Unimaginable horror
Someone replied to me on one of my Gawker comments from 2013 and when I went to read it, I noticed a major grammar mistake in what I wrote.
Open thread to talk about all the things
So... big news about the Gawker empire came out today. Lots of rumours and whispers happening. Olympic heroes have been knocked off their pedestals. BBQ season is still going strong. I was just told I’ve got the power to hire or lay off a temp worker I’ve been kind-of-but-not-officially managing, which is completely…
BBC did an updated report on that Olympic proposal
Jezebel reported on it a couple days ago and highlighted a bunch of the issues.
Please don't name your babies "Michael"
In my list of work contacts, I have 17 Michaels between coworkers and vendors. There are 4 different Michaels at one of my biggest vendors alone. When I get a message and it is “Hi Lethekk, it’s Michael from Samsung. Can you call me back?” I have no idea who it is. Please stop this! There are many other nice boy names…
I can't believe how well these work
Donald Trump quotes with Zapp Brannigan images.
What an age we live in.
So I’m walking through a city park at 11:00 PM. It’s dark, and while it’s not deserted, it’s empty enough that I don’t feel completely comfortable. There is an older, kind of unkempt man on the path coming towards me. As he gets closer, it’s clear that he’s making a beeline right towards me. I eye him a little…
Sometimes I can't believe our PM is real.
Like, this is a thing that happens? A Canadian family ran into a shirtless Justin Trudeau while hiking in Quebec.
So who's playing Pokémon Go now?
I’ve walked over 60 kilometres (according to the game) since I downloaded it a couple weeks ago, and have ‘caught’ 57 pokemon. My biggest heartbreak was having Blastoise get away. Safe to say, even with all the tracker issues, I’m still hooked on this game.
Holycrapholycrapholycrap I need a work phone
I don’t have a work phone, but work outside business hours (like today, which is a holiday) that I have a lot of coworker’s numbers in my phone so we can easily get in touch with each other. I was texting one of them this morning, and just accidentally texted him the following thinking I was texting my husband:
Please, please, please let there be a hell for people like this
(Trigger warning for rape description in the link)
Damn it.
I downloaded Pokémon Go on my phone and it’s actually kind of fun. But why did it have to launch during a heat wave? Also, I really don’t need another distraction from work! Anyone else jump on this bandwagon?
Dinner thread!
I just made the most amazing supper on the BBQ. Of course I didn’t take a nice picture on my plate, so here are the leftovers for my lunch tomorrow. Ribs, golden beets, and potatoes with onions. All without turning on the stove!
What not to do when it's hot as balls* out
Walk 1.5 kilometres to a local produce market, forget you’re only there to get one thing, buy a 2 L bottle of juice, 1/2 watermelon, a bag of cherries, a package of sausages, some puff pastry, and a bunch of golden beets, and then walk home carrying it all.
Note to self: Never, ever, ever eat at this restaurant
Ok, if I was lost in the outback for a week and everything else is closed, maybe. But don’t use the bathroom.
This cat.
She is always on the lookout for a new high spot to survey us all from. On Friday morning she woke us up by jumping onto the top of my bookshelf and shattering the top plane of glass. She was all right, of course, but now the bookshelf door needs to be replaced. Tonight I heard a big thud in the front hall and when I…
Leftovers/cooking ahead
I often cook all day on Sundays and then use up that food for the first three or four days of the week so that I don’t have to cook when I get home at night. As a result, I tend to eat the same thing day after day for lunch and/or dinner (usually different meals for lunch and dinner, but each one is then repeated).
Really? You think that's appropriate this week??(or ever)?
Just drove past a hospital downtown. At the corner by the street, there was a single protester holding up a sign that read “Aborted Lives Matter!”
The truth comes out
My husband often says he barely notices when I wear makeup, and if I’m taking longer in the mornings or want to touch it up before we go out he’ll say I don’t need to and I look great as it is. Last week, we were on vacation and hiking almost every day so I didn’t wear makeup at all. So far this week, I’ve been…
For anyone who desperately needs to read a 'good news' story
Here is a photo essay documenting a 6 year old Ugandan boy’s journey to have cataracts removed and to see for the first time.
61 year old Canadian man boxes bear, and wins
I’ve got to say, I have a lot of respect for this guy.