I agree. Both look really dirty.

Ewan, get away while you still can!

Intelligence Redefined: Are You A Gifted Person?

Characteristics of gifted individuals: If 75 per cent of the following 37 characteristics fit you, you are probably a gifted adult.

Huh. I figure 36 of the 37 characteristics apply to me. I think they made it too easy.

Anyway, based on those criteria I'd think that most Buffistas are gifted....

It's also a list that cries out for the affirmative.

Damn. It was in the 50s last night, and I was walking around with my jacket off for a while. Now the windchill is below zero. Fun.

DOS pillow

The Sci Fi Sounds Quiz: Identify sounds from science fiction movies and TV.

Your Score : 71 credits
You're a major sci-fi geek! Do you speak Klingon?

Looks like I'm weak on '50s scifi....

Hey, I just found out that donations to First Book are being matched by Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing; for every dollar you donate, S&S will donate one additional new book, up to 1 million books: [link]

Planned Parenthood supporters -- any donations made before the end of the year (up to $250,000) will be doubled by a long-time supporter: [link]

t /PSA

Susan, I just checked my own credit score with Experian, and noticed that the scale there runs from 330-830 and if I properly remember the score you mentioned, yours would qualify at least as the high middle...

I checked mine with one of the other services, and they were apparently using a different scale--they said it ran from 500-900, and they also gave me a letter grade (low) and a percentile ranking (painful).

DH, however, pointed out that we were in similar circumstances when we applied for a home loan almost a year ago, one big enough that we actually could've bought a small house in Seattle, and were approved but decided it wouldn't be responsible to go through with it, so there's reason to hope we'd get approved for this much smaller loan.

Woo Hoo!

WH just gave me one of my Christmas presents (my "big gift"). He couldn't wait any longer.

I got a 160gig iPod Classic! It's hooked up and loading all my songs, podcasts, etc right now.

How I love this amazing man.

This is a good weekend for me, even though the bookstore has me scheduled for three 8-hour shifts in a row. Yesterday was a tad insane at the store (we surpassed our plan by $6K, when we thought we'd have no chance in even meeting it), but we maintained some calm and got through it. Today, otoh, was much more fits and starts, with chances to catch our breath at the registers in between the long lines that formed in waves.

I did have my bitch customer of the weekend today, though--she insisted that her PTA card got her a discount even though she's not a teacher and none of the managers had ever heard of this magical discount/partnership that B&N supposedly has with the PTA. Luckily, the head manager was able to come up and make the final call that this wasn't a legit discount and took the heat from her while I was able to shake her bad vibes off.

Then, I was able to get a co-worker to take the morning hours of my shift tomorrow, so I can sleep in a bit and get my laundry done before going in for only 5.5 hours--much less exhausting, and I still get a break and lunch.

And, I found out that my mom got the presents for her and my brother's family already, and I'll find out later if my sister got hers and my BIL's package, as well.

So, all in all, a good weekend!