Working from home

It seems every time I end up working from home it’s because of the combination of my idiocy and snow. 

I got all the way to my cube today before I realized I’d left my computer at home.  And because of our spring snow storm, I decided to stick it out in my living room for the rest of the day.  



I’m terribly bored.  

It’s not that I don’t have a lot of work to do, it’s just that the VPN is pert slow in my living room, so I sit here waiting for a database to load on my work computer while blogging on my home putes. 



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So…what’s up, guys?  How was your weekend? How about this weather, huh? Pretty crazy. Ha.

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My Best Friend Hoggle

I really really want to be friends with this guy: 

Not even a small part of me is joking.



Gotta go.

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Reunion

Saluton Amikos!



Long time blog readers may remember a young fellow by the name of Andrew. Here is a 2006 entry to jog your memory.  Andrew came into our lives, and small group, like a joy-filled tornado.  He then jetted himself off to Japan for a year, leaving us bereft and alone yet filled to the brim with fond memories.

Last week Andrew dug up an old email chain (click the above link for more about that email) and reply-alled, informing us that he would be in Minneapolis for a few days and would love to drum up a reunion with the “gang” at our old stomping grounds (Holy Land).  This gang consists of Ben, Anna Leisa, myself, and Andrew.  And even though we only dined on gyros from Holy Land once as a foursome, it still affectionately reminds us all of each other.

Long story short, we planned ourselves a reunion there yesterday and gorged on falafel.  We even claimed our old table!  Boom!



Reunion pictures!

The whole gang:

We took many of the above types of pictures, but most of them ended up cutting Andy out.  Like this one, for instance:

This was when they called Andy’s order number.  Look how THRILLED he is at the prospect of falafel:

The brown-loving boy portion of the ol’ gang:

The Diet-Mountain-Dew-loving girl portion of the ol’ gang:

Anna Leisa spilled falafel all over her pants and cried for 25 minutes:

Then we talked about things and there was much laughter:

Pure unadulterated joy:

Little known facts that I gleaned from yesterday’s gathering:

1. Ben and Anna Leisa regularly have dreams where their teeth fall out.  Andy and I never have.  What does it mean?
2. Andy and I regularly have dreams where people are chasing us.  Ben and Anna Leisa never have (In Ben’s dreams, he does the chasing).  What does it mean?
3. There is apparently a language that was invented in the 1800s called Esperanto.  Did you know?  It was meant to be a shared second language for the population of the entire world.  I’m not sure why it didn’t work out.  A movie was even made in Esperanto, starring William Shatner himself.

Reunions!

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Milton and Margie’s Soy Wax Candles

Hey everyone,

If you (or someone you know) is shopping around for some excellent soy wax candles, I think you should consider making Milton and Margie’s Soy Wax Candles your first stop, all right? 

That link is the Etsy shop for my good friend, Jess.  But I’m not linking her because we’re good friends.  I’m linking her because soy wax candles are an eco-friendly choice as far as candles go, AND Jess seriously makes great ones.

Like this campfire-scented one!  Who wouldn’t want this?

I’ve seen Jess’s candle “factory” firsthand.  I’ve seen all the materials and I’ve smelled all the wax, so trust me:  these are some excellent candles.



And to keep with my theme of pop culture icons from the past without getting too far off the topic of Jess, here is a picture of Don Knotts – a beloved actor of ours:

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Acquire

Yesterday, between a delicious Easter meal and a delicious Easter dessert, we played a delicious game of Acquire.

Oh, the dissonance.  Certainly the last thing Easter represents is the acquiring and merging of various hotel chains.  

Having said that, I think it would be safe to state that this is the best game of all time.  Move over, Skip-Bo!  High stakes adventure in the world of high finance has just taken you down. 

Have any of you ever played this game?  It’s kind of like Monopoly, but more like real life.  The version we played with was the original version put out by 3M in their “bookshelf game series,” but I think other, less superior, versions have also been made.  



I got second place!



Insert abrupt conclusive statement here.

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