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Friday, December 06, 2002
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"Count your chickens. You are toast." -- my boss, brainstorming ever-inspiring demotivational statements
17:45
a point for the pedestrians
For one snowy morning in DC, pedestrians ruled the earth. As automobiles spun their wheels hopelessly in snowbanks, pedestrians donned warm coats, hats, gloves and boots, and tromped triumphantly down the middle of the street. They had to. The sidewalks were buried in snow. Yes, the streets were all quiet and car-free as I walked to the Metro yesterday morning in the midst of yesterday's snowfall.
But later in the day, once roads were plowed, cars made gigantic piles of dirty slush to splatter on pedestrians who were meekly shuffling along icy sidewalks.
Ya win some, ya lose some.
15:18
Wednesday, December 04, 2002
update
My boss just walked in to the office and said, "It's like a summer day out there!"
What is it with these people? Is this common nationwide?
15:19
really?
It's very cold here. It's not as cold as Chicago, or Copenhagen, or even Buffalo. But it's the kind of cold that sneaks up your sleeves and under your scarf and up the back of your neck and through your gloves and... it's cold. But for some reason, two random strangers at two separate points in the day commented to me, "Sure is hot out here." Is that a DC thing?Last night one of the kids in our program refused to sit still. A volunteer wanted to read with him, and he ran away. He would not get near a table. Finally, one of my smart co-workers struck a deal with him. "If you don't sit here and read with Paul, you have to give me $65," she told him. "That's the fine. I didn't set it, that's just what it is." His eyes got really wide. "Do you have $65?" she asked. He shook his head, and sat down with the volunteer.
14:33
Monday, December 02, 2002
bit of knowledge
Thanks to Ellen for letting me know via e-mail that homemade volcanos can be made with baking soda and vinegar. I should have known this. I was making maple syrup brownies with Meredith last month, and realized I had no baking powder. What to do? Numerous handy web sites listed substitutions for baking powder: baking soda and cream of tartar. Unfortunately, we had no cream of tartar. So we looked up substitutions for *that* and came up with vinegar. We ended up mixing baking soda and vinegar, and creating a small volcano in a measuring cup. But the substitution worked. Amazing, eh?
09:30
Sunday, December 01, 2002
link
Today is World AIDS Day. Check out how webloggers are using their sites in observation of this day: www.linkandthink.org.
13:44
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