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Another Quiz

Posted: Thursday, May 11th, 2006 @ 3:44 pm in Foofy, General | Comments Off

Your Brain is 40% Female, 60% Male

You have a total boy brain
Logical and detailed, you tend to look at the facts
And while your emotions do sway you sometimes…
You never like to get feelings too involved

What Gender Is Your Brain?
What?!–only 60%?! Must be because they didn’t ask any questions about thermostat settings or shoes.

Bad Timing

Posted: Thursday, May 11th, 2006 @ 8:31 am in Foofy, General | Comments Off

Two examples:
1. The Sierra Club sending me an urgent “Join us and help to save the redwoods!” letter when I’m in the middle of rereading Michael Crichton’s State of Fear.
2. Adobe Acrobat interrupting me when I’m about half a page into reading a document, to tell me I should update the product–very poor […]

Engagement Ring Nonsense

Posted: Monday, May 8th, 2006 @ 8:25 am in Foofy, General | Comments Off

Atomizer at Fraters Libertas notes increasing nonsense in the world of engagement rings. That means it’s time to review the Crazy But Able approach to getting an engagement ring!
MFH put way more thought into the ring than I ever did. He chose a channel-set ring so the stones wouldn’t snag on things or […]

Out and About

Posted: Thursday, May 4th, 2006 @ 8:37 pm in Foofy, General | Comments Off

Today I spent some time sewing diapers, and then went along with MFH, who had a dentist appointment to get three fillings. While he was getting drilled and filled, I went to the antique store (the Lindstrom Antique Mall). I found a small oak tool chest that I was seriously leaning toward buying, […]

Where have I been?

Posted: Thursday, May 4th, 2006 @ 8:25 am in General | Comments Off

Sick with a lovely UTI, just when I had caught up with the housework. Then, when I started to get better, writing a 20-page paper (a fake grant proposal for an in-car deer detection system) for my class. Sewing cloth diapers. Not sewing my Sew? I Knit! bag. Discovering that the […]