How the Average US Consumer Spends Their Paycheck. Holy crap. $8K+ on transportation a year? The Snook and I spend maybe 20% of that, at most. We also come out quite a bit ahead on health care too. Of course, our mortgage payment is a lot more. A LOT.
Month: August 2009
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Shared today on Twitter
Nothing enlivens a day home sick on the couch like a good bit of KNITTING GUILD DRAMA! (Just talked to Sally.)
@Kat13v I’ve got $5 on “bringing the Guild into disrepute.” (I’m also happy to sign a counter-petition, if you like.)
@witty_knitter Apparently El Presidente has been waving around a petition to remove S & K from duty. It’s actually quite funny.
Doctor has forbidden me from running for the rest of the week. Crap. That means I’ll miss one of my last long runs.
At least the #Ashes are on… GO THE AUSSIES!
@redambition Just giving you all an opening to catch me in the challenge! 😛
The #Ashes commentators are talking about Twitter. Srsly. My mind is blown.
Oohhhh, I feel much better today! The result of a good night’s sleep? Or fever-induced euphoria? No idea.
RT @kevincmurphy: This link http://bit.ly/hZjgx is easily the best response I’ve seen to the patently dumb “govt. can’t run anything” meme.
@devvyleys Drool. But where did you find the sausage? That’s where mine always goes wrong.
Hakuna matata: http://bit.ly/reDKi. That made me laugh.
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Shared today on Facebook
People always ask me what I miss from the U.S. You know what I miss? Jumbo bottles of pain reliever. You can go into any Wal-Mart in America and pay, like, $7 for 500 ibuprofen. Here the biggest package I can find is 24. (The Snook says it’s to keep people from using them to commit suicide.) It’s really annoying.
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Busy Week
Busy Week
I’ve been a little absent this week, haven’t I? It’s been a busy one. I had a couple days at work there where I was hoppin’, and I’ve been working on a website for a friend at night too. Yeah, burning the candle at both ends. Unfortunately it seems to have caught up with me… I’ve caught another blasted cold. I stayed home today to rest and tonight my doctor told me NOT to run for the rest of the week. (Crap. We’re only 4.5 weeks out from the half-marathon.) And I’m supposed to visit the old folks’ home tomorrow with the Guild. And we’re going out to dinner with my in-laws.Yeah. Busy.
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Nerd Boyfriend
Nerd Boyfriend. I like the concept (hardly surprising; I’m like the target demographic for that site) but some of those guys are patently not nerds. Humphrey Bogart? Paul McCartney? The list needs more curating. (And besides, F*** Yeah Men in Suits is still better.)
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Amish and the Recession
Another good article about how the Amish in the area where I grew up are coping with the recession. (Jayco, the RV company that is mentioned in the article, is where my stepdad works.) I’d love to check out the Middlebury Farmer’s Market some day…
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Shared today on Twitter
I am commenting on misrepresented stats in that “Social Media Revolution” video: http://bit.ly/jTx8I. It’s just sloppy.
Got a strange cough yesterday. Now feeling sore throat and sleepy. NOOOOOO! Half marathon in 4.5 weeks!
@gadgetgirl70 WOOOOO! Congratulations!
Not even out of bed yet and I’m sucking strepsils. I’m going to stay home. No knitting for me tonight… 🙁
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Haunted Pond
Powerhouse Museum Photo of the Day: Haunted Pond. I don’t know why that one resonated with me. I keep looking for creepy apparitions around the edge of the water.
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David Sedaris on Australia
Remember when I went to see David Sedaris at the Opera House last year? He wrote a bit about Australia in this New Yorker essay.
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Shared today on Twitter
@bellsknits Heh. Geometry is nice though too. And hey, some light is better than no light! 🙂
My day has been going up and down… up and down…
Just completed a 5.25 km run with @runkeeper, check it out http://bit.ly/3susdj #RunKeeper
Great run. GREAT! Too bad #runkeeper won’t post my status updates. (I think it’s Optus’s fault.) Me & the bridge: http://twitpic.com/ebm76
@runkeeper I always have 3G on. I have a feeling that my carrier is just crap right now. Twitter was having problems on iPhone too.
@fictillius Seriously? I’ll take one! Any of them still run?
AH-HA! My new mousepad STINKS. And with that realisation, the Mystery of My Funky Right Hand has been solved. (I was getting worried.)
@fictillius I may take one regardless. We have a bit of a collection going of obsolete technology. 🙂
@crumpet Do you know – I’ve never actually plugged it in. I just like having it. Sits right next to my (dead) original Gameboy. 🙂
BA SPEC WRITING POWERS ACTIVATE!
@carbolicious Lemon curd? That’s way more common Down Here than Up There. Didn’t know you liked it…
@carbolicious Daylight… And I’m wearin’ my GRANDMA VEVA SHIRT! http://twitpic.com/ebu2c
Hitting the sack after freakishly productive 24 hours. I’m pulling like 12hr days (counting outside-work project). It’s like I’m 22 again!
Momentous discovery: my hair is *just* long enough to braid again. You’re all in for it now.