Michigan State always makes me nervous. A lovely university and campus. A quality marching band. But their football team freaks me out. And right now my nervousness is totally founded as its 14-0 Michigan State over the Hawks in the first quarter. *breathes deep* *has faith*

Embracing the concept of the “Six Most Important Things to Do Today” list wholeheartedly, I am semi-pleased to report that I went 2/6 on my work list and 4/6 on my personal list. This concept of making a list in the evening of six things to do the next day appeals to me because I’m [...]

I cannot seem to focus on anything as of late. I have all these things to do but I just can’t keep my concentration one thing long enough to complete it. Have I developed ADD? UPDATE: I have now checked two items off my “Six Most Important Things to do Today” list. Small steps.

Tonight I was packing up some items I sold on amazon.com. I was using standard issue bubble wrap, envelopes and some packing tape. Should’ve been simple, the worst injury a person should be able to sustain from such a venture would normally be a paper cut. But when are things ever simple? No, I managed [...]

Until my birthday!

That pretty much sums it up. The Hawks took the field in Ames on Saturday and restored balance to my football world. Things are back to normal. Right after the game, and even now, I’m not esctatic about the win. I wasn’t running in the streets, I didn’t have the overwhelming urge to overturn a [...]

Friday evening I received an email telling me I had won a gift certificate to the Fleur Cinema & Cafe in Des Moines. It was a drawing from the subscribers to their email newsletter. Ironically, I’ve never actually been to the theater before. Well, not since it used to just be the Fleur Theater years [...]

I have a bunch of odds and ends to comment on today. Shocking, I know, actual comments from Wendy. The first one is from a link I found under the hip clicks on usatoday.com. Its for some wacky cultish religion philosophy thing, but there is a fun name-analysis lookup on the page. Edited to add [...]

Apparently, I’m trendy and dramatic. I have the poster to prove it.

Word.