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I brought home Eloise, an African Grey parrot from the Refuge to foster for a couple of weeks. She has been ill with a fungal infection and requires medication twice a day. She started picking at her feathers again in the last week so… Continue Reading “Eloise”
The Tribune ran a really interesting article about how and why Chicago remains an incredibly racially segregated city. Part of the theory, which I buy, is that “new” cities, like Charlotte and Austin are having an easier time of it. “Old” cities like Chicago… Continue Reading “Race. Or Schools and Money.”
I love NORAD’s Santa Tracker. Above is a video from their Santa website. It is 8:21 a.m. Central Time and Santa is currently in Palau. He seems to have already hit Australia and a bunch of Pacific islands. I could watch this all day,… Continue Reading “And He’s Off!”
First, promise him Macaroni and Cheese. Then, produce a computer game. I took him to the Marriott Lincolnshire yesterday afternoon. The plan was to have dinner and stay at the hotel, then see Aladdin at the children’s theatre in the morning. It was already… Continue Reading “How to Get Alex to Agree to Anything”
I am very done Christmas shopping. I do not buy gifts for that many people, so it isn’t a terribly big feat. I did a lot online. In fact, I am wondering if it is time to sign up for the rewards program at… Continue Reading “The Christmas Shopping”
Could I have a more pretentious title for a post? “Ask Umbra”, which seems to be a MSN column on all things green, did a piece on paper vs. digital books. Which is greener? The answer seems to be that if you keep your… Continue Reading “The Carbon Footprint of Digital Books”
The final exam seemed easy, but was full of trick questions. Like when there is a fill in the blank that has four blanks, suggesting that four words will go there. I look at the answers. They all pretty much make sense, but no… Continue Reading “The End of the Semester”
Patrick Erwin at Careerbuilder.com wrote a short article on 5 Job Blogs You Should be Reading. Blahblahblah. But wait. What is this? Punk Rock HR?! So I look at her stuff. The writer, Laurie Ruettimann, worked in HR for a good stretch and is… Continue Reading “How Evil is HR?”
After spending all day at Scott’s house, my hard drive was re-installed. I went home and re-installed MS Office. It was very easy. You know what was a pain? Waiting for 12 months of updates to reinstall. I was up until midnight. Then today,… Continue Reading “Stupid Hard Drive”
The last couple of years, my grandfather and I having been doing donation gifts for each other at Christmas time. One year I gave him a donation to The Elephant Santuary, along with a print of a painting one of the elephants did. Seriously,… Continue Reading “Save the Rainforest for Christmas”
The Next Dark Age 