Archive for October, 2009

Best Halloween Ever

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

When I reflect on Halloweens past, the year that stands out in my mind the most is 1983. I was in the third grade. I didn’t have a particularly interesting costume that year. In fact, I don’t even remember what I wore, although if I had to guess, it was likely Strawberry Shortcake. I wore [...]

Crashing and Burning on the Information Superhighway

Thursday, October 29th, 2009

I’m so sick of the swine flu, especially the debate surrounding the vaccine. Twenty-four hour news media, social networking sites, weblogs and YouTube are all flooded with information, or in many cases, misinformation, about the vaccine. It reminds me so much of that broken telephone game we used to play in Brownies. It started with [...]

Random Thoughts About the Weekend

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

On Friday night, we went to see Whip It. It was great. It’s the first movie I’ve seen in a long time that I’ve truly loved from start to finish. Roller Derby is so adorably badass. I’m addicted to fruit cocktail. The sleazy Del Monte kind with peaches and pears in the sugary syrup. Just [...]