Specifically, All Songs Considered.
I enjoy listening to your podcast. I find the blend of music you play to be very interesting, and it allows me to be exposed to new artists and new styles of music that otherwise wouldn’t be available to me. Many times, I have found myself thinking “I need to […]
Archive for the 'rants' Category
The school added a new shuttle route that stops very close to where I live. Basically, you can park at the ghetto mall, and catch the shuttle right from the parking lot. Sweet. We’ve been getting emails about it all damn summer.
The shuttle will run from 7:30am to 7pm, every 20 minutes. […]
or “ESC must hate all charities.”
Fuck you, Salvation army.
We had an almost perfectly good washer/dryer set and a slightly worn and wobbly armchair sitting in the breezeway, just BEGGING for a pickup.
I have tried to call your pickup line all week. Always, it is either busy, or I have been put on hold. […]
I believe your name is “clothing for a cure” or something like that. A cure for what? I don’t remember. But I doubt it’s a cure for sucking ass.
For the past month….MONTH! There has been a number on my caller ID. CURE CLOTHI it read, with a local area code. […]
taking a break from hyperventilation…
Published August 3rd, 2006 in rants and Religion!. 12 CommentsWhat could distract me from my bout of bridezillaness-ness?
ahem.
ATTENTION SUPER-CHRISTIANS!
THE MIDDLE EAST HAS BEEN A HOTBED OF WARS AND RELIGIOUS TURMOIL FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS.
THIS RECENT…ERR…RE-ACTIVATION OF VIOLENCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON DOES NOT MEAN IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD!!!
ALSO, THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS WAS WRITTEN IN THE CONTEXT OF EARLY CHRISTIAN OPRESSION BY […]
I spent much of this morning in the bathroom, wondering what the hell I ate this weekend that is so torturing my lower innards.
I got to the library on campus. I noticed 3 things:
1. it was colder than ann coulter’s snatch
2. some bitch had taken my usual spot
3. the wireless internet wasn’t working
I set […]
If hell were a house, it would be decorated with wallpaper. Flowered wallpaper. And it’s peeling.
Wall paper is absolutely the WORST invention ever. EVER! It is ALWAYS ugly, and, unless it is put up by a professional with great care, it ALWAYS shows seams. And even if , after a […]
get me out of the lab, please!!
Published July 20th, 2006 in rants, science! and friends. 5 CommentsWith one nice exception, this was just one of those days I really just should have stayed in bed.
It actually started last night on my drive home from the lab. Huh. That’s weird, this road is rarely backed up this much, this late…in the summer. Must be an accident, I shall turn […]
I am again at stress con level 14 lately - committee meeting next week.
This is good and bad and scary all at once. because:
1. I have to own up to being a dumbass about something I’ve been trying to get to work now for probably about a year. And finally realizing the problem…yeah. […]
Dear owner of that one SUV in the parking garage,
I hate you. Why? You have that stupid sign on the back of your vehicle. A printed out, LAMINATED white sign with black letters that says “BABY ABOARD.”
First off, no one’s had one of those “baby on board” suction stickers on their car […]
we are 99% done with laying the quarter round around the new flooring, finally. The rest will have to wait until we get the “transition” flooring pieces that separate the rooms (stupid flooring store was out of our color. stupid!).
Some people out there may be saying “ESC, it shouldn’t take TWO WHOLE DAYS […]
beating my muse to death with a thermocycler
Published July 6th, 2006 in rants, science! and on the teeveeee. 8 CommentsOK, I have a serious lack of interesting things to post about here. Because on a scale of 1 to 10, my stress level has reached about a 16.4. It’s hard to post something entertaining or thoughtful or dirty when I’m one dropped ependorf tube away from stabbing someone in the eye with […]
No one, and I mean NO ONE, wants to hear your crappy taste in music when they click on your site. It’s fucking annoying.
Stop it. Now.
I SAID NOW!
Thank you.
The WORST flight experience of my life was when I was 16 and was visiting my aunt in New York. My flight back home was immediately cancelled out of laguardia, so they bussed us to Newark (slogan: “Come enjoy the ass of america!”), and then proceeded to delay delay delay the flight out of […]
slimey yet satisfying???
