Monthly Archives: April 2006

American Dreamz I’ll be honest… I didn’t really care if I caught this movie. I like Mandy Moore, but unlike most of the country, I’m not obsessed with American Idol. (I don’t even watch it at all… I know, blasphemy.) … Continue reading →

Maybe you remember my post from December about how my youngest sister, Audra, gets the most love. As my family often does, we took this joke and ran with it, and often we just refer to Audra as “most love” … Continue reading →

I was on the phone with a client today, and we were waiting for something to happen with a program, and he said to me, “Ugh, my computer is slow today.” This struck me as really, really funny for some … Continue reading →

I know I am woefully, embarrassingly late to this party, but I bought and installed Mint today, and, wow, am I in love. In my years on the interweb, I’ve used many a stats package, and they all have their … Continue reading →

Free ice cream at Ben & Jerry’s Delicious Mexican food Sleep

Remember that time Emma and I went to Atlanta for the weekend, did lots of fun stuff, and geeked it up by meeting fellow bloggers human beings Rachel and Shaun? Oh right, I do, because it was this past weekend. … Continue reading →

Yesterday’s post reminded me of another funny, early days at my job story. When I first started work, my bosses had trouble pronouncing my name. You know, people mispronounce my name all that time, and I’m not even going to … Continue reading →

I often use words when I’m not completely sure of their meaning. The most recent one was “subvert,” and, specifically, “subverting users’ expectations.” I was about 83% sure subvert means to destroy or undermine, and it turns out I was … Continue reading →

I’ve decided that if I could meet any CNN corespondent, it would be not Anderson Cooper but Jeanne Moos. If you aren’t familiar with her work, it’s mostly odd and offbeat stories—you know, the fun stuff. For example, she recently … Continue reading →

I ran into a really, really weird Internet Explorer quirk at work this week. On one of the pages on one of my sites, when I rolled over the secondary navigation bar I have at the top, all but the … Continue reading →