Posted in Cost of Living, Hobbiton life, Photography, tagged $4 Gas, Gas Prices on May 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sky High
Originally uploaded by dr.Ozda
My colleague, Dr. Ozda, took this picture which, more than any thousand words I could write, pretty much sums up the situation in Hobbiton. The cruel irony is that we have both an oil pipeline and a refinery just outside of town AND we’re still paying these outrageous prices. Eventually, we’re [...]
Posted in Humor, Male-Female Relationships, tagged Capt. Jack Sparrow, Casanova Frankenstein (Mystery Men), Colonel Tavington (The Patriot), Dracula (Christopher Lee), Sexy bad boys, Sheriff of Nottingham (Prince of Thieves), Tasmanian Devil (Warner Brothers) on May 27, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Johnny Depp as Capt. Jack Sparrow from the “Curse of the Black Pearl”. “The only rules that really matter are these: what a man can do and what he can’t.” Saavy?
While I was down with bronchitis, I was on a lot of drugs so I had time to ponder deeply on the great unanswered [...]
Posted in Library Life, Patrons Behaving Badly on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The University of Arnor Library has an atrium. Well, I should say it had an atrium up until the renovation when the skylight was closed off. Up ’til then, those of us confined “below decks” would check the weather by going into the lobby and looking up. Now, however, the library essentially has a [...]
Posted in Miscellania, tagged Biofuels, Grease Bandits on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is the kind of news story journalists just can’t get enough of–mostly because it allows us to make a number of bad puns. And I’m no exception . Christian Science Monitor reports that “sticky-fingered thieves” (my phrase) are snitching used cooking oil from restaurant storage bins and reselling it to biofuel plants, cutting [...]
Posted in Fun Stuff, LOL Cats on May 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was down and out with a nasty sinus infection that turned into bronchitis so I wasn’t able to post ’til now. Here’s a few LOL cat pictures I’ve been saving up:
The Strange Incident of the Dog in the Night Time–Solved:
Holmes: Then there’s the strange incident of the dog in the night time.
Watson: But the [...]
Posted in Frugal Living, Libraries, Saving Money, Uncategorized on May 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When the topic of saving money comes up, libraries are always mentioned, but the implication is often that the only reason to use libraries is to save money on your leisure reading and viewing. No mention is made of the many other services that the library offers. With that in mind, here’s the inside scoop [...]
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