finally found the best candy at work.

it's chocolate. it's peppermint. it's delicious!

never ever leaving this job...

because this is what happens when you ask your friends in the warehouse to send you just 3 books.

dog halloween.

are you one of those people who insist on dressing their dog up for halloween? (of course, my parents are taking mimi to this year's dog costume dog parade at the chicago botanic gardens...) but whether you are a costumed-dog lover or hater, you will definitely love this nymag gallery of hilarious dog costumes (and accompanying captions). i guarantee it.

your brain esplode.

with most things lost, you really need to strain your brain to understand just what (and when) the hell is going on. here's another doozy, mostly because it is so far back in lost-time, you may have already forgotten this encounter.

check out this recent excellent zap2it article that ponders the mystery of how did ben (formerly know as henry gale, from minnesota) get into rousseau's net?

also, how is everyone feeling about the recent developments about lost, season 6? a few episodes in january, and then a hiatus for the winter olympics. as much as i love the olympics, i'm pretty sure i could spare it this year for uninterrupted lost viewing.

because...i'm awesome.

my work is ridiculous.

first off, there is a life-size cutout of this in our lobby.

maybe you need an excerpt, if this picture is not enough?

There are many reasons why you might be reading this sentence. You're obviously curious about me, or you wouldn't even be holding this book. That's cool with me, I'm happy about that, Mr. or Mrs. Whoever You Are. If there's one thing I've learned in my life, it's that curiosity might kill cats, but it doesn't kill people. Unless you're curious about doing things like bungee jumping high on crack to see if you really need that harness, curiosity will not kill you! I tell you what will kill you—people will. We've got a long way to go to change that around, but I hope we do. For now, I can say this and I know it's true: Curiosity makes you smarter. Don't fight it! Learn to learn, learn to ask questions. Clearly, you've got questions about me. In this book you'll find some answers.

there's a new mug in town.

or, on my desk. go blue!
and thanks to the sister for a terrific weekend.

hot dog.

just not the same.

have you heard about this new version of the classic board game clue? this one is called clue: secrets and spies. the cool part of it is that it uses "text-messaging technology" (really advanced stuff). you text hasbro at the beginning of the game and throughout, they text you with "spy clues" and presumably stuff to help you along in the game. it all sounds cool but then again, it's just a board game, not the matrix. once colonel mustard is out of the billard room and loses his rope, it's just not fun anymore.

krap kids.

just saw this ad posted on fb for kiddie kandids. my question is: who gets halloween portrait pictures taken of their kids? though i guess if you were going to do it, you might want to take part in this deal (buy 3, get 3 free). just enough for home, office, car, grandma 1, grandma 2 and your bffae!

fyi....

no, i'm not dead. work has simply completely consumed me. and if anyone at my company wants salary increases this year, i better keep at it.

just wanted to let people know that i recently discovered that hulu now has all episodes of all five seasons of lost (ok fine, all aside from the second half of season five - but that is coming soon!). and you better catch up on your lost, because you know come january, that's all i'll be blabbing about (and you'll want to be in the know).

eek!

does this scare the pants off of anyone else???

for real....?

so we ordered in last night (too much to talk about with all the excitement going on - mazal tov L & A!!!). here was the receipt that came with our food (personal info concealed to protect precious roommates):

notice anything odd? i'm not sure if they were messing with us, someone got lazy, or this is unfortunately someone's real name (i really hope not).

dum-b.

even though they reportedly made thousands per episode on jon & kate, this is what happens when you live well beyond your means.

note to the gosselins: maybe try cutting back on your number of houses, kids, crazy parties, hair-do appointments, stupid clothes and bickering? just an idea. then you won't have to get a job at mcdonald's (as kate apparently claimed she'd have to do to pay their bills).

it's october...

and that means candy bowl at my desk!!!