So, let's see, with the exception of one ghost, and let's put that one aside until Halloween, because it's a pretty good ghost story, if I do say so myself, let's discuss roommates. Some of this may be uninteresting. Feel free to skip the dull parts.

I've had roommates who were… Read full post »

According to the Telegraph, hackers broke into the database in this last week just as the atom smasher was turned on for the first time:

"Now it has emerged that, as the first particles were circulating in the machine near Geneva, a Greek group had hacked into the facility and… Read full post »

Let's see. When last we left our intrepid heroine, she was circumventing her way around a screen door with a stick from the yard. What a maroon she was. ;)

 Back to ghosts. Some of these ghosts aren't mine, but are part of subletting experiences I have known. Sometimes, I think… Read full post »

A little note: I've been away for a bit dealing with my child having her first stomach flu, followed immediately by her first cold. May I say I do not recommend the experience of a sick child in any form? Because it's both intimidating and worrisome. And I hate to see… Read full post »

So, before continuing with the ghost stories, I'm going to take a moment to examine a horror story--the US election in action. I'm angry, okay? So, this will be me being angry. 

These last eight years have really, truly sucked.

The country has gone into massive debt from a major… Read full post »

This next part has to do with a set of curses that I am under. These are not exactly serious kinds of curses. So far, we have all lived. They are more ... unusual than dangerous.

I actually almost didn't talk about them at all because they're 1) weird 2)… Read full post »

Insomnia: (from the OED) the inability to sleep; sleeplessness

I suffer from insomnia. I'm not sure why this is so. I've had it, in some form, since I was a teenager. Sometimes, like tonight, I wake up in the middle, and my mind won't stop turning. Katrina, Gustav, so I flip… Read full post »

Tequila and donuts, I so admired your friend, Freaky Troll, that I nominated Freaky for President. 

Also, this is so juvenile, but it was funny.  Sadly, also potentially an advertisement, but you can avoid that.

http://www.inews3.com/play.php?first=Freaky &last=Troll

FREAK… Read full post »

Before I continue with my next installment of my misadventures in renting, the one where I talk about how I am cursed by the water demon and crazy landlords, I want to take a quick foray into the neighborhood and my fellow renters.

Frost wrote that "good fences make good… Read full post »

Okay, I know a lot of you rent, and I'm certain you've had problems with your rental at one time or another. But I have to say I really hope that my experiences in the world of rentals have only been bad luck. Please let that be true. I… Read full post »

Some ridiculous friend sent me this picture. I actually think it's from a t-shirt company. Unfortunately, I have no idea which one since they got it from someone who got it from someone and so on. It's small, but you get the point.

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The kid goes to bed super early. Around 6 or so. I started putting her to bed at this time because she's at an age where she needs lots and lots of sleep. I want to support that. Her pediatrician and I spent a lot of time talking about it, and… Read full post »

I made a maddening discovery after I had the baby.

 Everyone wants to help me raise her.  Well, kind of. 

At first, I saw this as helpful. I mean, it is helpful. It was good in the NICU to hear the best ways to burp and feed from the nurse,… Read full post »