Happy Thanksgiving

I am sitting at work, ...working (obviously) - wishing everyone a happy thanksgiving!

Some new Obama appointees:

• Christina D. Romer will serve as Director of the Council of Economic Advisers,
• Melody C. Barnes will serve as Director of the Domestic Policy Council, and
  
• Heather A. Higginbottom (Heather Higginbottom served as Policy Director for Obama for America, overseeing all aspects of policy development. From 1999 to 2007, Higginbottom served as Senator John Kerry’s Legislative Director. She also served as the Deputy National Policy Director for the Kerry-Edwards Presidential Campaign for the primary and general elections. After the 2004 election, Higginbottom founded and served as Executive Director of the American Security Project, a national security think tank. She started her career as an advocate at the national non-profit organization Communities in Schools.) will serve as Deputy Director of the Domestic Policy Council.
  
• Peter Orszag, currently Director of the Congressional Budget Office, will serve as Office of Management and Budget Director, and Rob Nabors will serve as Deputy Director.

For more information about who has been appointed and the positions that still need to be filled, visit THIS site.

While it may look pretty....

Walking through this with inappropriate footwear = not fun.

It snowed all weekend, and while it was pretty and gave us an excuse to stay in warm pubs and drink vin chaud and chocolat chaud and beer, the walk home through the slush, not so fun.

Not to mention, I think the cold weather changes people's behavioral patterns, because I had an experience on Saturday night that included, Chimay Blue, a local brassiere, ABBA, me assaulting a waitress (by accident) and karaoke. For your own sanity I won't go into details, but let's just say...it was interesting, and I blame the snow.

Some interesting things I did while I was sick (the interesting part...that's sarcasm)

I have been out of the loop recently as I have been in bed, alone, bored out of my mind, and feeling worse then ever.

So in my fevered haze, I decided to do some not smart things while I was ill, and I thought by sharing them, maybe I could a. feel better about it, and b. make sure they are not repeated.

1. Watched "Nights in Rodanthe"...I was sick, in bed, delusional, and all I could think was a. why did James Franko do that movie? and, b. WHAT A HUGE WASTE OF TIME, I COULD HAVE BEEN LYING IN MY BED LOOKING AT MY CEILING!

2. Online ebay...the only thing worse then sick ebay-ing is drunk ebay-ing (*note entire Love Comes Softly series was NOT a mistake in the long run).

3. Washed my sheets. I have one set of sheets, and washing them, while you are supposed to be in bed...yeah.

4. Washed my toilet with bleach before I was done with the puking part of my illness. Used up all the bleach...kept puking.

5. Watched the entire season of "The Secret Lives of Women"...and had dreams of becoming a secret body builder with an obsession for tattoos that can not be seen. (Luckily those dreams went away with the fever).

6. Over filed my nails...almost to the point of becoming bloody stumps (not quite).

7. Tried to check my work email, only to respond "yes" to a meeting in Helsinki, that was on the very same day.

All in all, I think I was really productive. And by productive I mean, I think I need to forget that those three days ever happened.

Seven Legged Spider Revisited

So, remember the post where they guy offered his drawing of a seven legged spider for his $200 something bill? ... well, that drawing is being sold on ebay.

For $10,000.


HERE's the link to the auction if we have any interested buyers.

What's really going to happen once Obama takes office

Here, American's fears about Obama, and what is really going to happen once he takes office in January come true...

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How do we know the economic crisis is here?

A man drew a spider on this bill for over $200 - hoping his artistic talent was enough to settle the score...I'm totally trying this on my next credit card bill.

Bored at work?!

Not anymore!

Below is a "puppy cam" it streams live video of six adorable puppies twenty four hours a day, seven days a week.

Olbermann's "Special Comment" on Prop 8

BABY UPDATE!

Sorry I have been MIA recently, however my little sister came to visit me two weekends ago, then last week was Eurodad’s General Assembly, so things were a bit hectic at work, and then this past weekend, my Aunt, Uncle and Grandmother came over to see me (yay!). So I have been a bit busy, but I think things seem to be settling down.

Ok, so some people (Sarah/Jane…) have been wondering about my roommate's (supposed) baby. To update you on what is going on with the “baby situation”, a week or so after the previous post, my housemate who lives on the ground floor from Canada (who thus speaks French) was having dinner with me in my kitchen and struck up a conversation with the roommate. They were talking and talking, and it suddenly came out that I thought I kept hearing a baby (and seeing baby cloths on our drying rack etc.), she laughed and explained that it was her SISTER’s baby. Her sister was away for two weeks and she was watching it.

OK, so either she’s a liar or the best sister ever. Because I don’t know about you, but if either of my sisters have a child, and I’m sure at one point they both will, I will be more than happy to have the kid for the afternoon, maybe even for the night, but I will most certainly NOT be looking after that child for two weeks while the mother peaces out. I mean, what kind of MOTHER leaves her baby, who can’t be older than 20 months, for two weeks with her 22 year old sister who is a STUDENT?

So the baby is now only around some mornings, and the other day I even saw the dad drop it off, he looked quite young as well and looked as if he was going to work. I just hope that, as it seems as though my roommate watches this baby a few times a week, she is getting some compensation other than family appreciation for her work.