The house is starting to feel like ours. Moreso, I'm sure, if we ever get all moved in but now that the linoleum is up, the carpet and hideous tile are gone and there's a hip coat of paint in 3 rooms, it sure doesn't feel like it did the first day.

My mom: "Oh you painted the house"
Me: "Yes"
My mom: "White?"
Me: "No. Arid Dune."
My mom: "What color's the bedroom?"
Me: "Blue"
My mom: "Powder blue"
Me: "No, more like a medium blue."
My mom: "(long pause) Oh."

No comment. Constipated Jewel Thief Gives Up Loot

Everyone needs this: TUCOWS Themes People Mahir. I download now!

An old favorite: lesbian or german lady?

Just when I thought I'd seen everything, WAGNER ZENTRAL is the tale of a nice man traversing the world with a bust of Wagner. Escapades include Burning Man, rock climbing and more. I can't imagine having that much free time. Thanks to Zenmaster Rob for the link.

It's true, the house is becoming a money pit. I do think that will change as we upgrade things and everything starts working better but for now it's a real pain in the ass. We finished painting last night, the expert hardwood refinishers are supposed to start today, at long last. As soon as they're done, we'll move in.

I won't rest easy till I'm sleeping in our vibrant blue room, free at last from the clutches of our Evil Landlord.

No matter what I'm doing, the song Kung Fu Fighting gets me dancing. Even if I'm here in my chair at work.

And in other good news, my mom found an alternate rug shipper and can send the Rug in Question for a mere $70 instead of $345. My mom, the bargain hunter. No relation to the Crocodile Hunter.

In just a few minutes, I'll be heading to our lovely new home to meet a nice man handing out electrical work. Hopefully, he can install a powerful plug for our hardwood guy and he'll be able to sand and polish, so hopefully, one day we can actually move into the house we bought.

Stay tuned!

Looking at my referrer logs a while back, I wondered why [ a moment of zen ] was linking to little old me. Just today, I realized that it's because she knows me (sort of) in real life. Ahh! Stupid points for Liz...

We've been Internet-free today at work. Which would be okay if we weren't an Internet company.

In case you (Katie) were looking for the The Dialectizer, there it is, and enjoy. Rinkworks also offers many many wonderful things including Movie A Minute (shorter than Cliff Notes) and many other great ways to waste time. Enjoy!!

A very interesting article on the demographics of dogs surrendered at shelters: Dog Owner's Guide:Minimizing owner surrenders.

Just when I thought I'd seen it all: Petsmart has Hanukkah themed dog toys. Shalom!

I was just thinking about the gargantuan Road Trip Amy and I took this summer (and of course Mr. Lucky and Dick Clark) so I thought I'd add a gratuitous link to it. Because I can.

Tell me why a search on my name brings up the Perkins Family Homepage - A Resource for Christian Families.??

From the good people at Venture Wire comes this tidbit:
Net Ball Retailer JustBalls Raises $13 Million in Round C
PRINCETON, N.J. (VENTUREWIRE) -- JustBalls, an online retailer of sports balls and accessories, announced the completion of a Series C round at $13 million led by new investor Zesiger Capital Group with participation by Blue Rock Capital, the lead investor in Series B. Lisa Hess, a managing director at Zesiger Capital Group, will join the board of directors at JustBalls as a result of the financing. Jim Medalia, president and founder of JustBalls, reported that the capital will be used to meet sales and customer demand. Investors in JustBalls include David Wetherell, CEO of CMGI; Bob Davis, CEO of Lycos; Jafco America; and Bantry Bay Ventures.
http://www.justballs.com

I couldn't get enough hockey, so I went to the beginner class last night. We scrimaged at the end of class, which is always tiring but fun. One guy, though, was so agressive that it was kinda scary. Our regular instructor wasn't there so the guy filling in didn't pay attention as this agressive bastard was swinging his stick wildly, chopping mine away from the puck (instead of skating faster to get away from me) and even holding onto my stick. I was like 'hey! this is a BEGINNER CLASS, not the NHL, and you sir, are no Wayne Gretzky.

In the end, I started fighting back and I do suppose that playing against someone like him will only help in the long run but it's startling nonetheless.

Because I couldn't get enough of Survivor, I recorded Temptation Island, where 4 couples go to some hip island off of Belize to be tempted by scores of sexy people brought there exclusively to encourage them to stray.

I totally understand why people would want to go on Survivor or Big Brother (which would be more my speed since I'm no good at squatting) but this? This is playing with a very precious thing in a very public way. If it's too much to ask of your mate to go 12 days without cheating on you then there's something very wrong.

Andrea totally had @#$%& tourett's today.

Woo hoo! My new Kinesis keyboard came in no time from my friends at Safe Computing.

What this means for you:
No more LizCam shots of my cube wall because I've been trying to shake whatever crap is inside my keyboard loose, freeing my n,h,y and 6 keys.

Enjoy!

Face it, I'm a geezer
I got email about my upcoming 10th high school reunion, asking to be part of the planning stages (I know, it's not my style but now that I'm a grown-up, I figured I'd give it a shot, I don't have to try and be a popular kid now). Every suggestion the coordinator had were for events centered around drinking. This bothered me. I know Columbus is a boring town, but after 10 years apart I'm not sure that I want to travel 3,000 miles to get drunk. I can do that here, with people, who for the most part, treat me a lot better than those yahoos.

Am I a geezer or just not wanting to waste a vacation drinking I'm not the Unruly Boozer (nor the Rowdy Dyke) I used to be.

What a weekend! Friday night, we bought this nasty stuff to try and get the remainder of the goop off the floor in the back bedroom (someday this room will be our Den Of Love) before the hardwood guy came at 8:30 a.m. Saturday. The crap we bought was so strong I halluncinated. It also ate the paint off of the can it came in, but it did not remove all of the goop from that room.

We headed home at 1:30, fully expecting Mr. Hardwood to start work the next morning. But no, the generator we'd reserved for him wasn't strong enough and now he can't come out until the 22nd. A problem, since our movers are coming on the 19th. So we're frantically trying to find someone who can not only do the work this week, but who can find their own generator.

In hockey news, I joined the beginner league at Hockey Workout. There were a number of folks playing for the first or second time so I actually looked pretty good. No, not Wayne Gretzky or Cammie Granado good, but Liz good and that's enough. Our team scored only 2 goals, but I scored one of them!!! Woo hoo!!

I was so excited about my goal that I forgot to keep playing, but that's okay. All the struggle has been worth it, hockey is fun.