explain federal telecommunications policy to a communications company!
Coming soon - freedom cabbage?
Will we no longer have sauerkraut? Boycott of American Goods Over Iraq War Gains. Looks like some German establishments are pulling American goods from their shelves and menus in protest of the war. Freedom Cabbage? Freedom Chocolate Cake? Oy.
If I never knew before...
My sister and I can really be polar opposites sometimes. New reason: I passed my road test on my first try, drove for over 3 years before I got my first speeding ticket. Sis? Passed on her third try, has barely had her license for 3 months, just got her first speeding ticket. My theory - even though we can both have lead feet, I try to stay in the confines of "over the limit, but not far enough over that the cop will want to make the effort" (well, except for the one ticket I got - 73 in a 55), whereas she hasn't quite mastered that concept yet. 78 in a 55! Yikes!
That's not all it lifts
Shamelessly pilfered from Fark. Velcro bra lifts hopes of arthritic women. Teenage boys rejoice.
Tongue planted firmly in cheek
The Computer Geek Nutrition Pyramid: because even computer geeks need a healthy diet
@$&%#*%$
Apparently there's an Iraqi blogger in Baghdad posting about the war. I totally want to go look at his blog now, but his URL has an underscore in it, so my browser at work won't recognize it as a valid URL. Drat! Foiled again!
Like father, like son
Saddam's son Uday is the head of the Iraqi National Olympic Committee. Ever wonder why Iraq has so few athletes these days? Seems they're all afraid for their lives if they lose.
Mmmmm...
If I had to pick a celebrity to look like for the rest of my life, I'd pick Catherine Zeta-Jones. My god that woman is stunning!!!
I'm going to name-call now
On one of the message boards I frequent, I'm in the middle of a conversation about name-calling and why we shouldn't do it. But that has more to do with people calling someone names simply becuase they don't like their world views. In this case I'm about to put forth however, this guy's just a dumbass.
DWI Charge for Driver with Baby. 18-year-old guy gets busted for driving drunk with his 2-month-old son in the car. Nice
And as a side note, unfortunately it happened in the town bordering the town where my parents live, giving my "prejudiced against certain towns because of unfair stereotypes" grandmother even MORE ammo to criticize my parents for where they live.
I'm going to name-call now
On one of the message boards I frequent, I'm in the middle of a conversation about name-calling and why we shouldn't do it. But that has more to do with people calling someone names simply becuase they don't like their world views. In this case I'm about to put forth however, this guy's just a dumbass.
So very disappointed
As much as I like Michael Moore's work, he made a giant ass of himself last night. Though I did enjoy his closing quote: "And any time you got the Pope and the Dixie Chicks against you, your time is up."
In solitary
Bryan's out at a bachelor party tonight, and I've been sitting around the house not doing much of anything (except fiddling with my blog, of course). Before he left, he was getting on my case because I really hadn't planned on calling anyone or going out or anything. I tend to get a little introverted, so he thinks I wasn't going out because I "don't have a social life," and I "depend on him for my entertainment." I can definitely why he would think that, but you know what? This is the most "me" time I've had in WEEKS, possibly MONTHS. It is such a rare occasion to have the apartment to myself that you know what? I'm lovin' it!! I've enjoyed sitting around playing on the computer, watching TV, listening to what music I want for hours WITHOUT feeling guilty - why crap it up by adding people to the mix?
The thing that I don't think is being understood is that I leave for work before he does, I get home after he does, we have practically our entire social circle here every Friday night no invitation necessary (Spyros, of course this includes you and Kim also - e-mail me if you need the address), and Bryan runs his D&D game here on Sundays. I'm hardly ever alone in this apartment and it's felt so good.
This situation has happened to us once before, except the roles were reversed. I didn't understand why Bryan wanted alone time, but after tonight I can see it much more clearly. Too bad I couldn't have come to that realization when it was happening a few years ago - it could have saved a lot of arguments and insecurity.{{{sigh}}} c'est la vie.
And of course now that it's 1:30 in the morning I'm thinking of getting a little social interaction. There's a towel on my head and I've got some makeup on, and I'll be heading out to Kitchen shortly to make fun of the drunks.
At least I'm not the only one
Either Sypros is a freak like I am, or we're both geniuses. I'm so glad there are other people out there who see the irony in this.
Pity party
I just mailed my mom's 50th birthday present this morning. She's never had a piece of jewelry with her birthstone in it, but she's always wanted one. Problem is, she'd never think to buy one for herself, and I'm always broke (don't even ask about my dad - I don't think he knows she's always wanted one). But this year, I remembered to save up some money and voila! I got her an aquamarine pendant.
