tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187742152009-10-13T21:50:03.000-04:00(Over 25% of human genes are the same as a banana. Get over yourself.)Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.comBlogger273125http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/fb_pwrd.giftag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-43466617977118551422009-07-23T07:37:00.006-04:002009-07-23T08:28:22.209-04:00

HA - psyche! But in response to Fraulein N's comment on my last update, I wanted to remind y'all: no kids for me, thank you very much! Not now, not 5 years from now, not ever. (And please don't say, "Oh, you'll change your mind" or I'll scream! I'm nearly 30 years old - I think I know what I want at this point!) Mr. Banana and I get to babysit for our friends' kids occasionally and that's quite

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Well, hello there! Thanks for stopping by this barren wasteland of a blog! Look at me - I'm actually writing! It's only been six months, so not too bad considering the length my prior hiatus...Why am I updating now? Because I'm bored at work! It's Friday. My boss isn't in the office. And I have nothing left to plan. So here I sit! Lucky you. (*snort*)What's new with me: a lot. Especially lately -

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Every day, the Washington Post's free commuter newspaper asks a poll question. Last week, they asked about using gift cards -- and my response and comment were published in the paper today!

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There's nothing to inspire a blog post quite like traveling on the day before Thanksgiving.I left home yesterday morning for the painful trek to BWI airport. Just had to take a bus to a train to another train to another bus, then get on a plane, and finally get picked up at the airport in upstate NY by my father. Total flight time: 56 minutes. Total travel time: 5-1/2 hours.So I'm wondering: Does

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After a bit of online research during my lunch break on Friday, I found a really cool place to get married in Virginia.Their site rental fee seemed reasonable.I got very excited.And then I did something very stupid: I asked for more pricing information from the event planning company that works with that venue.All of my dreams were promptly crushed.Clearly, I'm completely naïve about how much

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And yes we did!Oh man am I happy today.Thank you to slightly more than half of America for showing up to vote yesterday! Hope you didn't have to wait in line for too long. We had gone to see The Who in concert on Monday night so I took yesterday off so that I could sleep in. (I've got a buttload of sick leave saved up so I figured, why not?) We went to vote at 2:30 pm and were in and out in less

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-46502677222962671742008-10-30T18:51:00.006-04:002008-10-31T15:15:30.350-04:00

I can't post anything political on my blog from my work computer because I work for the government. I can't even comment on people's blogs in any way that would be seen as favoring one candidate or another.Granted, I'm certainly not in a position where anyone would see that there's a conflict of interest or anything (like those folks that are in presidentially appointed positions). But it's at

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Ever have one of those days where you put on an outfit, leave the house, and think you've done a decent job dressing yourself... but then you get to work, visit the bathroom, see yourself in the mirror and say, "Oooh...this dressing in the dark thing is clearly not working out for me."(But it's saving me pennies in energy savings per year! Pennies! With which I can buy some Fannie Mae stock or

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-63446124682503892872008-10-20T12:07:00.001-04:002008-10-20T12:13:00.679-04:00

One of my favorite bloggers is Teacher Lady. She writes very well, is very funny, and has something very rare in common with me…Neither of us wants to have kids.This weekend she wrote about this very topic – specifically about the things people say to her (so rude!) when she tells them she doesn’t want to procreate. It really hit home for me, so I thought I’d share my feelings on the matter

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Last night I went to my friend Sara's house to see her before she leaves on a 3-weeklong trip for work. Another friend joined us and together, we watched the last presidential debate after chowing down on some very tasty pizza.You may be aware that pizza is not on the USDA's master list of Healthy Foods (if you have heard otherwise, please tell me immediately because I'm trying to figure out what

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While on our trip, we started a list of Positives and Negatives to remember. This got me thinking about writing on this site and I quickly realized that following Janet's brilliant format over at Love is Blonde of "Loves" and "Hates" would be a great way to summarize our trip without boring you to death about every little detail of the past 3 weeks. Okay, so, ready? Here we go.Love: all the food

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I'm baaaaaaaaack!Um, did you know that three weeks is a really freakin' long time when you're away from the comforts of home? Yeah, turns out it is. I would've never ever guessed that I would utter the words "The vacation was too long" but now I'm guilty as charged. Don't get me wrong, we had a nice time. But by the time we stepped foot on the cruise ship - 2 weeks into the trip - I said to FM, "

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Quickly posting from Göttingen, Germany to give a shout out to Teacher Lady...In the airport on the way out of the U.S., the first time I went into the restroom, I heard a lady talking on her cell phone in the bathroom stall AND another lady didn't use soap when 'washing' her hands.The second time I stopped into the restroom (we got there early and were there for about 2.5 hours before take off),

