Friday, April 29, 2005

Who Knew???

Who knew that there was a condiment museum online? That's right you can look over ketchup, mustard, lemon juice, BBQ sauce, salt, pepper, relish and loads of other goodies that help you personalize your noshing experience.



Now you know. Go forth and live your life to its fullest.

Thursday, April 28, 2005

I REALLY want these shoes!!!!

(Switching gears now.)

I saw them in NYC for $250.00, so this $229.00 isn't too bad, is it?

Okay, so I'm a nerd...

According to some nerd test I'm "mostly nerdy" at 48%.

Which really shouldn't surprise anyone that really knows me. I mean seriously. I met my husband in a chat room (I was shmoozing for a job, honestly). I'm married to a geek (all of his groomsmen mentioned this during their speeches). We entered our wedding reception to "The Throne Room" Star Wars - A New Hope theme song. AND I entertain my husband by playing D&D with him and his friends -- he created his own campaign world. CRAP...AND I just bid on a Yoda shirt on Ebay. It was funny! Looks like the little Yoda from Cartoon Network's "Clone Wars" animation series.

No matter how cool I think I am, I think I'm really doomed.

I have to start girling myself up, quick! Must go shopping at Sephora. Watch more "Everwood" and "Jack & Bobby." Can't talk to the IT guys anymore. Try out for cheerleading...

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Hazing

  1. To persecute or harass with meaningless, difficult, or humiliating tasks.
  2. To initiate, as into a college fraternity, by exacting humiliating performances from or playing rough practical jokes upon.

    (Source: Dictionary.com)

Stop hazing.

Friday, April 22, 2005

Do you feel loved?

One more sign of unabashed conservatism in Winona, Minnesota. I wonder if Principal Wondrasch and her faculty at Winona Senior High School would think differently of the "I (heart) My Vagina" pins if they saw "The Vagina Monologues?" I saw it several years ago when it was playing in Beverly Hills, and it was a very emotional and educational performance. And why didn't they suspend the students wearing shirts with the numerals 88 on it - representing the "H" in Hail Hitler - recently in commemoration for the evil man's birthday? I sense a double-standard in this school's administration.

(For information on the V-Day movement to stop violence against women and girls, click here.)

School Suspends 2 Over 'Vagina' Buttons
Friday, April 22, 2005 7:48 AM ET
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WINONA, Minn. - The off-Broadway hit "The Vagina Monologues" has gotten two high school students into trouble. The students were admonished for wearing buttons inspired by the show that say "I (heart) My Vagina."

American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has offered to help students fight any consequences from their actions. The trouble started last month after student Carrie Rethlefsen saw Eve Ensler's play about female sexuality and sexual violence against women. Rethlefsen and fellow student Emily Nixon soon began wearing the buttons.

"We can't really find out what is inappropriate about it," Rethlefsen, 18, told the Star Tribune of Minneapolis. "I don't think banning things like that is appropriate." As a show of support, more than 100 students have ordered T-shirts bearing "I (heart) My Vagina" for girls and "I Support Your Vagina" for boys. Principal Nancy Wondrasch said some in school find the buttons offensive.

"We support free speech," she said. "But when it does infringe on other people's rights and our school policies, then we need to take a look at that."





Thursday, April 21, 2005

"Why is the measure of love loss?"

This blog title, is one of my most favorite book quotes. It's from the book Written on the Body by author Jeanette Winterson. The plot is quite interesting and compelling as the main character tries to define, or measure, the love in their life. I say "their" purposely, because while reading the story you never know what the gender is of the main character. And that's all I'm going to say about the book, because I don't want to ruin it for you, dear reader, if you decide to get it.

The reason why I'm thinking about this book tonight, is that a conversation I had with a friend this evening has made me think of how I would feel if I have lost the one true love in my life - my husband. People all over the world are faced with daily - death, disappearance, leaving, divorce, etc...but I'm mostly referring to the latter. My friend may be facing an end to her 10-year relationship. This knowledge is still too new and fresh for her...it hardly seems real, yet.

