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An Odd (Healthy) Choice

Mar

11

2008

I eat a lot of Healthy Choice frozen food. I am a terrible cook and I’m trying to lose weight, so their products appeal to me. One of their more respectably tasty entrées is their “Chicken Margherita”, a nice little chicken and pasta dish. For years, it was served in the traditional small, flat box. ...

Health Update

Mar

7

2008

Good News: I was able to drag myself to the gym today and did 35 minutes on the elliptical, which felt great. Bad News: Then I came home and passed out for four hours, which felt much better. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll only pass out for 2-3 hours after working out…

This Is Why I’m A Hermit

Mar

4

2008

Mark was in town this weekend, which was great fun. However, it led me to do the one thing I’ve tried to avoid doing at all costs while unemployed: I left the house. This had two dire consequences. I am now a) broke and b) sick. A) was expected and worth it. I do miss ...

Nonsensical Awesomeness

Feb

29

2008

The Onion has outdone itself this week: Idiom Shortage Leaves Nation All Sewed Up In Horse Pies WASHINGTON—Authorities expect the shortage to subside by April, but until then, urge citizens to skip shy the rickshaw until the flypaper marigolds can waterfall. .onion_embed {background: rgb(256, 256, 256) !important;border: 4px solid rgb(65, 160, 65);border-width: 4px 0 1px ...

Ruh Roh

Feb

27

2008

Two things causing concern. First, I got on the scale, and was happy to see I’d lost another pound. The bad news was, I realized I hadn’t weighed Chaplin in a while, so I picked him up to do the whole “weigh self holding cat, weigh self, subtract” method to see how much he weighed. ...

The Broke-Ass Chronicles 1

Feb

25

2008

Not a lot going on with me at the moment, mostly scraping along while I try to find myself a new job. A few points to share from the trenches of brokedom: – My $3 a meal effort seems to be working well. 30 days a month x 3 meals a day x $3 meal ...

Excelsior! 7

Feb

20

2008

You know you’re a geek when you think, “God, this job-hunting would be so much easier with a spreadsheet.” You are an even bigger geek when you actually make that spreadsheet. You realize being a geek is a good thing when said spreadsheet actually does turn out to be helpful.

It’s Only Pronounced Fee-nix 3

Feb

19

2008

To balance out my bragging in the post below, I thought I’d share a story about how unbelievably stupid I (as well as several other people I shall not name to protect their pride) felt after bar trivia on Thursday. The last question was fairly straightforward: There are twelve state capitals that start with the ...

One Year Later 1

Feb

17

2008

A year ago this weekend, I got on the scale, and the number I saw almost made my eyes bug out of my head. I’d had to greatly reduce my gym time because of my ongoing foot problems, and I hit a number I’d sworn I’d never let myself hit. I saw that number, and ...

Why I Wish I Was A Cartoon Voice-Over Artist

Feb

13

2008

Because then I’d get to participate in unbelievably awesome stuff like this, from the voices behind Spongebob Squarepants: via Dave Barry’s blog and BoingBoing.