I’ve been a work-at-home mom for about 7 years now, practically ever since my son was born. Yes, I do have a couple of gigs that take me to an office every once in a while, but for the most part, I’m completely on my own. Though I thrive in this situation 95% of the [...]
Archive for August, 2010
I haven’t been very motivated to do much today. I usually feel this way towards the end of the month, so I can’t say that I’m surprised. Still, it’s a bit disconcerting that even with all the schoolwork I have to do already, I was more interested in watching Emmy highlights on my LCD TV [...]
I know it’s “just the preseason”, but Bears fans have to be a bit worried about what they’ve been seeing out on the field. The starters didn’t score against Arizona in the first half, and just looked out of sync — especially on offense — for that entire time. There were a couple good plays [...]
The Fall semester has already started, but I wasn’t able to order all my textbooks until today due to a lack of funds. Fortunately, I haven’t missed out on much, as the first week is usually just full of introductory stuff. The funny thing is, I probably would have had enough money if I’d taken [...]
So now Google, which has allowed computer-to-computer calls/video calls for a while, has decided to take on Skype by offering computer-to-telephone services. These types of calls will be free to the U.S. and Canada for the rest of the year, and then users will be charged a “small fee” afterwards. There will also be a [...]
I saw “Brad Pitt” as a trending topic on Yahoo, so I clicked through to see what he was doing that was so newsworthy. Turns out he said he would “reconsider” the death penalty, which he usually opposes, in the case of BP executives regarding the Gulf oil spill. What????? That is quite possibly the [...]
Well, there weren’t many positives to take away from tonight’s preseason loss to the Raiders. The Bears continued to struggle on offense, as the O-line gave up FIVE sacks in the first half. One bright spot was Matt Forte’s 89-yard TD run, where a few guys actually threw some blocks and opened up a wide [...]