I remember my first boyfriend, Paul. We dated for over a year - a pretty good timeframe considering that he was my first boyfriend and we were so young (I was 15 and he was 18). So yes, after doing the math you might have figured out that I was a Junior in H.S. when he went of to college. Like so many H.S.-College relationships, this one didn't last. Sadly, Paul broke up with me...and I was soo devastated. I remember feeling like my heart was ripped out of my chest...and now all that was left was this dark empty space. I can still feel where the golf-ball-sized lump that appeared in my throat when he told me. It took months to get over him. I never thought I would be able to replace him. My feelings for him grew ten-fold after he dumped me. Hence the whole "measure of love loss" thing.

OF COURSE I replaced him, with my husband who is 10 MM times more wonderful. ;)

The conversation with my friend definitely reminds me (I'm often reminded) how special the loves in my life are - family and friends, but most of all my husband. The old adage "You never know what you had until you've lost it."

That's it, I'm done pontificating for the evening.


If you want to learn more about Jeanette Winterson, visit her Web site here: www.jeanettewinterson.com

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

I guess I should take those pictures down

Latest News & Gossip - E! Online
Coco Arquette's Photo Flap Tue Apr 19, 7:46 PM ET


Courteney Cox Arquette and husband David are so mad, they could scream. Or, at the very least, sue someone.

The celeb duo are fuming over unauthorized pictures of 10-month-old daughter Coco's Apr. 9 christening that have been widely circulated over the Internet via email.
To make matters worse, the original and oft-forwarded email containing the illicit pics appeared to be sent by none other than Coco's godmother and Cox Arquette's Friends confidante, Jennifer Aniston.

Sent Friday, the fast-spreading email reportedly had a subject line of "FW: Friends in town" and contained pictures of Aniston, Cox Arquette, Arquette, baby Coco and various other friends and family members. The text read: "Jeff, Here are some pic's [sic] of that Christening that I went to, that I was telling you about..."

Aniston's rep has denied the email originated with the star and claims that someone posing as Aniston sent out the pictures using a spoofed email address.

The Arquettes, understandably distraught by the distribution of Coco's image in cyberspace, threatened to sue anyone who dared to publish the photos.

[Read the rest of the story here.]

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

What happened to Kirk Cameron???

My friend Sarah told me about this Web site last weekend, it's horrific: www.wayofthemaster.com

Be sure to answer "No" to the question, "Are you a Christian?" when you first launch the Flash demo. It's quite interesting and appalling. The condemning-tone seems very un-Christian. If anything, I would think that this "quiz" would turn people away rather than bring people into the fold. Basic advertising/marketing 101 says that scare tactics aren't really effective - it's insulting to the consumer.

Monday, April 18, 2005

Jennifer Aniston Has One Less Friend After This Got Out

Supposedly, Jennifer Aniston sent an e-mail with pictures to her friend Jeff Prasertlum...and Jeff forwarded it on to friends. Like the old shampoo commercial, "...and so on, and so on, and so on... ."

Here's a copy of all of the e-mail forwards that ended up in my hands (lucky for all of the people on the list that I went in by hand to delete everyone's e-mail addresses). For the original effect, read this blog posting from the bottom-on-up:


-----Original Message-----
From: Graham, Kathryn
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:55 PM
To: Graham, Kathryn
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom


-----Original Message-----
From: Debra Cullen
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:40 PM
To: Debra Cullen
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Coco’s christening

-----Original Message-----
From: jwada
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 3:30 PM
To: Debra Cullen
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Oh my god, this is great!!!!

------ Forwarded Message ------
From: Marni Rothstein
Mon, 18 Apr 2005 15:28:13 -0400
To: rluebke, jwada, hmerry
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

thought u girls would like this.............