As excited as I am that I can finally get my mom something she's wanted and deserved for some time now, it's much consolation considering I was supposed to actually BE there for her birthday. :( By the time I get out there for Christmas, it will be just about the longest I've gone ithout seeing my family since I moved to WI. The longest thus far was from Christmas 1998 to Easter 2000, about 16 months. Last time I saw my family was August 2002, next time I'll see them is December 2003. Also 16 months.
{{{sigh}}} It sucks to live paycheck-to-paycheck. Hopefully Bryan will find a "new and improved" job soon. We'll still be in our lease until August, so no matter where he works I'll still be spending $40 a week on gas for my 110-mile round trip to work, but maybe he'll find something either closer or the same distance that pays decently so we can save up a little. Or maybe he'll find something further away, but still better-paying so that we can save up a little. Or maybe he'll find something so close to my job that we can carpool and eliminate his gas expenditure and save some wear-and-tear on his 11-year-old-with-200,000-miles-on-it car. All I know is that as much as I love our apartment, I'm sick of losing two hours of my day to the highway, I'm sick of driving an hour each way so I can make decent money but not have our financial picture not get much brighter, I'm sick of Bryan being treated like crap and vastly underpaid by his current employer... And I want to move to Madison so I can reclaim part of my day.
Sorry for the pity party - I needed to get that out.
Talk about a Big Mac Attack!
Big Mac Eater Downs 19,000th burger. And this guy's 6 feet tall and 180 lbs!! Quote from the article: "In fact, attorneys defending McDonald's against a lawsuit claiming its food makes people fat used Gorske as an example of someone who frequently ate fast food but stayed slim."
News of the truly stupid
Defendant moons judge, gets additional 6 months tacked on to his sentence. Wonder if it was worth it?
A few timely quotes
"My only hope is when those terrorists get to Heaven, they meet up with the kind of virgins we had in Catholic school: Sister Mike Ditka from Our Mother of Eternal Retribution." ~Robin Williams
"According to military analysts, an invasion of Iraq by U.S. forces could cost between $20 and $50 billion. The Pentagon announced it would offset those costs by selling sponsorships, so the impending conflict will be named 'The Verizon Wireless/Pizza Hut War Against Iraq'." ~Tina Fey, Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update
"The Statue of Liberty is no longer saying, 'Give me your poor, your tired, your huddled masses.' She's got a baseball bat and she's yelling, 'You want a piece of me?'" ~Robin Williams
My thoughts exactly
"Today I weep for my country. No more is the image of America one of strong, yet benevolent peacekeeper. Around the globe, our friends mistrust us, our word is disputed, our intentions are questioned. We flaunt our superpower status with arrogance. After war has ended the United States will have to rebuild much more than the country of Iraq. We will have to rebuild America's image around the globe." ~U.S. Senator Robert Byrd
Here we go, kids
The war has started...
"Millions of people around the world share this sense of disappointment and are deeply alarmed." ~U.N Secretary General Kofi Annan
"To those who think that the scourge of terrorism will be eradicated through what is done in Iraq, we say that they run the risk of failing in their objective." ~French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin
I just hope it ends quickly, without many casualties, and that the returning troops are treated better than the ones who came home from Vietnam.
Who'd-a-thunk it?
The war hasn't even started, and 15 Iraqi soldiers have already surrendered.
Quote of the random interval
"Geez lady, why don't you pierce your OWN clitoris?" ~poster on the Current Debates board, in a debate about whether it's "wrong" to hire a maid.
I knew there was a reason I liked Jimmy Breslin
Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
March 18, 2003
In the Port Authority terminal yesterday, a place I now frequent because I consider it an almost certain battlefield, a woman arriving on the first bus from one of the hinterlands - she didn't stop to let me find where she was from; buses were arriving at once - handed me this reproduction of a Sunday sermon at her church that I print promptly and thus prominently:
GOD IS AN AMERICAN GENERAL
God, in the knowledge of how good and just America is, we ask you to give special help to our brave pilots if any of their bombs blow up a schoolhouse in Iraq. Please make our pilots know that they are not to have some bad feeling just because they kill a lot of children in the schoolhouse. They should feel good that we at least hit something and didn't waste the bomb hitting the ground. If the children get their bellies blown open and they go running around with their hands trying to stuff their intestines back into them, we ask you to make sure the pilots don't have bad reactions about it. On account of we need them to bomb again tomorrow and they have to be prepared to hit a school by accident again.
