On the way home from school yesterday, I was talking away about my own day, when Geeky Girl stopped me and said, “Mom, I need to talk to you.”  These are words you both want and don’t want to hear from your kids. On the one hand, I definitely want my kids to come to [...]

Yesterday, Patch 3.3 dropped. With it came new dungeons, new raids, and a whole new way of grouping up with people to run dungeons. It also came with extended downtime, tons of issues with people logging in, not being able to zone into instances and more. Even on a standard patch day, one can expect [...]

Maybe it’s because of the holidays, or maybe it’s just who I am, but lately, when people mention they like something or want to try something, I want to go out and buy it for them as a surprise. These are people I barely know. I actually had the thought of looking up a blogger’s [...]

People are talking about the proposed deal between Comcast and NBC and what it will do to the business. NBC owns Hulu, which streams many popular tv shows (and many not-so-popular ones) for free, allowing people to watch shows any time. The speculation is that this will no longer be free, that Hulu will go [...]

I joined the gym this afternoon. The owner actually remembered me, which was nice. It’s actually a bit less meat-locker-y than I remember it. They have a huge number of classes for seniors and when I was there this afternoon, I’d say the average age was about 45-50. I suspect this has something to do [...]

Saturday, Geeky Girl and I went to the big mall for a girls day out. She was in need of warmer clothes. (Dang the growth spurt!) As we have done in the past, we turned the day into an opportunity to hang out together. Since it’s the Christmas season, we decided not to head straight [...]

This was me a couple of days ago, whining to the kids from bed to bring me a beverage: see more Lolcats and funny pictures Please consider donating to my efforts in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day Walk for the Cure

So, I kicked off some serious fund raising efforts yesterday and although the walk itself is 317 days away, 20 miles is a lot. And it’s winter. And I am a weather wimp. And I’m running out of paths. A treadmill would offer me the opportunity to walk as far as I want without having [...]

Of course, this week’s WoW playing was interrupted by Thanksgiving–where I had. no. internet. access. And then by the baking extravaganza (made almost $150, btw). Sometimes life intervenes in game playing, as it should, really. But sometimes, the game lags a bit. When that happens, when the game loses its luster, some people end up [...]

Yesterday, I baked all day. From 9-5. I took a break for a chat with a friend at lunch, but then I actually forgot to eat. The cookies on the left are Pumpkin Pie Drops with Browned Butter Drizzle. Yes, they’re yummy. I made seven different kinds of cookies, about 20 or so dozen, I’d [...]