...yep, it would be gone.
I accidentally left my car unlocked Sunday night only to get into it Monday morning and see that everything had been rifled through. My glove box was emptied and my center console was a disaster, receipts, CDs, and a bunch of miscellaneous stuff strewn about. (Sidenote - maybe I should write a blog about what people keep in their glove boxes or center consoles. Mine would be a lengthy list including a toothbrush and a replica of the Academy Awards' Oscar statue)
Taking a quick inventory, the only thing I noticed missing was a roll of quarters for laundry that I had yet to take into the apartment. My brand new phone charger and hands-free headset weren't touched. Neither were my Oakley sunglasses - although nearly seven years old and badly scratched, I would have left them too. But, get this, they didn't even take my spare car key that I had left in there from warming my car up a few days prior. (For you warm-stated folks, when the temperature is subzero, we Northerners have to warm our cars up for a good ten minutes before they function properly...and so we don't have to pry our frozen fingers from the steering wheel) That's right folks, an invitation to take my car for a joyride and they didn't accept. Perhaps the SMELLI license plate would have cramped their style. But it wasn't until the next day when I was searching for my volleyball bag that contains my shoes, kneepads and ball pump that I realized that I had left that in my car Sunday night as well. Of all things to take! My volleyball shoes?? Kneepads?? At the least the perp will be easy to spot. Just look for someone with a jingle in their pocket and a bulge around the knees wearing bright white Asics.
Feeling utterly violated and enraged at myself for being so careless, I drive to the grocery store to stock up on cold and flu season essentials - honey, OJ, V8, chicken noodle soup, saltines, and airborne. I get everything on my list, checkout at the U-Scan (which, by the way, I think is the best invention EVER) and go about my merry way. At home Nicole helps me take care of the groceries and just as I'm about to reach for the bag of chicken noodle soup I just bought so that I can make us lunch, it's not there. No, it's not in the car, I'm sure of it. Really? This is happening? As I am about to have a nervous breakdown, Nicole quickly offers to go back to Kroger for the missing bag o' soup while I attempt to calm my frayed fragile nerves. I describe what my head looks like to Nicole, in case she should find it along the way...
January 14, 2009
January 13, 2009
Don't know much about history...
I've never been good with dates. Don't ask me what happened the year I graduated college. I can't even remember last week. My desk drawers and bookshelves are overflowing with planners and calendars of years gone by so that I have a reference to, well, reference. Last time I went to the dentist? Um..I think it was May. No, wait, October. No, May. (Turns out it was in January) Is my car a 2006 or a 2007? My trip to Hawaii was in January of 2007. Or 2006. Well, one of those anyway.
If I remember your birthday, you should be throwing ME the party.
And so it is that while I'm keenly interested in all things history - what aspiring writer isn't? - my grasp of history and when things occurred is about as tight as a lady of the night in Amsterdam. This is why, many years ago, I bought a book entitled Don't Know Much About History. I hear it's fabulous. I'll get around to reading it one of these days.
Until then, I thought you might be as interested as I was to see what has occurred in history (or herstory) on this very date, January 13. An eclectic list, indeed.
1794 President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are still waiting...)
1854 Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion. (Who invented the "oompah" to go with it is unknown...)
1930 The comic strip "Mickey Mouse" debuts in American newspapers. (Thanks to two very powerful men, William Randolph Hearst and Walt Disney, and one very small but powerful mouse...)
1942 Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile, which allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight. (Ken and Barbie were thrilled...)
1962 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) score 73 points against the Chicago Bulls. (A point for every woman he'd slept with so far that year...)
1964 The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S. (Apparently every hand had already been held in Great Britain...)
1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson. (Urban Development? Really?)
1968 Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California. (Next up, Kidd Rock performs from Jackson!)
1979 Peaches & Herb performed "Reunited" on "American Bandstand." (And it felt so good...)
1992 Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Oh, how nice! An apology. Very sweet.)
1999 Basketball player Michael Jordan announced his retirement. (Too bad it didn't stick...)
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel. (He never regained consciousness...)
If I remember your birthday, you should be throwing ME the party.
And so it is that while I'm keenly interested in all things history - what aspiring writer isn't? - my grasp of history and when things occurred is about as tight as a lady of the night in Amsterdam. This is why, many years ago, I bought a book entitled Don't Know Much About History. I hear it's fabulous. I'll get around to reading it one of these days.
Until then, I thought you might be as interested as I was to see what has occurred in history (or herstory) on this very date, January 13. An eclectic list, indeed.
1794 President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the union. (Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia are still waiting...)
1854 Anthony Faas of Philadelphia, PA, patented the accordion. (Who invented the "oompah" to go with it is unknown...)
1930 The comic strip "Mickey Mouse" debuts in American newspapers. (Thanks to two very powerful men, William Randolph Hearst and Walt Disney, and one very small but powerful mouse...)
1942 Henry Ford patented the plastic automobile, which allowed for a 30% decrease in car weight. (Ken and Barbie were thrilled...)
