woo hoo! 2003! thank god 2002's over - i must say, it sucked. could've been worse, but coulda been a whole lot better too...

went to a party at angela's - rang in the new year with her and dale and greg and diana and a bunch of other people...it was very nice...

resolutions? maybe dropping a couple hundred pounds (yeah right). seriously now...well, i'm working on getting my finances in order. that's a very realistic goal - get rid of some of this credit card debt, get all the old medical bills paid off - woo hoo!

the single women's dinner is at the rathskeller on thursday - yummy! haven't been before, but a look at the menu makes me hungry!

amazing the spiffy stuff you can find online with google...mom and i were discussing the poem in the new chevy tahoe commercial, performed by james garner..."nobody knows it but me" sounds like a classic - but guess what, it isn't! it was copy dreamt up by some ad exec...found this out in an article at bayarea.com by joan morris - she's got an interesting column, answering questions to all that random crap that ya wonder about, but gets stuck in the crevices of your brain and forgotten...

i am SOOOOO glad i didn't go to work today...holiday schedule means i worked friday instead of today...so i decided to go shopping and go see catch me if you can - alas, i didn't get to see the movie cuz i got a flat tire and had to wait forever to get the damn spare put on...guess i'll be doin a little tire shopping before work tomorrow...at least it was a flat in the middle of the meijer parking lot and not out in the middle of 465 on my way to work...

mom and i just finished watching birthday girl - strange movie...guess i agree with roger ebert's review - it was just not quite right...nicole kidman was interesting as a mail order bride, but ben chaplin needs to go back to roles like his in the truth about cats & dogs - sweet guy with the brit accent...

here's the t-shirt i got my kid sister for xmas - do ya suppose it encourages lesbianism? *8-)

Happy White Trash Christmas, Y'All!

heh heh heh...this is awfully tempting...
http://howandwhy.org/marquee.html

merry xmas! woo hoo!

my latest read: Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six MIT Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich - very interesting...a bunch of math geeks took to counting cards while playing blackjack...i find it interesting to read books like this (the scrabble book is another good example) filled with geeks that find their magical calling...

also read Bill Maher's latest book - When you ride alone you ride with bin Laden : what the government should be telling us to help fight the War on Terrorism - don't agree with everything he says, but he does make some very interesting points...

	You are Fozzie! Wokka Wokka! You love to make lame jokes. Your sense of humor might be a bit off, but you're a great friend and can always be counted on..
Take the What Muppet Are You? Quiz!

ruh roh...i picked a grand time to shout "BOOBIES!" here in the office - apparently Carol (the sales chick on the other side of our cube farm) has a client in with her now...it got DEAD quiet over there in the sales department...it's all debbies fault anyways, she's the one sending pix of nekkid chicks...

heh heh heh - put new wallpaper on my desktop here at work today - Fruitcake!

amusing article...

interesting..."scientists have pinpointed a part of the brain that leaves people unable to stop humming annoying tunes"..."American researchers have found an area behind the forehead that processes music and helps retrieve memories. They said the rostromedial prefrontal cortex was where information about the harmonic relationships of music are stored. The region is also connected to the temporal lobe, which is involved in more basic sound processing." - so is the fact that i have Temporal Lobe Epilepsy related to the fact that I can't get "Who Let The Dogs Out?" out of my goddamned head whenever Carol gets out her little stuffed doggie that sings the damned song?!?!?

an update to the evil wal-mart story i posted a while back...

i sent em an email and told them i wasn't spending ANY money at their evil store this xmas...and the more i think about it, the more i realize that needs to extend beyond the holidays - i can get stuff i need at places that don't treat people like crap and care only about the bottom line, and it probably wouldn't save me all that much money anyways...

so anyways, they sent me a reply back:

From: "CUSTOMER REPLIES: WM Stores & Sam's Clubs"
To: "'lorib@crapmail.com'"
Subject: RE: LtrToPres# 000000001303146: Subject: SUGGESTIONS/FEEDBACK
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:03:55 -0800

We apologize for any misunderstanding concerning the Toys for Tots collection box in our store. This is an isolated situation where the box was located inside the store and was being used as a trash receptacle. There was a very small amount of items in the box and had not been picked up. To rectify the issue, the store removed the trash, the few items in the box, and provided $425 in toys. This was in addition to the $1,000 cash grant provided to the Toy for Tots organization.

Thank you,
Customer Relations

yeah, okay.

now i need to find a new place to get the oil changed in my car...

hee hee hee....time for a joke (or two):

Two couples who have been friends for years decide to spend the weekend at a fancy hotel. When they get there, one of the husbands suggests they get a little wild and swap partners.
After two hours of solid sex by the fireside, the man turns to his new partner and says, “Wow! This is the best sex I’ve had in years.”
“Yeah,” his new companion agrees.
“I wonder how the girls are doing.”

A woman is in her doctor’s office and suddenly shouts, “Doctor, kiss me!”
The doctor says, “I’m sorry, it’s against my code of ethics to kiss you.”
Five minutes later the woman again shouts, “Doctor, please kiss me!”
Again he refuses and says, “As a doctor, I simply cannot kiss you.”
Finally, after another five minutes, the woman pleads with the doctor again, “Please, please kiss me, just once!”
“Look,” he says, “I’m sorry. I cannot kiss you. In fact, I probably shouldn’t even be humping you.”

oh, the things you can do with Jell-O!

hrmm....i already bought some pre-made ones, but it'd be cool to make my own christmas crackers...

so, we're having a "christmas around the world" pitch-in at work...i'm thinking of making something norwegian...er, what the hell to make?

i've googled around, looking for recipes, and have found a few sites to check out at a later time:

http://www.sofn.com/norwegianculture/recipes/index.html
http://www.geocities.com/infonorway/kitchen/recipes/index.html
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wgnorway/recipe.html

interesting article on photoblogs - perhaps if/when i upgrade to Blogger Pro/Blogspot Plus (or just get my own damned URL) i'll integrate more photos into my blog...