Allegra Rivett Sloman's blog

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My philosophical buddy Avinash called and reminded me to be rational – it was a lovely conversation.  I met him while I was running the Simplicity Meetup group last year. Katie has a job!!!! She picked it out, applied, interviewed her new boss as hard as he interviewed her, and I am very proud of [...]

From the European Union

Godawmighty, the techsphere’s buzzing like a rhythmically whacked wasp’s nest about the Iphone.  Boingboing.net went so gaga they might as well be writing advertising copy for Apple, and someguy over there said ‘THIS IS THE UI WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR’.  They are aware, of course, how breathless and ecstatic they sound so they posted under [...]

The weather has not been great this week. I light a candle for the people in my circle of acquaintance who are feeling suicidal right now.  Hang in there! At a friend’s urging, I watched What the Bleep do we Know.  It was in spots really entertaining, but I preferred Mindwalk, which covered a lot [...]

electile dysfunction?  Take INCARCEREX 

I learned last night that the closing date has been moved in two weeks; it’s now July 15th. Sandra sent me pics of a fine looking woman sitting in her living room in Syria with two tame hyenas.  Brr. Those things are loony dangerous!  It would be like taming bears, no sane person would do [...]

I read the first 21 pages of St Eve’s charge to the jury in the Black mail and wire fraud trial. What I read was really interesting, although being bird witted I ran out of steam and decided even if I hadn’t read the whole thing it was worth posting the link. Scroll down until [...]

Very interesting post on the differences between the corporate cultures.  Maybe I’M a kool-aid drinker, but it sure sounds like MS would be a better place to work.

Give Scary Clown a single beer, and look what happens to him.

I knew that Katie’s boyfriend’s court date was Monday, but apparently with the move (Katie and her mom in common-law are moving again) and the Grad and everything it slipped everybody’s mind, so nobody went to court.  To bring everybody up to date, Dax laid a beating on Katie for her birthday last year.  This [...]

erm…. Death by various foodstuffs and substances, arranged with surreal artistry and no blood. To go along with the disturbing theme, I have invented a snack – Cheerios and Roasted Red Pepper and Garlic Hummous.  Yum.

Then contemplate the dog’s face for a while.  All hail the beedogs! Eli’s expression perfectly matches how I feel right now. From the Be Careful What You Wish For Department, I had a tremendous urge to hear a Cars tune or two a couple of nights ago, and last night I got about an hour’s [...]

Went to Doug and Elly’s a bit early yesterday; they are currently making a documentary called a day in the life of Uncle Doug and Aunt Elly, and I wish they were making it for me because it sounds hilarious.  Essentially it’s an ADVERTISEMENT; they want some people to come and visit them so instead [...]

If fire was water….