Oh, and I had no idea that Uli was from East Germany. . . . and had dreamed of moving to Miami since she was a child. It all starts to make sense now.

I just watched Cooking with Feminists on Colbert. Am dead from laughing.

Liese! That all sounds so awesome. I love ponderosas.

I am flea and Vortex with the better writing with fountain pens than other pens. My writing is basically cursive with a few printed lowercase letters and an occasional capital, but small and wee, the same size as the lowercase letters. I have no idea why. It used to be very pretty and girly, but I do have a tendency to swoop my Y and G tails, the final stroke of my capital M and N, and my capital Rs are fonky-looking. You can't tell what it is, except in context. I tend to close up on my lowercase L and E loops, but my caps are all lush and round. And whether it comes in the middle, begining, or end of a word, my lowercase A is never connected to the letter preceding. I've tried. I have to write with the concentration of a seven-year-old to connect it.

My dad and mom learned the Palmer method in school, even won prizes for their penmanship, of which they were very proud. Even when nearly paralyzed with Parkinson's, my dad's signature was firm, confident and level.

bon bon, rather than buckwheat or rice, which are grains and will attract critters, try making your heat-up pads with crushed walnut or pecan hulls. They won't be quite as heavy, but since those are non-foods, you should be safe. You could also add a little borax to the rice to prevent insect infestation, or cedar shavings (gerbil bedding at the pet store), lavender, and rosemary--not the scents, the actual plants, any alone or in combination. I have no idea how to deter mice, unless it would be to keep the pad in a metal container when you're not using it.

I really liked 30 Rock.

Don't know Terry Bullman, He could be from TN just not this part

Hmmph. Thought I could be all connected and stuff. I'm slowly coming to know the names of the licensees around the country, but as someone who's not involved in training them (I just step in to fight on their tests, and sometimes train with them to augment my own studies) it's pretty slow.

Ask if they know Kelly and Brent. Everybody should know Kelly and Brent. Just because. Tag team trainers extraordinaire, they are.

Currently, Memphis, TN. It's homebase.

Welcome, Airstream! I'm another Tennessean. Have you heard of the University of the South? That's my hometown.

30 Rock looks tempting because of Tina Fey, but I'm kind of meh on adding new shows right now.

Oh yes! I know Sewanee and Monteagle well. Sewanee is the rival to Rhodes where I did undergrad.

Oh, cool! I remember lots of sports business between the two, particularly soccer, if memory doesn't fail.

I kind of miss my hometown, even though I don't want to live there. Funny how that is.

Mmm, lunch.

Merlin’s top 5 super-obvious, “no-duh” ways to immediately improve your life:

5. Get pickier - You are the sole person in your life who gets to decide where your time and attention can go. Take that responsibility seriously by not wasting time on junk.