Mary's Ramble

I'd forgotten Cobra Commander ever wore a hood. In fact, I think I had put most of my G.I. Joe knowledge in deep archival storage until ...

Sad & hilarious all at once. I love the "reason" they marked for having him disqualified.

The Cable Connector Quiz Score: 100% (10 out of 10) I have to say I'm surprised I did this well (one or two I wasn't totally s...

I came across this earlier this week (via ITART ) and, having a 9-year-old myself, I found it very interesting: The decade according to 9...

Here's a neat little movie directed by Neil Gaiman, starring Bill Nighy and Amanda Palmer.

It's snowing...again. School called a snow day...again. I'm not going to post a Wednesday picture of snow...again. So here's som...

I had a different blog post planned today, but I'm feeling like a big slacker, so here ya go: Created by Oatmeal

Every now and then, I have a moment of brilliance, and, even more rarely, I act on it. I always struggle to come up with a few succinct New ...

I had a post written about 2009's accomplishments and 2010's goals, but in the end, I decided to keep it to myself. Instead, I'l...

Two very useful, easy-to-use posters: and

LilGirl has reached that age : she believes in Santa Claus, but is hearing from a lot of her friends that he doesn't exist. She argues l...

These were taken about 24 hours apart, yesterday and today. Hope you're having a Merry (warm, safe & dry) Christmas!

She was interviewed just before leaving Rapid City yesterday for being one of those silly people travelling in yesterday's weather:

I didn't have to hang any tinsel - nature did it for me today. :) (I'm so glad I got to stay home today and didn't have to driv...

I love this song, and the guys are so a-dor-a-bul!

This is why I use gift bags: