Overheard

Move over "Dear Abby", my five year old is giving advice for the lovelorn now. 'B' is a girl who has been in school with #1 for a couple years. Last year she declared herself to be #1's girlfriend and, being the kid he is, #1 sort of shrugged and went with it -- much as he went along with it when she declared earlier this winter that she wasn't his girlfriend anymore.

#2, my five year old Romeo, thinks everyone needs a girlfriend and has been passionately in love with one of his female classmates all year. Thus, he feels the need to help his older brother along from time to time..

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Nortel Rots My Goat

While a bit stressed about the personal and familial implications of the job loss, I was resigned to Nortel doing what Nortel had to do -- but after reading my morning news I'm now embittered, have a cold lump of rage in my chest, and am wondering how long before I read a story where a recently-cut employee shows up with a shotgun to make some executive cuts of his or her own.

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Melissa Dimock$45 million, bitter and rage-filled wife, demoralizing, demotivation, executives, fat cats, fuckers, job cuts, nortel, rot my goat, unemployment Comments
Leaving On a Jet Plane - MEME

I snagged this from someone on Facebook. I have rather eclectic musical tastes, and was curious what would pop up. It made me giggle -- pretty hard by times -- so I thought I'd repost it here. To be honest, I advanced everytime I hit a Christmas tune -- and that happened fairly often. I'm rather perplexed Blue Rodeo only turned up only once!

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Unrequited Lust For JimMelissa Dimockblue rodeo, Jim Cuddy, meme, songs, soundtrack, tunes Comments
More Small Things

My long weekend recap. Don't worry -- I glossed over my assignation with my wirey "mature" rock god in a fraction of a sentence! Plus (with bonus links LOL): WFD tonight: Vietnamese summer rolls, spicy peanut dipping sauce, Dau Hu Kho Gung, rice, and greens with sliced onions.

I'm getting hungry just thinking about it!

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Holidays, Recipes, Unrequited Lust For JimMelissa Dimockblue rodeo, cookery, geekery, Jim Cuddy, Jim Cuddy - sex god, oxtail, pho, recap, VietnameseComment