From: Sara Friedman
To: "Amy Schneidkraut (E-mail)", "Brooke Sirota (E-mail)", "Cassie Gabrielson (E-mail)", "Danna Rosenberg (E-mail)", "Jamie Wenger (E-mail)", "Jeff Schaeffer (E-mail)", "Jill Brotman (E-mail)", "Kristen Kourakos (E-mail)" , "Lauren Engel (E-mail)", "Lauren Hendricks (E-mail)", "Marisa Ostheimer (E-mail)", "Marni Rothstein (E-mail)", "Michelle Zigler (E-mail)", "Rachel Bressler (E-mail)", "Rachel Rosenblum (E-mail)", "Rachel Shustak (E-mail)", "Stefanie Browdy (E-mail)"
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 14:35:42 -0400

Check out who sent this email initially...all the way down at the bottom - then look at the pics attached.. SARA FRIEDMAN

-----Original Message-----
From: Bourne, Sari (US)
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 2:30 PM
To: Allison Emmet; Brooke Lazerson (Brooke Lazerson); Melissa Davis; drlevy78 Cc: Alissa.Greenhaus; Sara Friedman; Carly Friedman (aol) (Carly Friedman (aol)); Andy Bourne
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Am I crazy for thinking this might be legit?

Check out the attachments...

-----Original Message-----
From: Kristin Bentz
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 1:43 PM
To: cruzhoo
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Check it!
Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.- BETTE MIDLER

Kristin Bentz
KINNEY + KINSELLA

-----Original Message-----
From: Laurel Saville
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:46 PM
To: 'Kristin Bentz'; 'Alana Cohen'
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Soo weird, my friend always gets these random celeb e-mails

Laurel Saville
Kinney+Kinsella

-----Original Message-----
From: Torchen, Amy
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:15 PM
To: Womack, Amy (MBFFD cs); Allyson Palmeri; Couch, Micaela; Jackie.Mueller@rsmi.com; Meade, Virginia; Kelly Suchowiecki (E-mail); cait3481; Alysia Bruno (E-mail); Nosilla327; KayJay228; harkie47; lomic81; amelia.lindberg; Shannon, Erica
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

WOAH this is CRAAAAZY!!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Moore, Danielle
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:12 PM
To: Torchen, Amy
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

-----Original Message-----
From: Mullahy, Danielle
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 12:05 PM
To: Gina Owens; 'Lauren Stever'; 'Courtney R. Trzaska'; 'katie halleron'; 'Meaghan McNamara'; 'Klampfer, Scott'; Moore, Danielle; Karla; 'FRED WINDHEIM III'; 'Rose, Charles'
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Wow!

-----Original Message-----
From: Way, Ashley
Sent: April 18, 2005 12:02 PM
To: Gormley, Melissa; Schultz, Elizabeth; Mullahy, Danielle
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Check this out!!! Read below who originally sent it....

-----Original Message-----
From: Abramovitz, Rachel
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:58 AM
To: Meredith Miller; arice; 'Carolyn Bedrosian'; jnodelman; 'Elizabeth Watson'; Way, Ashley; 'Ryan Murphy'
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

What???!!

-----Original Message-----
From: Stephanie Lasker
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:55 AM
To: Jamie Sand-Goldberger; Juliana Schure; Abramovitz, Rachel
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

*********************************************
Stephanie Lasker
SeamlessWeb Professional Solutions, Inc.
"The Smart Way To Eat at Work"
COMING SOON SEAMLESSWEB AT HOME
600+ Manhattan restaurants 1 place to order **********************************************

-----Original Message-----
From: Roth, Rachel
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:49 AM
To: EricaJLerner; Carrie Burstein; ksegall; Stephanie Lasker; Danielle Stapen
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

-----Original Message-----
From: Mendelsohn, Jamie
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:46 AM
To: Goodman, Ira; Roth, Rachel
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

-----Original Message-----
From: Van Cleave, Amalie
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:44 AM
To: Mendelsohn, Jamie; gmneff
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

-----Original Message-----
From: Corcoran, Christina
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:40 AM
To: Krenzer, Colleen; Van Cleave, Amalie; Miglionico, Kerri; Godwin, Anne
Subject: FW: Look who started the email at the bottom

Funny to me how quickly these are getting around.

