54 Degrees
It's cold outside! I'm so excited. Finally, the damn summer is over!
Fatty McBlog
Damn it. Can't sleep. Spent last hour reading Fatty McBlog which is a very interesting and often funny blog. At least feel like I've been productive. Check it out, especially if you're at all food-obsessed like me. Their blog reads, "We're not here to lose the weight,...
The Nick and Tony’s Experiment
My first weeks at Nick and Tony's are going well, but my feet aren't used to this much wear. Being off work for a month really killed my stamina. Trying to build up again.Just about every shift there's competition: a bottle of wine for whoever sells the most glasses...
No Babies Here
One thing I am very grateful for is never really suffering from “baby fever.” There was a short period around age 30 when I thought I wanted to bear and raise a child, but three years of doing childcare took care of that craving. I know a lot of women like me (coming...
I’m a Nick and Tony’s Server!
Today on my final day of training as a server at Nick and Tony's, I waited a few tables under supervision and took the “final exam.” The big test took me an hour and included questions I’d had on previous tests, plus new material, such as "Name our cognacs," and...
My New Job!
Ways my new restaurant job at Nick and Tony's is so much more exciting than my old restaurant job at Carson's:1. Business - Customers! Lots of them. We opened at 11:30 a.m. and the lunch crowd started arriving immediately. Almost every table was full by 12:30 and I...
New Job
I did it: I found a new job and it starts tomorrow. Carson's Ribs is now in my past and I'm moving on to a better opportunity. A way better opportunity. I'm also nervous. I want to say, why didn't I stay at Arthur Andersen, which was my favorite all-time job? But...
Desperate No More
Oh my GOD it feels good to no longer be on the desperate manhunt. I had been on a self-hating manhunt for nine years, ever since I turned 30 and began to suspect there was something very wrong with me because I was "still" single. I don't know what has finally broken...
This contains way too much information about me and not in a good way
O to be regular!!On my box of Kellogg's All-Bran cereal, they challenge you to eat a bowl of the cereal every morning and see if you notice a difference after two weeks. Kellogg's All-Bran has 10 grams of fiber in half a cup. Well, I've been eating a bowl of Kellogg's...
Hysterical Blackness
A friend of mine has started a blog called Hysterical Blackness that focuses on the racial dynamics of the Hurricane Katrina disaster and aftermath. She describes herself as "a black academic who lives, writes and teaches in the US northeast." From yesterday, I quote...
I Volunteer
Some people really shouldn't reproduce and I wish more of us would realize it and act accordingly.
Atheist Consituents, Unite!
Hey, now we atheists have a lobbyist in Washington D.C. too! From a USA Today article "Non-believers raising voice in capital": "Lori Lipman Brown starts Monday as executive director of the Secular Coalition for America. Her two goals: keep religion out of government...