1.30.2008

Just my luck...

"If more than 20" of snow falls the rest of the season, the winter snowfall record of 76.1" from 1978-79 will be broken."

This the first winter after we purchase our first home in Wisconsin. I never thought I'd miss mowing the lawn, but shoveling snow in -27 windchills at 5:30 this morning made me dream of sweat running down my forehead while pushing my lawn mower back and forth across the beautiful backyard.

If the groundhog is listening, please hear my pleas and bring us good news next week. Let's try to avoid breaking any records this winter.

1.25.2008

Your coffee dollar...

A quiz that looks at where every dollar you spend on coffee is going.

Now if only I could buy coffee for a dollar...

1.21.2008

MLK Jr.

"I submit that an individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law. "

From MLK's Letter from Birmingham Jail.

1.17.2008

Read this at work...

..but I was on my lunch break. Still, this is startling.