idle musings

I posted awhile ago about the dog that barks incessantly when left outside. Tonight, he has been left in the backyard and he’s barking for long stretches at a time, then stopping, then starting again. I walked down to their house and knocked on the door but no one answered so I wrote a note [...]

For the past few years I have attended a kickass New Year’s Eve house party, hosted by a wonderful couple who really know how to let loose and have a good time. I always end up having fun; even when I go with the intention of only staying for a short time, I end up [...]

I have the BEST word to play in Scrabble. It’s 92 points and it’s not even a bingo!! I’m waiting with bated breath for my opponent to make their next move, hoping that they don’t use the space that I need. Seriously – 92 points? No bingo? That will make Scrabble history. For me at [...]

I read an entire book today, from beginning to end. Only 332 pages, and “fluffy” so it didn’t require a lot of brain power. Still, though, I haven’t done that in a long time. And it felt good.

From the lovely Cheesefairy’s blog today, I bring you the Google Transit planner. Apparently it is much easier and quicker than using the Translink site, because Translink pretty much sucks at everything.

I came across freerice.com through someone’s 101 in 1001 days list. I was immediately addicted. From the FAQs: How does the FreeRice vocabulary program work? FreeRice has a custom database containing thousands of words at varying degrees of difficulty. There are words appropriate for people just learning English and words that will challenge the most [...]

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before? Travel to countries that I had never been to; lived for seven weeks in Prague; shared a bedroom with a stranger (to begin with at least – love you Nicole!) 2. Did you keep your New Year’s Resolutions, and will you make more [...]

I’m going to reformat my laptop next week. Yay! I’ve done it once at least, maybe twice, since I bought it almost 2 years ago, and I can’t believe how much of a difference it makes. “Santa” bought the family a 160 GB external hard drive for Christmas, so that we can all back up [...]

This is really clever. I wish I was artistic like this – I wouldn’t need my computer to amuse myself during boring lectures!

I looked out the window when I woke up today and was thrilled that we are not having a white Christmas. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m not particularly fond of snow. It’s pretty on the mountains but I don’t like to be in it. (The only exception is when it is snowing the [...]