Archive for November, 2009

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-29

need to pre-de-stress for the holidays? Yes, there is a knitting meetup at The Dig Pub tonight at 7pm. # I just ousted @maczter as the mayor of Whoop Stop on @foursquare! http://bit.ly/6kw7fo # queso. It's what's for lunch. # Silly @slavetofashion ! That is not a problem, it's a blessing! And yes, I love [...]


Mind in the Gutter

So, today on Twitter (and through either Foursquare which I play or Gowalla which I’d play except it crashes my phone), a guy I’ve met like-two-times-in-really-crowded-environments-&-he’d-never-remember-me situations posted where he was. He was Black Friday shopping at Toy Joy. What? Did I read that right? Toy JOY? TOY Joy? Did he just say that out [...]


Happy Thanksgiving

thankful for: Emil and especially the many ways he shows his love for me Sosta and especially that she is still with us and extra especially that she seems to feel just fine Purrrrrl and especially that she helps me take care of Sosta Turtleor and especially his cute expressions both sides of our family [...]


November Mini-vacay

Now that we neither one work for a university, our holiday cycles have shifted. For example, Emil had to work late for this year’s election day (He works for the County Clerk), but Veterans’ Day was a county holiday. So, he planned a wonderful little mid-November mini-vacay for us…to Fredericksburg. Wednesday morning, we slept in, [...]


Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-22

@Pats4Me You must have Fredericksburg confused with some other town. I-45 is in ~east Texas and F'brg is west of Johnson City. # Dammit # @annamunoz ooooh I have a great brussel sprouts recipe I saved….lemme find it. in reply to annamunoz # @annamunoz plz 4give that it's from WF. Also, haven't tried, but it [...]


Remembering Aggie Bonfire 10 Years Later

This week marks the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Bonfire that killed 11 students and 1 former student. While we did not know any of the victims, personally, we both worked in Student Affairs. Furthermore, several of our friends were directly affected by the death of someone very close to them. It was terrible. [...]


Confusing Information

Thanks to @maczter and @ileenieweenie for finding this cool graph. http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/10/chart-of-the-day-8.html I feel this way quite often!


Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-15

@annamunoz Have you tried the Matrix Biloage series? They are VERY hydrating. in reply to annamunoz # It's almost a new world in our home. @emil285 now has a headset to talk to his friends while they all play online D&D. Setting it up, now. # One thing I love about @netflix I don't have [...]


Comma Use, again

A fellow Warrior posted to his blog this week as well. I guess the comma stuff was going around.


Comma Use

One of my grammar pet peeves is poor comma usage. It’s easy enough to learn. So, here is a great guide from the DumbLittleMan for good comma usage.