June 1st, 2008 emnemastil
I was challenged by Fuzzypeaches, aka The Working Woman to do a top 5 post about anything at all. To keep with the informational aspect (gosh, I hope you can tell that’s what I’m going for…) of the blog, I’ll list my top 5 favorite online news outlets. FYI, “news” may be pushing it a little, so maybe we’ll call them current event updater things.
Jezebel Celebrity, Sex, Fashion for women. Without editing. I think of this as FARK minus misogyny.
The Consumerist Shoppers bite back. If you pay for things, you need this website.
FARK It’s not news, It’s FARK.com
WOOD TV (West Michigan local news, a little trashy, but they get the job done, plus I like typing WOOD in my browser at work. Makes me feel a little naughty.)
BBC World News For a fair and balanced look at world news. They even have a section for the Americas. It’s good to get an outside perspective.
If you’ve had a chance to check these out, or know one that should be on my list, let me know in the comments.
Oops, did you not catch the part that this was a challenge? Your turn! List any top five, and leave your blog address in the comments.
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May 7th, 2008 emnemastil
Well, kind of. See his name here thanks to kottke.org. (thx, jason)
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April 29th, 2008 emnemastil
(I don’t talk about work a lot, first off I don’t want to get Dooced. Secondly, I think where I work and what I do are kind of boring and don’t want to bitch too much here, because that is what I would do if I got too much on a roll, but I am going to mention it today. )
Yesterday I felt pretty cruddy all day. I had a cough, my sinuses were blocked, and I had this little headache that didn’t seem bad enough to do anything about, but was still annoying. I mentioned it to my co-worker, with who I share a double-wide cube (Klassy.) and let her know that I just thought it was a sinus thing.
This morning I took a hot shower, and on the way to work, the floodgates weren’t just opened, they were bombed and destroyed. By the time I got to work, I was sneezing, snotty, and so distracted that by 9:00, I had barely gotten started on the days work, which is highly out of character for me.
Now I had a conundrum with a few circumstances to consider.
- I like going to work. I get a little depressed on weekends if I spend too much time in bed or don’t get a few errands run or something else accomplished.
- I get paid for the hours I spend at work. Jared and I have been working to pay off this last little (seriously little) credit card, and it’s been taking longer then we want, thanks to a sick dog.
- I think the co-worker I share a cube with is pregnant. She had a private secret meeting with the boss and I am a conspiracy theorist, so I talked myself down from the ledge with this excuse.
It was actually the third reason that made me write a note to my boss and take off for home. I wonder if she she really is pregnant, until then, that nap really did make me feel better.
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April 26th, 2008 emnemastil
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April 18th, 2008 emnemastil
If you like the new scheme, head over to Downloads and use the Not Appealing desktop background until you (or I) get bored with green.
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April 18th, 2008 emnemastil
Jared woke up up last night to ask me if I was shaking the bed. I said no, He said it must have been the dog, and we went back to bed.
I told Clapton this morning that other dogs had been alerting their owners, and he needs to work a little harder to earn his keep.
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April 17th, 2008 emnemastil
Forgot the list you guys help me make! Damn it.
I’ve been feeling down lately, and was hoping to bury my malaise in a book. I ended up getting used non-fiction and didn’t realize until I got home that the copyright was 1985. I wasn’t too worried about it until he started referring to the president as an ex-hollywood actor. I like my research fresh, so I’m taking the 3.95 as a loss and heading back to the bookstore this weekend.
PS, sorry for the lack of links lately, I need to upgrade Wordpress and I’m too lazy to hype out the tags.
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April 16th, 2008 emnemastil
Is it too early to post about something that is completely out of character? If you don’t know me, will you assume that what I’m about to share makes me someone I’m not?
Last night, I did something I’ve never done before.
Jared’s crying because no, it’s not that.
I finished an entire video game. It wasn’t even a quick one. I (according to the handy-dandy couner that keeps track of how long you’ve been playing) spent almost 4 days of my life playing a video game.
And now I have nothing to do.
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April 14th, 2008 emnemastil
Last book I read:The Brothers Karamazov- Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Currently reading: Moby Dick-Herman Melville
On the list:
Candy Girl- Diablo Cody
A New Earth- Eckhart Tollie
Hmm. That’s all I can think of right now. Suggestions?
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March 31st, 2008 emnemastil
I took the dog out for a walk about a week ago.
“Go potty” I said. He peed.
“Go poopy” I said. He pooped. (He really does do these things on command)
I’m on my way to work, and I feel something. A quick check of the mirrors assures me I won’t be pointed and laughed at. I reach for the offending booger.
Oh my god, what is that smell?!
There were the remnants of the poopy pick up, jammed under my pointer finger.
Ladies and gentleman: DON’T PICK YOUR NOSES.
A week later my husband called. He had done the exact same thing, and suffered the same consequences. Lesson learned.
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