Six Degrees of Exasperation

This is all the fault of damnedrodan . He tagged me to do one of those "six random things about you" posts. I’m only doing it because six is brief. And I love Mark. Go buy one of his books. 1. My favorite tea is Red Rose Tea. It’s what my Greek grandmother drinks.2. One of my goals in life…

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…speaking of Ice Capades

Local boy Scott Hamilton came to visit Ingram today and talk about his book, The Great Eight: How to Be Happy (Even When You Have Every Reason to Be Miserable). My favorite bullet point? "Think Positive, Laugh, and Smile like Kristi Yamaguchi."

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Sk8er Girl: Birthday Princess

Being a Murphyist, I’ve found that the more I absolutely dread things, the more fun they turn out to be. Case in point: Adult Skate Birthday Night. The Ingram Grrls were exceptionally disappointed with the last event, and we were…um…a little vocal about it. Okay, okay, so short of tying Mike to a chair with duct tape and whipping…

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A Little Morning Rhapsody

Birthday post coming soon — I spent far too much of yesterday sleeping off the fabulous skating extravaganza! In the meantime, I’ll leave you this little bit of awesomeness to tide you over. Please dance around the room and enjoy the song that was number one on the UK charts January 11, 1976. Plus, you can never go wrong…

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Fun with Janet Evanovich

Janet Evanovich came to work today — something good to cheer me up during this seemingly-terminal rainy season. I got a signed copy of PLUM SPOOKY out of the deal, and read about 20 pages while waiting for the presentation to begin. It’s fun. There’s a monkey in it. Janet & I also updated our photo — one of…

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