• I am Times New Roman

    The fantastic documentary Helvetica is going to air on PBS tomorrow night (check your local listings!). My friend Sandra and I actually traveled to The City on a weeknight(!) to see this film in the theater when it was first released back in 2007. It was definitely worth the drive. Apparently the television version isn’t full-length,…

  • Fairy!

    I have an 8 year old niece (Liza), who is really into fairies right now. Completely understandable. I was into fairies at that age, too. I believed they existed. I grew up on the north coast, and whenever my sister and I saw a mushroom ring, we just KNEW that fairies were afoot. There is…

  • Test Your Eyeballs

    Here is a fun little online test to see how well you can ‘eyeball’ things without actually measuring: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/ The lower your score the better. I got a 10.71 which probably isn’t that great. Can anyone else do better?

  • A Little Joke

    Shrek, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt were all having lunch together. Shrek said, “I have always thought that I’m the strongest man in the world, but how can I be sure.” Brad Pitt said, “I’m pretty sure I’m the sexiest man alive but I’ve never had it confirmed.” Angelina Jolie agreed. “I’m told I’m the…

  • All Growed Up

    Big changes in my life recently have made me realize that I’m no longer a kid. Sigh. On July 18th, Tory and I bought our first home. It was a very long and stressful process (we started looking in FEBRUARY!), but we’re very happy in our little house. After living there for a while, the…

  • Sweet Domains

    So Tory (my lovely fiancè) and I were celebrating our 2 year anniversary last night by having dinner at Bandera (which was delicious, by the way). On our way to the restaurant, we saw this. It got me to thinking…I wonder if the domain name ‘jesusisbored.com’ is taken? Unfortunately, it is, HOWEVER, jesusisbored.net is still…

  • Queen of Hats

    This is a momentous occasion…my first real blog post! Let me begin by introducing myself and telling you how I spent my summer vacation. My name is Erica, and I’ve been working at EMRL for almost exactly a year and a half now (time for another raise, Stephen!). My job “title” varies on a daily…

  • Like, whoa!

    I really hope bad things don’t come in threes, because if they do, it means I’m in for another car accident soon. Back in August I was in the first accident of my life (yes, really), and then on Wednesday I got into another one. I blame RT. You see, I intended on taking the…