So there was a lot of buzz this week leading up to Earth Hour. From what I understand there were events, concerts, and celebrations in some areas. While I understand the motivation, Drew Beatty had it right in his blog post yesterday when he suggested that the energy used for the big events was ridiculous [...]
Today’s review is for Warka Strong, a 7% alcohol premium beer from Poland.
You can find more beer reviews at United Nations of Beer.
I’ve been tagged by Loud Mouth Man to write 8 things. I’m not really sure where to begin but let’s see what I can come up with.
In 1996 I won Family PC Magazine’s best kids’ website contest for my site Maddy Mayhem’s Kids’ Stuff which was later mentioned in several other magazines & newspapers worldwide [...]
When I was young, anytime my Mother would search around in the storage room for anything she couldn’t find she’d mutter “it must have been in that box that got lost when we moved”.
Over the years many things were supposed to have been in that box and even now she’ll say it. I figure it [...]
Today is one of those days. Everything seems to be annoying to me today. Here’s a list of some things that annoy me. Maybe purging the list in the blog will let me attend the rest of the day in a better mood.
crumbs in the margarine
Twitter is acting up yet again today.
people who pronounce schedule [...]
While preparing to move for the first time in nearly 12 years I realized that there are many easy ways to cut down the mountain of possessions I own to a more manageable molehill. I figure the less I have to actually pack and move the less stress the process of moving will be.
The last [...]
I admit it. I’m totally addicted to tabs in Firefox. Are you?
When I get up in the morning and start up Firefox it automatically opens my first tabs of the day: Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader, weather, local news.
I read about 175 (give or take a few) RSS feeds so the first thing I do [...]
I’ve mentioned in previous posts my plans to change my life in many ways. I’ve also mentioned my goal to move in about 10 years time to somewhere with a moderate climate, possibly the south of France although I’m considering several options.
Last night I got into a heated argument with a very dear friend about [...]
A couple of days ago I saw an absolutely incredible teapot on Etsy and shared the link with an online social group I’m involved in.
My friend Seana said, “Oh my god, Merlene likes teapots! Let’s all buy her teapots!”
She’d remembered a teapot story I’d told a couple of years ago.
Years ago when I was first [...]