Please let us remember that little girl in Vietnam running naked down the street after being hit with napalm. Her young little body was flaming. She was wailing so much, they said it would bother our boys forever. Well, God, well, Our Lord, I haven't heard one person bring that little girl up at this time. I'll bet the pilot who dropped that napalm and burned her all up hasn't heard anything either.
Oh Lord, our America is so just that we allow people to worship in any church. We don't restrict people to one church. But these mosques they have, they're not churches. They tower up in the sky, and they are not churches. Some man up in a tower calling out prayers that aren't prayers, just yelling from a steeple. Well, Lord, I think we all can be safe in bombing those mosques right into sand. And we shouldn't even blink if we see a lot of bare feet flopping around after the bomb. In fact, what's so bad about it? They were worshipping a false God and that is in your Commandments, "Thou Shall Not Have False Gods Before Me." They are pagans and there is nothing wrong with bombing them. If they pass from the bombing, then they pass.
Oh, Lord, we understand that babies burn up. They do it fast because they are so little and the fire don't have so much to cover. Then some little boy is going to be squatting there with one small leg blown off. Holding the stump. The mother next to him screaming her head off. Lord, you have to help our boys get over that because we are right and just. We who worship you here today know it is probably for the good because when the boy dies he won't be able to be the father of any boys to theaten us someday.
Besides, Oh Lord, we want our boys to go in there at the real enemy, the Iraqi adults, we want our boys whoopin' and hollerin' and we want to feel that way too when the boys go in to blow these people right smack out of the desert.
Please allay any fears that we are doing something wrong because we have planes and the Iraqis do not. We need the planes to drop the bombs.
If we are killing women and children then, dear Lord let us realize that's what our boys are supposed to be doing, killing everybody, so why worry if you kill children with a woman and leave her weeping in the ruins. Nothing we can do about it. It's war. It's every man's game. Don't let crying mothers get in the way. She shouldn't have been out walking with children to begin with.
Lord God, Heavenly God, when our tanks go smashing and thrashing into some town, let them drive right through some building and we don't care if they mash families. Because that's what a tank is supposed to do and oh, Lord, we hope they drive that tank with a real big thrill, like we get watching it on television.
Oh, Lord, we are not like the Germans, we are not invading countries and occupying them. We can't be doing anything bad because we have you on our side. You are the one most holy, you are the one who blesses our every effort. You know that we are good and everybody else is Evil. You are on our side and that is why we are just. Thank you, Lord. Amen.
Copyright © 2003, Newsday, Inc.
Gotta love it!
Luxury port-a-potties for women
Nothing to say
Sorry for the lack of posting. I haven't had much to say recently. Well, I've had a lot to say, but I have no idea how to say it. I'm scared. Scared for my family and friends in NY - there is some small part of me that wonders if the last time I saw them was actually the last time I'll ever see them. Will they be lost in some grand-scale terrorist attack? Scared for myself, because there may very well come a time where not even living in East Bumblefuck, Wisconsin will keep me safe, and how will I cope if I'm the only one left out of my father's side of the family, the only one left out of my college friends? Scared for my friends who have loved ones in the military. Scared for the hundreds of thousands of innocent Iraqis who will be affected by the inevitable war, for the sole reason that they have the misfortune to live under the regime of an evil evil man. Scared for the world, because who knows what kind of precedent it will set when we go to war against the recommendation of the UN.
I'm just scared.
Republican intelligence
"To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, or that we are to stand by the president, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." ~Republican President Theodore Roosevelt
Too bad Teddy isn't around today...
I'm a dork
Ummmm, yeah. I accidentally posted something twice, but I don't have the ability to delete posts. So I guess I'll just admit my mistake, put it in the space where the duplicate post was and let you all laugh at me, LOL.
Didn't people used to be smarter than this?
What kind of dumbass drives illegaly with 300 pounds of pot in their back seat? Apparently Nolberto Salinas of Saginaw, MI is just that kind of dumbass.
Another one bites the dust
More and more lately, it seems as though BushBlair are the only ones who think we should go to war... Aussie senior intelligence officer resigns, saying that there's no current justification for a war on Iraq.
Guess 50 isn't so old after all
Ron Jeremy will be 50 tomorrow. Unbelieveable.
And now for something completely different
Some humor regarding my adopted home state...
Due to the popularity of the Survivor Shows, Wisconsin is planning to do its own, entitled "Survivor Wisconsin Style."
