Category Archives: general

Just regular kinds of stuff that happened (that doesn’t fit in other categories).

A better phone plan

Posted on January 8, 2006 | 1 comment

So I’m looking for a better land-line phone plan for my Mom (nothing higher tech than that) in Berkley, MI. She’s got nothing special right now but and I was looking at Talk America mainly for it’s wider local non-toll calling (a good chunk of SE Michigan). It’s about 22.95 with a wide non-toll area with toll calls for 7.9 cents and long distance for 6.9 cents (for $5 more you can get Call Waiting, Repeat Dialing, Speed Calling 8, 3-Way Calling, Call Return and Caller ID). She doesn’t do much that falls into those extra fee calls (and she could probably just use a phone card for those at 3.9 cents a minute) so I might just pick Talk America but I know I’ve seen them advertise better promotions in the past. I think it was cheaper when I got it and had 3 extra services included. Anyone know of any offers/promotions to switch? (I think she’s with AT&T now).

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Baby, it’s cold outside…

Posted on January 7, 2006 | 4 comments

So it’s really cold out and icy! I needed to be at the shelter training for a volunteer panel orientation and I left extra early but they closed the expressways. I took some back roads and Hines Drive and I got there a few minutes late (but not too late to do my thing).

But these Michigan people and their four wheel drive have no clue how to drive. They were the ones sliding all over the place almost causing the accidents. Just drive reasonable and they’d probably be safer but they drive like the roads aren’t even icy. They closed the expressways, that should tell you something…

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Mixing My Metaphors

Posted on January 6, 2006 | Leave a comment

So I was talking about being “obsessive compulsive” or maybe it was “anal retentive” but you have to watch when you mix your metaphors because it sounds a lot worse when you say that you’re “anal compulsive” compared to the other way around…

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Slow Learners

Posted on January 2, 2006 | 1 comment

“I have six locks on my door all in a row. When I go out, I lock every
other one. I figure no matter how long somebody stands there picking the
locks, they are always locking three.”

–Elayne Boosler

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Alaska Flight #536 – Rapid De-Pressurization and Panic (BUT Still Blogging) at 30K Feet

Posted on January 1, 2006 | 1 comment

So I have to give Jeremy Hermanns credit, it looks like his third personal blog post is about his airplane de-pressurizing and having to wear an oxygen mask. Oh, did I forget to mention that he manages to snap some pictures with his Treo during all the action.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2006!!!

Posted on December 31, 2005 | 2 comments

I hope every one has fun tonight and is safe throughout the new year.
May our your next year be better than the past year!!!

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Matching Freak

Posted on December 27, 2005 | 1 comment

So here’s a photoblog of Melike’s, it’s called MatchingFreak v.2. In the background info for this site she says:

In my senior year of high school, I put up a picture of my outfit every day for about three months.
Ever since then, people have been asking me to do it again, so I’m giving it a try.

Every day you get a shot that shows her full outfit, jewelry, belt/shoes/socks, etc. There’s no text, the pictures pretty much speak for themselves.

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My HoroSpoke

Posted on December 26, 2005 | 1 comment

My HoroSpoke for this past week says:

From the viewpoint of an unbiased bystander, you’ve got your shit straight. You’re balancing a myriad of those spinny plate things and have yet to drop a single fucking one. Bravo. Unfortunately, I’m not an unbiased bystander; I’m your overly opinionated astrologer. Sweets, you need to cut the shit and deal with some of those fucking skeletons. They have escaped your unorganized closet and are making their way down Broadway to parade all that stands for your misery. Go tackle those bastards before you have a breakdown during their final dance all over your lack of balls.

Wow! Some of that’s not so far off these days…

Jenna at GirlSpoke does HoroSpokes every week.

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