Y'all! I cooked this past week, like two main dishes and a side (from a box, but still!). and I have been eating them and this whole someone to help out thing is WORKING!!.

Yay!

This weekend I'll be running errands, doing laundry, watching football and mowing the lawn. I hope to get my "Overdue Items" in Omnifocus under 300, and I have most of a liter of Sodastream's version of Red Bull and 3 batches of coffee custard to help me. Bzzz.

I just got home from a work event (after waiting 45 minutes for the bus, oy) and have a burrito. So that's good.

Tomorrow I'm helping my mother with a yard sale.

Other than that, the sofa.

I would not be surprised if the fancy bag story happened to somebody, actually.

Skipped a bunch of posts to reply to this. As I recall, there was a garbage strike in either Chicago or New York in the 70s, I think. Some people wrapped their garbage in fancy paper like presents and left them in their "accidentally" unlocked cars, so it was stolen by thieves who were very disappointed with their haul.

I don't think it worked too many times, but it was around the holidays so it happened often enough.

Two things from my evening: I was only at the event because of one couple who was there. At one point, the wife asked how long I had to be there.... The real answer was, "Five minutes longer than you!" But I did not say that.

They finally left, and I went back to my office to get my purse. But the cleaning people had been through, and locked my office! With my key inside! I finally got a security guy to let me in, but thank goodness other coworkers were still around to suggest that, because I hadn't thought of it.

If the past three days are any indication, this weekend I shall be coughing, sneezing, and incessantly blowing my nose.

Go, msbelle!

This weekend involves a chiro appointment, family haircuts, yard work and rebuilding the HTPC (the hard drive blew up) so maybe we can actually cut (or at least trim) the cord soon.

Go to Google! Their Doodle is for Star Trek! It has animation and sound and a plot!

That is awesome.

So apparently Brendon Ayanbadejo of the Baltimore Ravens spoke out in favor of a gay marriage intiative in Maryland.

Maryland state delegate Emmett C. Burns Jr. then wrote the owner of the Ravens to say he shouldn't be letting his employees speak out with such controversial views.

Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings responded by laying the smack down. (Warning: Lots of vulgar langauge) [link]

Choice quote: "I can't even begin to fathom the cognitive dissonance that must be coursing through your rapidly addled mind right now; the mental gymnastics your brain has to tortuously contort itself through to make such a preposterous statement are surely worthy of an Olympic gold medal (the Russian judge gives you a 10 for "beautiful oppressionism")."

As a Bears fan I am required to hate the Vikings, but I can't help but think Kluwe is awesome. (He also did a Q&A on Deadspin recently that was hilarious with bits of geekiness and plenty of vulgarity thrown in.)

Ayanbadejo also responded: [link]

I have to admit, I don't give a shit about football, but both Ayanbadejo and Kluwe knock me over daid with their smackdowns. There's hope. And damn, way to make me feel chagrined to think of football players as inarticulate jocks.

Kudos to both of them! Maybe I'll watch a little more football this fall.

Also encouraging that the team and the player's association are supporting Ayanbadejo's right to speak, even if they aren't saying the agree or disagree with him.

Burns, meanwhile, continues to be an idiot (from Sarameg's link): “Football is the most masculine sport there is out there, and same-sex marriage goes against that as far as I'm concerned,” he said. “I think it's best that a football player leaves that alone.”

Right. Because it's impossible to be gay and be masculine. And masculinity is somehow superior.