Published June 13th, 2006 in rants, food, conversations and on the teeveeee. 9 CommentsOne of the post-docs in the lab is from Korea, and I am continuously horrified at some of the stuff she has professed to enjoy eating.
I thought maybe I could gross even HER out today.
ESC: Hey, so I was watching this show called “no reservations with anthony bourdain,” where he’s this cynical, alcoholic chef who […]
OK, you are a young professional athlete who find himself to be a superstar very early in his carreer.
In your professional life, you wear a helmet for safety.
so what the fuck now???? YOU ARE A MORON!
As is ANYONE who doesn’t wear a helmet on a motorcycle.
shit shit SHIT FUCKING SHIT!!!!!!
(you can see that “go […]
My first bridal shower (eeee!) is tomorrow. And I am STILL ringless.
Over 3 weeks ago, I turned my recently returned from resizing engagement ring back over to Kay jewelers so they could send it to the company who made it, so that they could take a mold of it and make sure that my […]
I’m sure you’re all just sick to death of my home improvement woes. I will switch the subject briefly.
I have become obsessed…OBSESSED! with these news shows that set up sting operations to catch online sexual predators. It is frighteningly fascinating. If you’ve been living in a hole, or your tv is permanently […]
not the best way to start a holiday weekend, but…
Published May 26th, 2006 in rants, links and Religion!. 7 CommentsHey, are you Republican?
Would you like to see exactly who you’re in league with?
Read this.
Are you still Republican? Because this article is talking about some scary shit. Death over life. Control over body and mind. This is where we’re going.
I used to read alot of Sherri S Tepper. Her books […]
Thank you for calling bank W, this is [whoever], how can I help you?
Yes, this is ESC, I have a problem with [huge long winded explanation of problem]
If your problem is with Company C, then you’ll have to call company C, we can’t really help you.
OK, but I can’t get ahold of company C, there […]
each not enough for a full post on their own
Published May 16th, 2006 in rants, daily, photos and friends. 11 CommentsDoesn’t anyone watch CSI: Miami? Anyone? I reeally want to sit and talk about last night. But no one here watches it. Stupid Grey’s Anatomy. But OMG! They killed off Horatio’s wife! Just when I thought he’d never be moody and brooding again! Fuckers!
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I read this and laughed my ass off.
HEY […]
I think Pat Robertson’s head just exploded.
Published May 9th, 2006 in rants, science! and Religion!. 11 CommentsLinked in BoingBoing, a very good story about the Vatican Astronomer.
my favorite bit:
“Religion needs science to keep it away from superstition and keep it close to reality, to protect it from creationism, which at the end of the day is a kind of paganism - it’s turning God into a nature god. And science needs […]
another winner of a day, though this time no one lectured me on my salt intake (I put extra salt on my dinner tonight, though. take THAT bitch!)
Found out that my bank is trying to kick me out of their upgraded 3rd party billpay service, because 3 years ago, the service paid a bill […]
boo to wordpress. you ate 3/4 of a post earlier today, and it was the difficult-to-write 3/4’s. however, it was kind of an “eh” post, so maybe you were doing me a favor. however, in the future, please let me know if you find my content boring or objectionable BEFORE you crap out on me, […]
Tonight Kev and I dined at Moe’s. Yes, it’s only glamourous nights out for us. First we looked at wedding bands, but that’s another blog.
Anyway, we ate at Moe’s, and before we left, I had to make a quick pit stop. The ladies room only had two stalls - regular and handicap. The regular was […]
The mole thing on my leg was bigger and deeper (unintended porn image!) than the one on my arm.
Which do you think hurts worse today?
dammit.
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Can she clean? She can clean out my kitchen, if she wants
Yesterday, I got a call to my cell phone I didn’t answer, because I didn’t recognize the number or even […]
Attention mother who sat next to us with her friend at the restaurant tonight.
