Rachee

So. As one of two (no, I’m not part of the Borg Continuum; there is only one other Black person at my job) I am often asked to be the defacto VOICE OF THE BLACK WOMAN. I get asked all sorts of crap ranging from what that slang word/term meant (why the hell would I know?), who some rap artist…

…National Battery Day!! I have not done a bizarre holiday in a while; at the job we are celebrating a bizarre/obscure/wacky holiday each day this month and after typing each day’s celebration into our calendar for three hours I stuck a fork in me; I was done. Anywho, I hit up a few of my favourite sites and this is…

My resolve to stop cussing lasted all of none days. To be perfectly honest I like the shock value that comes with a well placed swear word, the satisfaction I get when I am unable to physically confront someone (I am NOT that person anymore) and, shoot, it’s fun! I had fooled myself into thinking that if cussing was the…

So.I am loving Wool-Ease Thick & Quick. Buffy and Charleeeeeeeennnnnnne swear by it, buying skein after skein to make really cool afghans. I am a late convert; I balked at the price tag (almost 7 bucks a skein from Michael’s!!) and the yarn just seemed so… bulky. The skein I did buy was on sale and earmarked for teaching The…

Or, tastes like ‘tween spirit.* I think I was about 11 the first time I decided I was going to become a vegetarian. At the time, I was not the library geek** that I am now so it never occurred to me to check out a book about vegetarianism or do any type of research. Anywho, at the time my…