-----Original Message-----
From: Laura Roche
Sent: Monday, April 18, 2005 11:31 AM
To: SStoller; nathalie.cohen; Salas, Andrea; Roche, Elizabeth (GMI Equity OTC Sales/Trading); Paragallo, Jennifer; erika.easter, Corcoran, Christina
Subject: Look who started the email at the bottom

Some pics from Courtney cox's christening..

--- Forwarded message from Julie Schaul ---

-----Original Message-----
From: Jaime Yandolino
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:36 PM
Subject: FW: Friends... LOOK WHO STARTED THIS!

-----Original Message-----
From: Marisa Ellish
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:15 PM
To:
Subject: FW: Friends...

-----Original Message-----
From: dana
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:01 PM
To: Marisa Ellish; Lauren Lessmann; Lauren Rosenthal; Lauren Stern; Leslie Press; amy stern; Rachel Miron
Subject: Friends... Look who started this...

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dana Schuessler
Date: Apr 15, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Fwd: FW: Friends in town To: dschuess From: "Lucks, Cari"
TO: Amy (E-mail), Dana Schuessler (E-mail) , Deny Soto (E-mail), Gabby Strauss, Heather Kirsch (E-mail), Jill Winegar (E-mail) , Katie O'Shea (E-mail), Mae Gilberg (E-mail), Melissa Rosenberg (E-mail), Matthew Kelley (E-mail), Naomi Finkelstein (E-mail), Nicole Decario (E-mail), Sara Colman (E-mail), pamela1021, jmelz1, luckyml, hillary CC:


-----Original Message-----
From: Zobel, Lauren
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:11 PM
To: 'sspitzer' Cc: Lucks, Cari
Subject: FW: Friends in town

Check it out...

-----Original Message-----
From: Courtney Stein
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 2:07 PM
To: danielle.rosen; heather.gershen; lauren.hertz; lcohen;megan_linsey; cohenmj; meredithvmiller; Zobel, Lauren
Subject: Friends in town

just a MODERATE invasion of privacy...


----Original Message Follows----
From: Michael.Elgort
To: courtneybstein
Subject: Fw: Friends in town
Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2005 14:00:11 -0400

some random celebreality pics, more up your alley

Michael E. Elgort
Ernst & Young LLP 5 Times Square New York,

----- Forwarded by Michael E. Elgort/Assurance/AABS/EYLLP/US on 04/15/2005 02:00 PM -----

From: Rich Pashkin/FS2/TAX/EYLLP/US
04/15/2005 01:51 PM
To: Joshua O. Perles/Connecticut/TAX/EYLLP/ Coleen Blakely/Southeast/TAX/EYLLP/, Michael E. Elgort/Assurance/AABS/EYLLP/, Ashley B. Cousins/FS2/TAX/EYLLP/, Christopher M. Rivera/PFC/TAX/EYLLP/, Rebecca L. DiGangi/Cons/TAX/EYLLP/, Linda Helble/Cons/TAX/EYLLP/, sian.rayson@ey.com cc
Subject Fw: Friends in town

----- Forwarded by Rich Pashkin/FS2/TAX/EYLLP/US on 04/15/2005 01:50 PM

----- From: "Prasertlum, Jeff" 04/15/2005 01:11 PM -----

To: "Paul Darrow (E-mail)", "Dean Meyers (E-mail)", "Rich Pashkin (E-mail)"
Subject FW: Friends in town

check it.


-----Original Message-----
From: Jennifer Aniston
Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 12:32 PM
To: Prasertlum, Jeff
Subject: FW: Friends in town

Jeff, Here are some pic's of that Christening that I went to, that I was telling you about... _____________________________________________


And last but not least my bloggy-friends...here are the pictures that were attached to Jennifer's e-mail:

Sorry I removed the pictures!!!!!!!