Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Little Scraps
Yesterday I was looking through my browser history trying to find a site I visited some time in the last couple of weeks. As usual, I found myself puzzled by my own online existence. I mean honestly, why was I searching for “medical coding training courses?” I’ve never had the slightest inclination to do anything [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Nostalgia by Rana
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Techno Nut Job
“Monk” may be entering its final season, but fear not, I am here. You think I was bad about energy saving light bulbs and killing the kilowatt? Oh, you ain’t heard nothing yet.
Over the last 10 days as I’ve worked to trick out my BlackBerry Curve 8320, I’ve realized I have a rabid fear of [...]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
Thoughts on Day 591
Endorphins are the best diet pills, hands down. I’ve dramatically escalated my morning miles on the exercise bike, knocking off 16 yesterday and 18 today. I’ve felt another mileage push coming on for some time and last week when I spontaneously did 20 miles one morning, the chemicals in my body said, “Oh yeah, baby, [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Sunday, July 26th, 2009
Thinking About the Laundry this Afternoon
There are many things I miss about my childhood: swing sets, my dog, the Red Skelton Show, and Sundays. I admit it. We weren’t much of a church-going family. Sunday meant something special for breakfast, like cinnamon rolls (I happen to like the ones from the can), funny papers in color, and Papa at home [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Tour de France Winds Up Tomorrow
During the height of Lance Armstrong’s early career, the phrase “Tour de France” meant about as much to me as “Rochester personal injury lawyer.” Cycling just wasn’t on my radar. Now, I want to see Lance win his 8th Tour. It won’t be tomorrow. That will be Alberto Contador’s day, but next year, with the [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Just Can’t Sit Still
Just Can’t Sit Still
Originally uploaded by RanaW.
It hasn’t been a good summer for butterflies. In fact, this is the second hot year in a row that our bushes just have not been attracting the little beauties, which is a tremendous disappointment to me.
When I spotted [...]
No Comments » - Posted in Random Stuff by Rana
Friday, July 24th, 2009
Closets of the Mind
This morning when I was getting ready to get on the Bicycle Going Nowhere, I realized my “house shoes,” which are really sort of Dansko-esque clogs, are about to bite the dust. This is the second pair I’ve worn out, which is a qualitative term, since the back edge of the uppers are a ragged [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Nostalgia by Rana
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Mild Misanthropy?
It’s a toss-up what’s getting on my nerves most right now: the roof, little old ladies, the roof, erectile dysfunction commercials, the roof, TV lawyers hawking Mesothelioma cancer claims, the roof, or the fact that I haven’t been out on the bike in three weeks. (I suspect if I’d make time to do the last, [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Driveway Lesson in Manners
A few more days like today and I’ll start surfing ads for European cruises I can’t afford just to get us the hell away from here.
When I came in from feeding Miss J.’s cat, Cody, and running some errands I discovered some guy with a clipboard standing on my roof.
I walked out in the driveway [...]
3 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Focus is Too Much Trouble
Oh Lord. I’m having one of those unfocused mornings when a link to Wilmington NC real estate could distract me just as easily as the rumor about an iPod tablet computer.
Last night was one of those God awful, wrestle-the-bed times. And, right on cue, just as I’d fallen asleep, R. called me at 1:30. If [...]
