So I've always wanted to write a book,and I have started, and then scrapped, at least four projects over the last few years. But I heard about National Novel Writing Month this spring and decided to give it a go. If you haven't heard of it, Nanowrimo is an online community that challenges members to...

I literally had no idea that there are various types of office furniture that I could choose from. I thought it was horizontal surfaces above the ground for holding objects at a convenient height, or nothing. Mind officially blown!

Its broken. Eight to ten weeks in this stupid boot. There goes the rest of my summer. No swimming. No biking. No hiking. No kayaking. No theme parks. I can't even play with my kids in the backyard. This sucks. :-( :-( :-( http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx43/emilytennent/foot_zps0mhlmvxd.jpg

Yeah, so remember those babies I had, like, five minutes ago? Well, I blinked and they turned into this:

It's OK if it's for medical reasons. Like for arthritis or something. And I'm here to tell you, alcohol is a rickin'-frackin' wonder drug when it comes to arthritis. Doesn't take much either, just one beer or a shot of something does a body good. Not be the debbie downer, but just saying, this is e...

Wookitdapuppy!

I have become so disillusioned with the NFL over the past few years. I didn't watch the game.

Santa brought toys for Coco, too!

Aw, you remembered. I'm touched.

Happy American Thanksgiving, Americans. Here are today's cutest guests, the three opportunistic puppy cousins (Alby, Jasper and Coco) patiently waiting for spills. They were not disappointed. My five year old niece tried to pour the gravy herself, and while it didn't go so well for her, it worked ou...

How old are those things these days?

PonderThis wrote:Hey at least you're not in Buffalo. Which, I am told, is an old Iroquois word for "HOLY CRAP THAT'S A LOTTA SNOW!"

My ex is in Buffalo, so, you know, sliver lining...

If I ever get to the point where I'm whining about 13°C, just put me out of my misery. That's my sweet spot, between 45° and 75°F. Fall and spring weather.

Puppy!!!

So cute!!! I want to feed them pumpkin seeds and let them fall asleep in my hair!

Happy Halloween. This is the least bad picture I was able to get:

Its tyool-KO-va. The first syllable sounds like "tool" with an extra vowel sound after the T. When she pronounced it in Russian, it almost sounded like "chool." When I try to say it, I end up with an extra syllable "tee-ool-KO-va," which she said was close enough right ...

Turns out its pronounced exactly as its spelled, with three syllables, which makes it pretty much impossible to pronounce with an American accent (without sounding like an idiot.) She told us to use her (easy to pronounce) first name, though, which has my daughter feeling quite grown up and awesome,...

On Saturday I am meeting my daughter's new singing teacher for the first time. She is Russian and I am pretty embarrassed that I have no idea how to pronounce her last name. Can anyone help me out so I don't look like an idiot? Her name is Dr.Tyulkova.

sum yun gai wrote:are the LEDs also edible?

Well, I suppose, but only if you're not allergic to rechargeable hearing aid batteries.

Here's a nifty little car cake with working headlights:

Probably not, but it'd be interesting to see how far you could push someone who's offered to take a photo of your group. "Yeah, thanks so much! If you could just follow us around for a few minutes, an hour at most, and snap a few candid photos that'd be great." That would be pretty excell...

A fairy tea party: