Archive for the 'Random Thoughts' Category

M&F W3D2: Are you a Maker or a Doer?

I got into an interesting conversation today on the nature of hobbies with a friend of mine.
Our husbands are both primarily gamers in their spare time, which means that they spend many hours at a stretch engaged in an activity that ultimately produces no tangible goods. This must be enjoyable to a high degree [...]

I can’t believe I never noticed before!

I was left to my own devices last night when my husband went out to play some cards (the WoW collectible card game, not poker) with his geek crew, so I fired up the DVR and finally watched Brokeback Mountain for the first time whilst roasting a chicken, balancing my accounts in MS Money, and [...]

eHarmony.ca Commercials

eHarmony has kindly given me permission to post two of the eHarmony.ca commercials now airing in Canada. Chris and I were filmed in Philadelphia this past December for a few of the shots along with two other awesome couples.
Don’t blink, or you might miss me and Chris in our little happy couple cameos!
(And just [...]

So true it’s uncanny!

(From Stuff Asian People Like post #52: Higher Education)

…here’s the typical asian grading scale:
A: Average - Asians must always “earn” that A+ or extra credit point on the Calculus test. There is no such thing as “good enough” of a grade.
B: Bad - This is a warning sign. If an asian student earns this grade, [...]

Happiness is…

…getting to dial yourself a smaller butt on your adjustable dressmaker dummy.