The contestants will start in Milwaukee, travel up to Sheboygan and on to Manitowoc and Green Bay. Then they will head over to Wausau and up to Rhinelander and Minoqua. From there they will proceed up to Ashland and Superior. Then back down through Rice Lake, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire, all the way down to Lake Windsor, Madison, and back over to Milwaukee.
Each will be driving a pink Volvo with Illinois license plates and a very large bumper sticker that reads; "I'm gay, I'm a vegetarian, bratwurst clogs your arteries, the Green Bay Packers suck - Go Bears!, cheese is high in cholesterol, Hillary in 2004, hunting is murder and I'm here to confiscate your guns!"
The first one that makes it back to Milwaukee alive wins!!!
GOOD LUCK TO ALL CONTESTANTS!!!!!
What bugs me about the system
In one of her replies to a post below, Irk suggested that I not be mad at the system for some people's bad choices in how they handled their money. BUT... I'm not mad at the system for the way my friends piss away their freebie money. I'm just pissed at the system, period.. Check out these numbers (all based on no extraneous deductions):
* 2002 taxes for a single person grossing $50,000: $7,774.
* 2002 taxes for a married couple grossing $50,000: $6,113.
* 2002 taxes for an unmarried couple living together with no children, each grossing $25,000 (i.e., total gross household income of $50,000, but they each get to file single): $2,299 each, for a total of $4,598, which is $1,515 LESS than the married couple with no children
* 2002 taxes for a married couple with two children grossing $50,000: $3,293
* 2002 taxes for an unmarried couple, each grossing $25,000 (i.e., total gross household income of $50,000, but they each get to file single), who each have one one child who they are able to claim as a dependent: $1,249 each, for a total of $2,498, BUT... having each of them grossing $25,000 with one child makes them both eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, reducing their taxes by $667 each, making their tax $582 each, for a total of $1164 for the couple.
So what does this tell the American public?
* It sucks to be a single person with no kids.
* If you "live in sin" (according to the "moral majority"), you'll pay less taxes than a couple who "did the right thing" (according to the "moral majority") and got themselves hitched.
* If you throw a couple of "illegitimate" children into the "living in sin" mix, you're set!
I haven't had time to figure out how much a refund would be granted in each situation (when I do, I'll update), but I can guarantee you that the "living in sin with illegitimate children" couple will get quite a bit more back than anyone else.
And the leadership of this country is supposedly all about "morals?" Get married and have a family? Why? What's the incentive for doing that when you can have a kid with one person, then turn around and live with someone else and get a few grand more for your efforts come April 15?
Disclaimer: I don't hate kids
Despite the fact that I just ranted about my friends taking advantage of the system, and the fact that I have a link to the BRATS! page, I don't hate kids. I love kids. I plan on having a couple myself. BUT... why do you pay less taxes for having a bigger family? Shouldn't it stand to reason that, well, the more kids you have, the more resources you use, the more taxes you should have to pay? Makes perfect sense to me.
I'm sure I won't be complaining come refund time when I have kids, but you know what? That extra money will be put away for my progeny's college education, or for school-related expenses. Not some fucking vacation I'd never be able to afford on my own anyway. That's just insulting to people who work hard. I'd be getting more money back becasue I'd have kids, so why shouldn't the extra money be used for something that will benefit said kids. I wouldn't be getting the money if I didn't have the kids, so it seems to me that the money should be used for their benefit.
So... I don't hate kids, I love kids. I just hate people who take advantage of the system and go to Central America on my tax dollar.
So THIS is where my tax dollars go?
Subtitle: I want a honeymoon, too!
I debated whether or not I was going to post this, as some of my IRL friends (this time I have to make the differentiation) have the URL for this site, but I decided I don't really fucking care if it gets back to the people it's about. They should know how much what they're "entitled to" pisses other people off.
A couple of our friends are getting married soon, and on Friday night, one of them was bragging about their upcoming honeymoon. They're going to a beautiful country in Central America for a week. Now, I normally would be quite happy for them, but I can't help being supremely annoyed, seeing as they barely had a pot to pee in all year, and both of them were unemployed for quite a few months (at one point, they were both unemployed at the same time). How can they afford to go on an exotic honeymoon, you ask?
Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit
Yes my friends, these people are each getting and extra $600 back from the Federal government this year for having a child (they each have one - and the Child Tax Credit isn't a reduction in taxable INCOME, it's a reduction in actual taxes - so if you'd normally get $400 back, just have a kid and you'll get $1,000 back) and they both sat on their ass for half the year, making them both eligible for Earned Income Tax Credit.
