Hey guys! You've heard of this little band called U2, right? They've done pretty well for themselves? yes? So guess who's playing a surprise concert tomorrow night, right here in my little town? ONE guess. Yep. The Greater Boston Area is all in a tizzy. Apparently it's some kind of radio-station pro...

I just got back from a spontaneous massage. :) :) I had been planning to get myself a massage for my birthday (still 9 days away if you haven't gotten me anything yet ;) ) but I thought I'd have it next weekend, but then last night as I was once again trying to teach Isaac how to give a backrub (lol...

isn't really happening much, is it? In lieu of content, here are some pix. *facepalm* Just Ruthie randomly being cute. And one so you can see how curly her hair gets! The kids coloring quietly together, OMG! The other day we painted our toenails. Tonight we went to a "star party" at Isaac's school, ...

Wow, Ruthie had such the meltdown at bedtime tonight. I am exhausted. These two statements are related, but perhaps not in the immediately obvious way. I think that both Ruthie and I are suffering some major sleep deprivation due to the current state of our sleeping arrangements. But I'm too tired t...

I have a job interview today - I'm leaving in about 5 minutes in fact. ;) It's only a 3-month contract, and it sounds like there's very little possibility of it turning into a permanent job, and there are a few other things about it that don't thrill me...but it's an interview, so I'm going to give ...

This recording is from Jill Barber’s last album, Chances. It’s not representative of the rest of the album, but it’s pretty damn cool. Sorry about the embedded player, which takes up too much space, but it provides the highest online playback I could find. UPDATE: She’s on eM...

I have a few friends living overseas. Calling them long-distance ain’t cheap. So I installed Skype today. And guess what? It works. I talked to a friend of mine in France and although there was a slight delay in the signal, it was negligible. We started with a regular audio call, no video feed...

Urgh, where to begin.... Friday, Ruthie was sick. While changing her diaper that morning I noticed that her skin felt very warm, so long story short, I decided to keep her out of daycare. I took her to the office so I could get a few things done -- I was kind of hoping she'd be all sick/droopy and w...

ZOMG we had such a busy weekend! I'm including Monday in the weekend because I took it off work due to Isaac's preschool being closed. They're closed all week, but one of his friends' mom agreed to take him for the day today, and my mom will have him tomorrow as usual. So I'm just taking vacation da...

Also, last night we had a monsoon or something. I dunno. Ruthie and I were on the bus and it had just started out from Davis when I saw a big, dramatic bolt of lightning not far off. Then there was the clap of thunder, which didn't sound too loud to me because we were sitting right above the bus's e...