There is much to be learned from every situation. Even when I was in elementary school and dreamed of being a teacher, I was learning more than just the curriculum from my teachers. I watched them and saw what made a good teacher and what made a bad teacher. I knew which teachers I wanted [...]

Tonight’s advice comes from a web page about different kinds of dates. They suggest a picnic at a zoo because:
Nothing bonds two people like happy monkeys.
And what about the giraffes? Can they not bond people as well? And the camels? (Did you know that there are camels living in the cold deserts of Russia? I [...]

Stress and I spend a lot of time together. We are pretty close actually. So you’d think with all of that together time, we’d be better friends. But no.
A friend of mine put it this way: Stress and I are close, but Stress never brings me presents. Jerk.
That seems about right to me.
This is [...]

You can make pom pom guys late at night.
I just finished making 33 colorful pom pom guys with wiggly eyes. Tomorrow I get to put foam feet on them and then velcro them to the computers in my lab.
And this makes perfect sense. I promise. And not just to people who are up too late [...]

You can close the holes in the bathroom that the ants are coming through late at night. Because what normal person keeps chaulk stuff around all the time?

I’m rereading a book I haven’t read in years, probably almost 10. A line in it just struck me as the funniest thing I’ve read in a while.
Guys need to feel strong and masculine now that they’ve been replaced by electricity.
I can’t explain exactly why I find that so funny, but it’s going to make [...]

After such a busy week with work and school, today was just a day to relax and play. And it was the first day all week that my shoulder hasn’t bothered me. I think that means I’m allergic to work. But my happy thought today is that at least I have a job where I [...]

It always seems like it is the most simple things in life that make me smile. It’s one of the things I like about me.
Today my happy thoughts are scrolly mice (for computers) and black-eyed susans on the side of the freeway in the bright sunshine on my way home from class tonight.
Yesterday evening there [...]

I make no secret of the fact that I am disappointed with the English language and often feel restricted with it’s limited vocabulary. There just aren’t enough words to describe all the thoughts and feelings I have.
Today, while discussing a certain situation with a friend, I said that the situation made me feel “disappreciated.” And [...]

Last Wednesday I drove up to the University of Utah to get a new parking permit for the new school year. I also got my bus pass and bought three of the now 8 books I need for my four classes, half of which are just for one class. It was strange to think that, [...]