I worked my ass off all year and couldn't even afford a hotel room on my freaking wedding night let alone a honeymoon, but two people who sat on their ass all year, who don't even have fucking CUSTODY of their kids get to claim them on their tax return and use the "earnings" to go to Central America for a WEEK?!?! On the tax money that MY hard work pays in?!?!?!
Your tax dollars at work, ladies and gents
First of all, you get the Child Tax Credit because you have a CHILD, not so you can travel around the world. Why wouldn't you put that money toward something that will benefit the CHILD? I fail to see how a vacation benefits your child. Second, the Earned Income Tax Credit was designed to help low wage earners stay on their feet, not take a fucking vacation. Maybe you'd stay on your feet a little better if you used your sudden windfall to pay off your mountain of debt incurred when your lazy asses were UNEMPLOYED.
One day, I was hanging out with the bride-to-be, and she was complaining about money was tight because she didn't have a job. I tried to be constructive and suggested any number of places she could apply, and she shrugged them all off as being BENEATH her (especially the local convenience store, which pays over $8.00 an hour), even when I tried to reason with her that $8.00 an hour was better than nothing. Ironically, she's now working as a $7.00 an hour bank teller because when she finally broke down and decided that the convenience store was no longer beneath her, they were no longer hiring.
As if you can't tell, I'm PISSED. Let's go over this again. I work my ass off to make sure we can pay the bills (sometimes working overtime to to do so) but couldn't even afford a hotel room on our wedding night, but there's people who can sit on their ass for 6 months and go to Central America for a week. Oy.
And they call this "News"
Captive: Bin Laden dead AND alive. So the guy's giving conflicting information. Are we supposed to be shocked and amazed? How about agape, agog, alarmed, amazed, astonished, astounded, awestruck, confounded, dumbfounded, startled, stunned, surprised, thunderstruck? Not me. Gag.
Damn uppity techies!!
I need to preface this with a little bit of info: I work in customer service for an ISP. That said, I absolutely HATE when technical support reps think you're stupid just because you're customer service and not tech support. YES, I know how to do my job, YES I know how to move an e-mail address from one account to another. I'm not 5 years old, and just because I don't work in the Ivory Tower over there known as the help desk, that does NOT mean I need you to explain to me how to do my job!!!!!!!!
In keeping with the hockey theme...
Hockey Fans Marry On Ice. A Stanley Cup-shaped wedding cake?! That's awesome!!!!
It's just not the same
The Islanders and Rangers are playing each other tonight (you only need to read about halfway down to get the idea - after the halfway mark, the article gets season-specific, but was written in 1998). The game is being nationally televised on ESPN, and the hubby is working late so I have complete TV freedom, but here I sit in the computer room with the television 20 feet away, out of my line of sight, in another room. Granted, I have the game on for background noise, but just can't seem to get into it. Why? It's just not the same when nobody around you cares. Should the Islanders win tonight's game (they're sitting at a 1-0 lead right now), I can't go into work and brag "hey, catch the game last night?" Well, I could, but everyone would be like "huh?" I might work with two other former New Yorkers, but neither of them are hockey fans (didn't think that could happen in the NYC Metro Area, didja?).
Wisconsin doesn't have a hockey team. The closest they had was the Minnesota North Stars, who left the north to become the Dallas Stars. Minnesota now has the Wild, but I didn't even know that until tonight - that's how far removed from hockey I've become. I'm still latching on to names of the past, to the point where it took me a few seconds to realize that when they were talking about Darius Kasparaitis, they were talking about a Ranger, not an Islander, totally forgetting that he was traded away from the Islanders before I moved to Wisconsin and has played for two other teams since then. I need to start keeping up again. Hopefully the Isles will play a home game when we're out there next Christmas.
Maybe that dream had another meaning
Expecting, has a bun in the oven, with child. No, not me - give me a few years, willya? House before baby.
Anyway, I found out yesterday that a friend of mine is pregnant. I couldn't be more excited for her. :) She has wanted to have a baby pretty much since she and her husband got married (if not before), and I can't wait to hear all about the next 8 (give and take) months. Congrats to the parents-to-be!!
Domestic goddess
Mmmmm, warm brownies made from scratch and ice cold skim milk. Heaven.
Recipe Modification: I made a double batch and used a 9x13 pan, which I greased, then lined with parchment paper (it makes a convenient little sling with which to remove the brownies from the pan sans spatula). I also didn't frost them, as I prefer my brownies sans-frosting. Oh, and almond extract rather than vanilla.