Author Archives: Rebecca

Migrations, indeed

Wonder what the planet is up to these days? From the crack image editing team at CNN.com come the following helpful visual aids…

This is taken from the article titled Study: Global warming migrations and seems to depict the overheated earth moving to some more temperate region of space, complete with gigantic icebergs.

And this is taken from the article titled College campuses going green, but might be better titled BPOC (Big Planet on Campus). It’s not clear whether Earth is actually attending school or whether it’s just hanging about in the hopes of picking up cute co-eds at the next fraternity party.

I’m baaaaaack…

I just flew in from Knoxville last night (and boy, are my arms tired), after spending a lovely Christmas week with the in-laws. Lots of pie, lots of loot, lots of fun.

Now I’m back at work, trying to remember what it is I do for a living.

It’s clear to me that I’m not going to be able to get anything of substance done until I’ve had a chance to catch up on Dave Barry’s column, browse the news headlines, and end my nearly-month-long hiatus from blogging. Two down, one to go.

Since I read Dave Barry’s 2002 Gift Guide after Christmas, I’m not able to add any of these items to my Christmas list. I do have a birthday coming up pretty soon, though. For instance, we all no there’s no better way to celebrate 30 years of life than by arranging one’s funeral. And with the theme coffins recommended in Mr. Barry’s gift guide, this can be the ultimate personal gift. Personally, I don’t think there’s a better alternative for me than the “return to sender” coffin. Unless it’s to choose a nice high gloss black or chrome coffin and adorn it with these magnetic flame decals, also recommended in the gift guide. Very stylish, although I suppose it does make the wrong sort of statement about the afterlife.

Hints from Hyatt

Pink muses: How do I have cat hair inside my refrigerator?

Well, Pink, if you can’t polish off that cat in one sitting, you should really shave it and wrap it well with plastic wrap before storing the leftovers in the fridge or freezer. It keeps your appliances tidy and staves off freezer burn.

It’s fun for a girl and a boy…

At long last, the most overhyped piece of technology ever is available to the public. Yes, you can place orders for the Segway Human Transporter. Pick one up today for the low, low price of $4950.

I scoff, but I am enough of a geek to appreciate the fact that this gizmo is self-balancing and to secretly wish I had one to play with. Maybe v2.0. Here’s one little tidbit that I hadn’t heard before…
Our engineers were so obsessed with the details on the Segway HT that they designed the meshes in the gearbox to produce sound exactly two musical octaves apart–when the Segway HT moves, it makes music, not noise.

All in all, it’s still kind of hard to believe that they released it with that acronym.