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-57614868129502892102008-09-19T08:13:00.002-04:002008-09-19T08:55:20.163-04:00

After doing a Google search on "house sitting pets" I found some folks to take care of our dogs, for free.I know - sounds sketchy, right? Well, there's a site where people can register to be house sitters, and other people can register who are in need of house sitters. It was free for me to register, post my ad, and get responses from interested parties. You email back and forth with folks

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We leave on Friday for our Magnificent European Adventure Trip, or MEAT as I think I will start calling it.MEAT involves 5 days visiting my fiancé’s relatives in Germany (his parents will be there, too), then visiting my relatives in Germany for 5 days (my mom will be there, too), and then heading off (just the two of us) to a country that neither of us have ever been to before: Greece. We will

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On Friday, I had a hair appointment during my lunch break. I informed my boss that I would probably be gone longer than the 60 minutes I'm allotted for my break but that I'd stay late at the end of the day. He said no problem.So at the end of the day, I delivered on my promise. I stayed an extra 30 minutes like a good, honest little worker bee, even though it was Friday and the office was the

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-79009540166129526282008-09-10T14:41:00.007-04:002008-09-10T15:46:02.662-04:00

This afternoon I did some shoe shopping online. I was looking for a cute, comfortable walking shoe - one that doesn't look like your typical American exercise sneaker - for our trip to Europe.In 2006, I bought a pair of Keens for our trip to Colorado and because I didn't break them in properly, I ended up with blisters on the back of my heels. Other pairs of Keens reported similar "problems" so I

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As a child of divorced parents (who have since been remarried and again divorced, and in my dad’s case remarried yet again), I have never been a romantic when it comes to weddings. I honestly didn’t care if I got married or not. Years into my relationship with FM, I even bought a book called Unmarried to Each Other to deal with the defensive feelings I was started to accumulate. I was tired of

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-21222439031315548592008-09-05T11:04:00.001-04:002008-09-05T11:43:23.524-04:00

As I’m forced to wake up at 5:30 each weekday morning, I’m never awake late enough to watch The Daily Show at 11 pm. Thankfully though, Comedy Central airs reruns of each episode on the following day at 8 pm and I try to catch as many of those as my schedule allows.The episode that I watched last night (which originally aired on Wednesday, September 3) was one of the best Daily Shows I’ve ever

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-44523179240739518252008-09-03T20:03:00.000-04:002008-09-03T21:04:47.969-04:00

I have been volunteering with a local animal rescue group for the past 4 years. I love animals. Dogs, especially. Cats? They can go to hell. Well, not really, but I'm allergic to them, so if the cats could just stay in the other room that would be great, thanks.I also love The Dog Whisperer. I think Cesar Millan is amazing. The people who run "my" shelter don't love him because he yanks on the

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As witnessed by this photo: I'm thinking of running for Senate next term. Do I have your support? TATER 2010!And this one (as I start to write this blog post): Someone has to edit this crazy lady's writing. The pay ain't too bad: 1 cookie and 2 belly rubs per hour. I know this daschund who makes twice that much, but he's been at this for 3 years and I know I gotta work my way up the ladder. If

Liberal Bananahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16756516267959299264noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18774215.post-50552073544162854062008-08-25T08:37:00.002-04:002008-08-25T11:21:49.696-04:00

While catching up on my favorite blogs this morning (over my first soy latte - so far so good!), I thought "Ooh, I want to write about _____ today!"Then I read another site and said "Oh, or I could write about _____ today!"And after this happened for the third time, I thought "Aw heck. I'm just gonna write about all of it."So, ready for some compete and utter randomness? Here we go.1.) Inspired

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Today both Holly over at Nothing but Bonfires AND Janet at Love is Blonde have mentioned Starbucks in their posts, and I thought I'd follow the trend. Last month, I took the bus to NYC with some girlfriends to see one of our friends compete in a triathlon (a word that I was apparently spelling wrong until the week of our trip when I Googled "NYC triathalon" and the smart little Googlymonster said

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Alright, I'm officially back to blogging. I just need a little (okay, a lot) of time off.It's so great to hear from you guys again!!!So...Boyfriend, uh I mean FiancéMan, proposed to me on Monday. It was completely unexpected. We've been together for 5-1/2 years and had talked about it before. It went something like this:"Yeah, what's the point?""I know, it's expensive and it's really just a show

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