In the novella I'm working on, I haven't decided on a name for one of the main characters. Currently he's known in the story as XXXXXX.

Poll #1429755 Help Name My Character
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Which Name Do You Like Best?

Should I be concerned that I just bought something and the change from my $10 was $6.66....


I filled out diversity information for a client earlier and the person in charge of the form wrote me back and said in reference to a particular staff member - is he African American or does "Black" mean something else in the HR world? *sigh*


Our waitress on Saturday afternoon.. she knows a ninja. Yep, actually heard her say to the guy at the next table that she has a friend that's an actual ninja. Personally, I'm guessing being a ninja is like being in Fight Club. First rule of being a ninja, you don't talk about being a ninja.

I need to get J some skates so he can join in:

A Nice Piece of WTFery - I've stolen from you and now I'm going to sue.


Okay, and really, if you're sitting 10 feet away from me, don't email to ask if our boss will be back next week - pop your head out your door and ask. Seriously, it's just stupid.

Happy Anniversary to my Hubby!

IF YOUR DOCTOR HAS SAID THAT HE THINKS YOU HAVE SWINE FLU, STAY THE F*CK OUT OF THE OFFICE!

Stolen from theemmer So, a meme... new friend or old friend, this is your chance to get to know me a little better. Here's how it works: 1. Comment and ask me 5 questions. They can be simple or complicated and you can ask me anything and I will answer it. 2. Repost so I can ask YOU 5 questions.

It's TBR Challenge day again. I have been a serious slacker in the past month. I know I've been reading but I think I've forgotten a couple of books. So I think this month we were supposed to read a book with a tortured hero. I just grabbed things off my shelf. I don't pay attention to that stuff.

Hope's Folly by Linnea Sinclair - This is her latest novel and the third book in the Dock Five series. I have not read the first two books and didn't have trouble understanding things so they can stand on their own. There's been a bit of a coup in this universe and our hero and heroine are on the side of those fighting against those now in charge. The hero is the ship's captain and about 20 years older than the heroine, a security officer. He had served under her father and met her when she was a child. She had always had a crush on him. She goes after him, satisfied with it just to be a fling since she doesn't believe he'd want something serious with her. But they both want each other the same way. And hey, the space battle at the end of this book rocks! Now I need to go back and read the other books that came before.

Letters from Home by Rhonda Nelson - This was the June Blaze book in their series this year about men in the military. The hero has been receiving letters from home while stationed in the Middle East. The letters are from a mysterious woman revealing all the fantasies she has about him. He's allowed to go home for a week after his brother is injured in the line of duty and loses half a leg (the brother is the hero in July's book). His mysterious letter writer is his brother's best friend who has been in love with him since they were teenagers. They strive to find a way to balance his duty and love of traveling around the world with her love of their small costal town. Very wonderful friends to lovers story.

Okay and I know I read some other stuff in here but I can't remember any of it. I know I read something non-fiction in hardback. And I've started several books (a steampunk anthology, a contemporary, magical realism novel), but set them all aside because they just couldn't keep my attention.

Just got this call from theemmer...

I'm on the ferry. My inebriated mother wants to know what the name of the golf course in Caddyshack.

I wish I could be inebriated at 2:15 on a Friday afternoon.

And for those of you that are curious... Bushwood.

My new favorite video

My husband actually sent me this link.. doesn't do anything for me but it might for those Sam!girls on my flist:

blogs.nypost.com/popwrap/archives/2009/06/oiling_up_jared_padalecki.html

Last night, Scott and I were just hanging out watching a little tv. I was trying to get J to sleep. He wasn't in the mood. Wasn't fussy or anything, just wasn't tired. Just wanted to lay in my arms and stare at the ceiling. He was totally vegging out. It was about 8 and someone knocked on our door. My first thought, "if this is some freakin' sales person at 8 o'clock at night, I'm going to kick their ass." However, it wasn't. It was our neighbors from two doors down. They were going around introducing themselves to everyone and brought us a plate of cookies. How sweet is that! I didn't know people still did that sort of thing. Of course now I can't remember their names.

We're prepping for the in-law visit. This weekend I want to wash all the sheets and towels and get started on doing a giant scrub down of the bathrooms (starting with the guest one upstairs). Also, on Sunday I'm hoping to do some work out in the garage going through some boxes that I haven't opened since we moved in. I got rid of a ton of stuff when I moved, but now I'm thinking I can be even more vicious and cull even more stuff. I'm also thinking of doing another book culling. I've been looking more and more at my bookshelves and I have books on there that I've had for 5+ years that I've never read. If I haven't read it by now am I ever going to?

I'm just very much feeling the need to seriously de-clutter my life.

Oh, and my husband has a new favorite website.

Well they said it's just a slight viral infection. Basically just give him Tylenol till he's feeling better. But he seems to passed whatever this is on to me now. Either he or Scott gave it to me. I started feeling bad yesterday and it got worse as the day went on. I'm now completely stuffed up, achy, tired, etc etc etc. Everyone is resting today (too bad we're all sick because we had plans to do house stuff today).

Scott just went upstairs to take a nap with J. I'm in the recliner downstairs with Minne watching The Deadliest Catch, though I think I'll be falling asleep pretty quick myself.

Baby J is not having a smiley day. Last night we had an Exorcist moment (the whole bottle he had eaten 30 minutes before came spewing out in 3 bursts -- mostly over my legs) and he had a temp of 100.5. During the night he was super congested, fussy, warm, and generally not a happy camper.

This morning he was super congested (I got massive snot out with the aspirator), but relatively happy. The day care called about an hour ago. He has not been himself today - slight fever, crying, won't eat, won't sleep, refuses to be swaddled -- not my normal happy boy. Plus she said that he's so congested she's concerned about how much air he's getting in.

Scott is home sick so I called him and he was going to get him early today anway. But we also called the doctor and even though they're completely full, because of his age, they're going to squeeze him in this afternoon. So I'm leaving work around 2 to catch a bus (which will take an hour since the express buses don't start till 3ish) and meet Scott at the doctor's office.