Is the nagging feeling that something's going to screw up when working on a project experience or paranoia?
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Is the nagging feeling that something's going to screw up when working on a project experience or paranoia?
The elementary school near where I work was open today (Veterans' Day). They had an assembly at the end of the school day, to mark the day. Parents and families were invited, too. When I was in grade school, we always got a day off on Veterans' Day. I think it makes more sense to have school and to have some sort of an observance. I wasn't a big fan of either Veterans' Day or Memorial Day until I did my graduate student rotations at the VA. Caring for veterans gave both holidays a new meaning.
Okay - truly random thought - I forgot to buy milk, so the only good dairy product in the fridge was some heavy cream. Heavy cream on oatmeal - even when diluted with water - is a very odd experience! It was oatmeal with raisins and cinnamon and born sugar, so it was task, but ... will definitely remember to buy milk this evening!
Just had a purchase blocked for being "suspicious activity"...
Because it was an overseas purchase.
Just thought I'd let the UK pet talkers know that my bank's fraud department automatically flags purchases made in the UK as probable fraud.
Evidently they haven't heard about this funny thing called a global economy.
Last year they "protected" me from buying a television in a store in person.
I was tempted to make this a puzzle but decided to put it here instead. "The secret to life is to put yourself in the right lighting. For some it's a Broadway spotlight; for others, a lamplit desk." -- Susan Cain, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Can't Stop Talking
Oh, one more thing. Today's Dog of the Day Meadow is a Podenco Ibicenco who was rescued from Spain and now lives in California. Last week we had a Dog of the Day named Baltasar, who was also rescued from Spain and lives in Canada - he is a Galgo Dog, though. Two dogs from Spain in the same month on Dog of the Day! Thank you, Karen and Paul for selecting these two dogs because I learned a lot from each one AND I got to enjoy their wonderful stories and pictures. I hope they will both have very long, happy, fun-filled lives!
I dearly wish I could go into work and NOT be involved in the politics of the Union...
however I basically burned that bridge when I transferred into a facility with extremely weak leadership in the Union and a lot of members looking for change.
No windmill is safe ...
Is there a problem when your Christmas shopping list includes 12 pounds of coffee?
I heard that coffee will throw the nose of a cadaver dog off when you bury a body?:eek::confused:;)
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I really DESPISE the computer commercial in which the guy is singing about why his tablet stinks. I hate it so much that I don't know the product or the song.
Today was the alternative Christmas market at my church. Each year there is a petting area for the kids. This year there were sheep, goats, a snake (!), a skunk (scent gland-less). An adorable long-haired brown bunny named Mufasa :) and a chinchilla who was about as big as my two closed fists, thumbs together. I got to pet each of them just for a quick moment. The bunny was soooo sweet and the chinchilla was so incredibly soft! I think the bunny might have been a lion head and he sure had a ton of admirers at the Christmas market! Karen, I did ask one of their staff to consider nominating each of them for POTD. The chinchilla was sort of an ivory-cream color and such soft fur. :) So that was fun!
When did a different idea to approach a problem or a handy tip become a "hack"?
Hacks aren't positive things, they're irritating (to be kind...)
The way they're getting posted on line you'd think they were new and innovative, when most of them have been around for ages.
Over the last few months, "hack" has become the trendy term for such things. I guess "tip" has gone the way of cd players! Words, as in all things, go in and out of style!
Yes, but "hack" has a negative connotation for many people. The "life hack", etc, has been forced on us by children running social media and journalists who are attempting to be hipsters.
Hack to the younger generation refers to a shortcut to a game, not computer vandalism.
PT Friends, does anyone (or do you know anyone) have experience using a therapy light for seasonal affective disorder? My doctor told me to look into it. Menards has one for $60. The full 10,000 lux lights cost around $200 and I don't have that kind of money right now. As I understand it, the combination of intensity and timing is what makes it work. As I'm typing this, it has been mostly cloudy all week, I am tired and drained. The doctor thought that if I can spend 15-20 minutes with it every morning to start, and work up to half an hour, that might help until the days start to get noticeably longer again.
Thank you so much,
Elyse
Thought I replied to this! I have a friend who bought one of those lamps, and said it really helped her. It is worth a shot, really, especially the $50 one!
Absolutely thrilled with the creative writing course I'm taking.
So thrilled, in fact, I'm looking forward to macroeconomics.
Maybe we will see the sun again some day. This is day 10 (or somewhere around there) of damp, chilly/cold, rain/snow, gloomy and no sun - other than a quick peak of it every so often. Maybe this is what it feels like to live in London????? :eek:
These are cheetah cubs that were born in November at the zoo in Prague ... RAWR, babies!
http://i.huffpost.com/gen/2355200/th...AGUE-900.jpg?5
AWWWWWWWWWWWWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww wwww!!!!!
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
It's official now.. Jim Harbaugh is the new football coach for the University of Michigan.
He's leaving San Francisco to come back to a place that has WINTER? Is he crazy?
For $8 million/year I think he can stand a little winter.
How many Professors could the U of M hire for that price?
Ha! Exactly!!!
Random thought for today. Had two pieces of bread. Set one to toast, and left the room, it was burned on one side. When I was scraping off the burned bits, I accidentally dropped in in the trash can. Sigh. So I changed the setting and toasted the other piece. It was basically just warm bread, much too light, but I put the apple butter on it anyway. Not nearly as satisfying, no crunch whatsoever! How can people actually like "barely warmed bread" instead of crunchy toast?
I want to say that I am glad all the 'Christmas' commercials are done.
The music and marketing gets more ridiculous every year.
I REALLY didn't care for the car commercials that had kids asking how santa got the new car to them. I HATED the commercial in which the kid goes out to pick up the news paper and the parents open the garage door to reveal the new car.
As if the kid really cares?
He's still gonna be asked to be dropped off two blocks away from school, so why bother to impress him with a new car?
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I did really like the Planter's Peanut commercial with the nutcracker that shows up to the party.
That was fun.
I am always glad when the commercials stop running, and they stop playing the same 3 pieces of Christmas music on repeat in the stores!
I wish there was a cat café in Chicago. I need a dose of purrs, head bumpies, snuggles and hugs today.
It's tiring as well as difficult to hold a one-sided conversation............you know................talk to the wall??????? :rolleyes: It gets old after a while. :(
At least the wall won't lie to you.
I had planned to meet a friend for supper tomorrow ... but she had to cancel. I was looking forward to seeing her. Hope we can reschedule in a few weeks.