December 12th, 2011 → 6:32 am
“I were better to be eaten to death with a rust than to be scoured to nothing with perpetual motion.” – Henry IV, Part II
This weekend my husband sat on the couch doing nothing, while I ran around the house baking, cleaning, and holiday decorating. By Sunday afternoon it got on my nerves and we had one of our occasional spats about his couch potato tendencies. But in the end, who really is right? Was it really necessary for me to bake my ass off just to give the neighbors some holiday cookies? Sometimes I wish I could be more of a couch potato, but I actually fear I just don’t have it in me.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
December 8th, 2011 → 7:43 am
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
I had a really good week last week (if you remember my happy online shopping and holiday planning), and then this week went to pot. There was a major scare at my child’s day care, and then my husband had an accident… Life just goes up, and then down, doesn’t it? Good and ill together. Here’s looking forward to the next up already…
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
December 2nd, 2011 → 6:20 am
“Double, double toil and trouble; fire burn and cauldron bubble.” – Macbeth
This is one of my favorite Shakespeare quotes, that I used to recite even when I was a kid (I probably couldn’t stay awake past the first act when I was younger to remember anymore 😉 ). Right now I feel like it applies to the volatility in the stock market. Down 2% one day, up 4% another! It didn’t used to be quite this volatile! And I know there are reasons for it, like EU announcements and government jobs reports, but it still feels crazy sometimes, like a hot bubbling cauldron…
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money
November 30th, 2011 → 7:14 am
“Now I am in a holiday humor.” – As You Like It
As of yesterday my neighbors have put up all their Christmas lights, I did engage in a little Monday (not to mention Tuesday) cyber shopping these past few days, and I have already ordered my Christmas ham (I know, I’m Jewish, but..). I appear to have caught the holiday spirit early this year – as it is still only November!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
November 28th, 2011 → 6:49 am
“Knock, knock, knock. Who’s there, i’th’ name of Belzebub?” – Macbeth
I’m back! In the name of Beelzebub or something else (something better, I hope). I had an excellent conference and an even better vacation this past week. I hope everyone else enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday as well. I can’t wait to start writing more posts, so stay tuned!
Filed under: Blog & Other & Self/My Life
November 18th, 2011 → 6:50 am
“Our separation so abides and flies
That thou residing here goes yet with me,
And I hence fleeing here remain with thee.” – Antony and Cleopatra
I’m going to have to take a break from the blog for the next week. First I’m travelling for work, then it is Thanksgiving. I hope everyone out there has a happy and fulfilling Thanksgiving holiday! I’ll be away from the blog, but I’m sure still thinking about it…
November 16th, 2011 → 5:55 am
“You two are book-men.” – Love’s Labor’s Lost
One of my favorite novelists, Ann Patchett, and a friend of hers, Karen Hayes, have apparently decided to open a bookstore in Nashville simply because no one else will. “I have no interest in retail; I have no interest in opening a bookstore. But I also have no interest in living in a city without a bookstore,” Ms. Patchett is quoted as saying. That’s a real dedication to books, I’ll say!
Filed under: Blog & Literature/Theatre/Art
November 14th, 2011 → 6:40 am
“The thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to!” – Hamlet
My husband’s knee has been hurting him lately. This weekend when we went out to dinner he limped a bit on the walk to the restaurant. As it happens, I still haven’t fully recovered from my surgery back in April (!) so I limp sometimes too. The two of us making our crabbed walk to the restaurant from the back part of the dark parking lot was hilarious, frankly, and could have made anyone who saw us think it was still Halloween.
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
November 12th, 2011 → 8:40 am
“…they say bairns are blessings.” – All’s Well That Ends Well
I’m late writing on the blog this morning because my baby’s been a real handful! He still hasn’t gotten used to the time change so he’s been going to bed early, waking up even earlier, and demanding to be hugged, kissed, and fed before 7am! Ah!
Filed under: Blog & Self/My Life
November 6th, 2011 → 5:13 am
“All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told;
Many a man his life hath sold
But my outside to behold.” – The Merchant of Venice
This quote, that not all that glitters is really gold, applies both to Jon Corzine and his failed firm, MF Global. Corzine, we now know, was certainly not the talented man he seemed – he simply took big risks and stole other people’s money. And MF Global was not a safe place to park your retirement funds, despite what laws and regulations were around to protect it. I feel as though you can’t trust anyone and nothing is what it seems right now…it’s an awful feeling.
Filed under: Blog & Economics/Money & Stupid/Evil People