Just because the outdoor eating area is surrounded by a fence, does NOT make it a giant playpen for your children. The running around like little savages thing was NOT amusing. And your pathetic attempts at disciplining them were laughable.
in bored voice, […]
Recently, I purchased a Target Brand product. A dental floss, actually. “Compare to Glide,” the package informed me. And sweet! It was a dollar cheaper.
Allow me to inform you that your product SUCKS. It is NOTHING like Glide. Your floss is thin, THREAD thin. And barely waxed. It does NOT “glide” through my teeth. It […]
Ha! well, I guess I should put up some kind of “welcome to my new and improved blog” post. Except that it’s pretty much the same content as before, so it’s not exacly new, and I haven’t really worked all the bugs out yet, so I wouldn’t call it “improved” yet.
My biggest struggle so far […]
Why didn’t I bring a book? Or my knitting? Or SOMETHING to show my absolute disdain for the waste of time that will occur in just a little while.
What is it? Lab safety training. REQUIRED lab safety training. For everyone, regardless of how long you’ve worked in a lab. […]
So I’ve failed to keep everyone up to date on how the diet is going.
miserable.
After that first initial burst of weight loss…the scale just sat there. Sometimes going up (eek!) then edging back down, but never going further down than that. After two weeks of no further loss, our instructor decided to move […]
yet somewhat ambiguous, as it is work related and I don’t want to get Dooced…
OH MY GOD, GET YOUR OWN DAMNED NAILCLIPPERS AND STOP ASKING TO BORROW MINE EVERY DAY! IT’S NOT LIKE YOU’RE EVEN CLIPPING ONE LITTLE HANGNAIL, YOU STAND BY MY DESK AND GIVE YOURSELF DAMNED MANICURE. IT’S DISGUSTING, AND I […]
I have become an old, cranky party pooper.
HOOORAY!
I got home last night a little after 9pm. Kev was nowhere to be found, and Sadie was REALLY happy to see me. Clingy, even.
The reason for the clingyness soon became clear. Our upstairs neighbor was having a party.
The upstairs unit had been empty for […]
I am addicted to the various “animal cop” type shows on Animal Planet. I am not sure why. Because nothing gives you that unsatisfying sucker punch to the diaphram quite like ANOTHER “the da office decided not to prosecute due to lack of evidence” story in which some dog was tortured to death with […]
IF YOU DECIDE TO NOT GIVE ME A BUDGET TO WORK WITH BEFORE SENDING ME OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS BY MYSELF TO FIND A RECEPTION SITE DO NOT GET ALL BITCHY AND SURPRISED AT ME WHEN THE NUMBER I COME BACK WITH DOES NOT FIT INTO YOUR MAGICAL “SECRET” BUDGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
but now I have a budget. […]
OK, I lied
Published January 13th, 2006 in rants, relationship/sex, misc, blogging and science!. 0 CommentsI lied in my comments in the last post. I did have some time to tweak around my template. of course, I SHOULD have used that time to knit. Or clean. But something like that just eats at me. TEMPLATE PROBLEMS! POOR, DEPRIVED READERS WHO CAN’T VIEW MY BLOG […]
Dammit.
Latest results aren’t at all what we thought they might be. Which could be fine, as it means I won’t have any more experiments to do and can just WRITE THIS SHIT UP ALREADY! Christ, this is MY OLD PROJECT! I REALLY didn’t want to have to do any more experiments on […]
So the ring has been selected and ordered! It will arrive by the 17th.
Yes, Kev described it to me.
No, I’m not sharing those details with you. You will just have to wait for pictures. Why? ’cause I’m mean like that, that’s why.
I am also super emotional. Good lord, the past […]
I didn’t knit at all today. Instead I made turkey soup* and some crab dip for dinner and then played Katamari until my thumbs got sore.
Is that a bad thing? I might be addicted. I think the King of the Universe is a bit of a tool, though.
*Holy crap, you saved your […]
Ugh. It’s monday and I’m cranky. Because it’s monday. At least it’s a short week!
Because I’m cranky, I shall present:
COMMERCIALS THAT IRRITATE ME
I post them here, because Kev is sick of me bitching about them at home.
#1. The metrosexual cavemen geico commerical.
God, I hate this one. When it was just a cavemen light guy off […]