1962 Wilt Chamberlain (Philadelphia Warriors) score 73 points against the Chicago Bulls. (A point for every woman he'd slept with so far that year...)
1964 The Beatles released "I Want To Hold Your Hand" in the U.S. (Apparently every hand had already been held in Great Britain...)
1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first black Cabinet member as he was appointed Secretary of Housing and Urban Development by President Lyndon B. Johnson. (Urban Development? Really?)
1968 Country musician Johnny Cash recorded a live concert at Folsom Prison in California. (Next up, Kidd Rock performs from Jackson!)
1979 Peaches & Herb performed "Reunited" on "American Bandstand." (And it felt so good...)
1992 Japan apologized for forcing tens of thousands of Korean women to serve as sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during World War II. (Oh, how nice! An apology. Very sweet.)
1999 Basketball player Michael Jordan announced his retirement. (Too bad it didn't stick...)
2002 U.S. President George W. Bush fainted after choking on a pretzel. (He never regained consciousness...)
January 6, 2009
New Year, New List
Wow, 2009. Shouldn't we be driving flying cars...vacationing on the moon...exchanging recipes with beings from other galaxies? Funny how we saw the future so differently just a few decades ago. No, 2009 is not a year of intergalactic gallivanting, but it is a year of change and hope - which brings me to do one of my favorite things in this world - make a list. :-)
This list is random things I want to accomplish in 2009. Some are original, some are modified, and some are carry-overs from my previous list (if at first you don't succeed...you know the drill). In no particular order...
1. Complete my first triathlon
2. Write my grandma Betty a letter twice a month
3. Blog early and often
4. Perfect my hummus recipe
5. Take guitar lessons
6. Learn to stop on hockey skates
7. Raise money for cancer research
8. Take my cats in for a checkup
9. Read the biographies of Eleanor Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
10. Visit Baltimore and DC
11. Write my dad
12. Embrace every day as an opportunity to make a difference, no matter how small
13. Clean out my mom's basement
14. Revisit watercolor painting
15. Learn to swim
16. Keep putting effort into the relationships that are most important and let the others go
17. Take an improv class
18. Snag a spot on some kind of game show
19. Run a 5K
20. Improve my posture
21. Plant a vegetable garden
22. See the world
This list is random things I want to accomplish in 2009. Some are original, some are modified, and some are carry-overs from my previous list (if at first you don't succeed...you know the drill). In no particular order...
1. Complete my first triathlon
2. Write my grandma Betty a letter twice a month
3. Blog early and often
4. Perfect my hummus recipe
5. Take guitar lessons
6. Learn to stop on hockey skates
7. Raise money for cancer research
8. Take my cats in for a checkup
9. Read the biographies of Eleanor Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln
10. Visit Baltimore and DC
11. Write my dad
12. Embrace every day as an opportunity to make a difference, no matter how small
13. Clean out my mom's basement
14. Revisit watercolor painting
15. Learn to swim
16. Keep putting effort into the relationships that are most important and let the others go
17. Take an improv class
18. Snag a spot on some kind of game show
19. Run a 5K
20. Improve my posture
21. Plant a vegetable garden
22. See the world
December 16, 2008
December 5, 2008
Prop 8 The Musical
Coming to a high school near you...
I present to you, Prop 8 The Musical.
I present to you, Prop 8 The Musical.
See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die
December 3, 2008
Six Degrees of Charity
Kevin Bacon has taken the "six degrees of Kevin Bacon" game and is using it to do some good.
His charity-driven website, www.sixdegrees.org, is set up to enable people to buy a certificate as a gift for someone to donate to the charity of their choice. Partly run by the Network for Good, gift certificates or "Good Cards" can go toward over a million charities. When someone redeems their Good Card, they can search for their favorite charity, local or nationwide, by name, keyword and/or location. Certificates are available in $10, $25, $50 and $100 denominations and you can choose to have the card mailed (makes a great stocking stuffer) or emailed to the recipient.
The site was started in January 2007 and already has contributed over $2.4 million to charities. With the world in peril and the U.S. in the worst economic crisis since the Depression, charities and organizations that help people are more important than ever - so if you if there's someone on your list who seems to have everything or if you want to give something meaningful this holiday season, check it out.
His charity-driven website, www.sixdegrees.org, is set up to enable people to buy a certificate as a gift for someone to donate to the charity of their choice. Partly run by the Network for Good, gift certificates or "Good Cards" can go toward over a million charities. When someone redeems their Good Card, they can search for their favorite charity, local or nationwide, by name, keyword and/or location. Certificates are available in $10, $25, $50 and $100 denominations and you can choose to have the card mailed (makes a great stocking stuffer) or emailed to the recipient.
The site was started in January 2007 and already has contributed over $2.4 million to charities. With the world in peril and the U.S. in the worst economic crisis since the Depression, charities and organizations that help people are more important than ever - so if you if there's someone on your list who seems to have everything or if you want to give something meaningful this holiday season, check it out.
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