Musings of a Fat Chick

My Hanukkah Bush

Shannon — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 19:47:57 +0000

Sorry for the light posting lately, I’ve been swamped with holiday preparations. Like this: This is my Hanukkah Bush. I bought the tree from Borders during the after-after-after-please-buy-this-crap-95% off sale, which means they basically paid me to buy this green tinsel tree. I brought it into work, to cheer my office up doncha know, and decorated [...]

Happy Thanksgiving, Intarweebs!

Shannon — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:41:33 +0000

Happy Thanksgiving!

More eye candy

Shannon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:55:32 +0000

Behold, the pink:

Shameless self-promotion

Shannon — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:41:56 +0000

I started an Etsy shop! It’s called Student Loans Suck, and it’s under my username Shansterbaby. I have tons of stitch markers to put up there, but for now, I give you this bit of eye candy: They are made with Fimo clay and that purple bead? That is an amethyst bead I purchased in a [...]

File this under “SKIP THAT COUPON”

Shannon — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 08:32:20 +0000

I don’t even know what to say. I fear it may be a generational thing.

Proof I’ve got too much time on my hands

Shannon — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:06:03 +0000

I was reading this and saw this: And I was all OMG, I’ve always wanted to do that. Not the Keynes thing (not too into economic theory), but the FBI thing. Because at one time I wrote a huge long paper on the Weather Underground, and part of my research required me to purchase things online [...]

Time to update the algorithm

Shannon — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:15:16 +0000

I am quite the googler. As a researcher, it’s part of my job, you know? I have to google stuff, I get paid to google stuff. And all this googling gives me a unique perspective on how search results have changed – degraded, actually – over time. Most of the problem stems from Web 2.0 [...]

DISASTER!

Shannon — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:22:25 +0000

So. I was all excited about my Amish Friendship Bread Starter, you know? Like All. Kinds. Of. Excited. I figured out the perfect bowl for it, my favorite bowl, actually: A gorgeous glass bowl that was part of a set I bought for gingerbread house making years ago. And then I discovered the perfect way to [...]

Back to square one

Shannon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:19:16 +0000

Several months ago, I posted this question to the intertubes: Would it be inhumane to spray Hooghly when she jumps on the table and countertops? I had a water gun, which I didn’t use because it was too intense. After trial and error, I purchased what I thought was the perfect solution: A little travel [...]

A big white blob is sitting on my counter

Shannon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:32:44 +0000

Can you guess what this is? I’ll give you a hint: It’s all wrapped up (with holes cut into the top) so that my cats won’t get to it. Stumped? Ok, here’s another hint: They really, really want to eat it, which I think is gross. Still confused? Ok, here’s a picture of what’s inside: It’s Amish Friendship [...]