Tag: peeves
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In Defense of Christmas decorations on November 1
I can already hear the oh-so-festive sounds of groans and moans, the snide comments and the weeping for our future. The Christmas decorations are already in stores. Truth be told, I saw Christmas trees in Macy’s back in September (which was just weird), but now that it’s November, I’m a lot less bothered. I know…
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Advertising: YOU’RE DOING IT WRONG.
Well, doing it badly, in any case. I was going to write about our MUCH belated holiday party from this weekend today, but NO. If you know me well, you know I don’t think much of most ads, especially when I can tell I am the target audience and feel that THEY are pandering to…
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Toiletgeddon 2012, or I Got My Parents a New Bathroom for Christmas. (The exploding toilet saga.)
So here we are. It is December 5 and I finally have a story for you. I’ve already told it partly on twitter, but feel that it should be EXPLAINED. Here it is, as I wrote it, commentary added as needed. ….. Monday. 3:28pm: Twitter I just got attacked by a TOILET. 3:40pm: Seriously, there…
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Wednesday Tea Fail
Today I had Tea Fail. I’ve been making loose-leaf tea for breakfast lately because I can tweak it a little more to my tastes. This morning I came downstairs and put the kettle on to boil, then went to check my email. When it started to whistle, I got up and flipped the lid to…
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Sentient DVR UPDATE
So, remember a couple of days ago I posted about how either the cats were DVRing things for me or that the DVR itself might have become sentient? Well, if you recall, one of the shows I’d set it to record was Psych. After discovering that it hadn’t recorded any of those episodes for the last…
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Bookshelf Shopping: Take 1
Actual Conversation I just had with Furniture Store Employee: I went into a few furniture stores today to look at bookshelves. I’ve reached the point where I can no longer squeeze all of my books onto the shelves that survived the move– two broke, and I gave away enough books at the time to be…
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Cleanest toaster oven EVER: revisited
So, if you’ve been reading my blog a while, you probably remember the Lizard Sandwich episode. If not, well… Here. Go read. So tonight I reheated some leftovers, went into the den to watch “Once Upon a Time,” and then when the show was over I came back into the kitchen with my plate… to…
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Learn a new animal day: African wild dog edition!
Hello again, and welcome (finally) to Learn-a-new-animal-day! I promise this post will be far less ranty than my previous edition… Take a look at this animal for a moment: This is obviously a member of the canine family, no? How can you mistake it? It’s got the face, the feet, the tail… And yet one…
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Deployment Curse
I have it. Big time. Other people do, too. It’s an actual military superstition. Well, among military spouses anyway. See this. And this. And this. It’s like Murphy’s Law, except it only goes into effect when your active duty (or reservist) spouse deploys. And it can start in the week before they leave, but usually…
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Tetanus shots: the way I REALLY feel
So, I really hate getting tetanus shots. In fact, getting the b0osters makes me downright mad. Y’know why? Because if you are ever in any kind of accident or experience any trauma, they make you get another one. WHY do I need to get a new one every 5 years if you’re going to make…
Joanna Volavka 