I thought you all were probably missing the random facts...

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/31/2006 05:49:00 PM 1 comments
43 percent of American families spend more than they earn.

Yikes!

cave (from a while back)

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/30/2006 12:15:00 PM 3 comments


Posted by mountainmelody On 12/28/2006 09:52:00 PM 4 comments
11 hours
15 pages
137 sources
3982 words
1 dissertation proposal

yeah!
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/27/2006 12:48:00 PM 0 comments
Gen Y
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/23/2006 12:23:00 PM 2 comments
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/21/2006 10:29:00 PM 0 comments

deep thought of the day

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/19/2006 09:06:00 PM 0 comments
The apostasy from Christianity will not come about openly by everybody renouncing Christianity; no, but slyly, cunningly, knavishly, by everybody assuming the name of being Christian.

-Søren Kierkegaard
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/18/2006 09:13:00 PM 2 comments


Posted by mountainmelody On 12/17/2006 08:07:00 PM 1 comments

did you know?

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/16/2006 10:06:00 PM 1 comments
76% of people living in Alabama were born in Alabama.
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/15/2006 05:45:00 PM 2 comments

two dumb mice, or all around the living room

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/12/2006 09:04:00 PM 12 comments
Two mice just chased each other around and around the room--multiple times--while I was sitting here.

Hm.

proud to be below average...

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/11/2006 09:10:00 PM 0 comments
The average American will spend nearly $800 on gifts this Christmas.
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/10/2006 09:15:00 PM 0 comments
The pond is starting to thaw out.

things to do while waiting for a page to load on dial-up

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/09/2006 10:36:00 AM 0 comments
  • read your mail
  • call a friend
  • eat a snack
  • clip your fingernails
  • make a shopping list
  • change clothes
  • take a shower
  • clean the house
  • take a nap
  • read a book
  • watch a movie

High-speed internet is not available here. But on the plus side, I get a lot of other stuff done while waiting for pages to load...

in search of a tropical island far away from here...

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/08/2006 06:51:00 AM 4 comments
70 degrees set on the thermostat
55 degrees inside (after the heat has been running non-stop for hours)
17 degrees outside
6 degrees wind chill
4 blankets on the bed
3 pairs of socks
2 shirts
1 winter coat (inside)

If I wanted to live in Alaska/Minnesota/Siberia, I would have moved there! :P
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/07/2006 09:46:00 PM 0 comments

and also today...

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/06/2006 09:33:00 PM 0 comments
Forecast:
55 degrees
0% chance of precipitation

Actual:
sleeting

quote of the day

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/06/2006 09:24:00 PM 1 comments
All she ever does is extrovert!

Disclaimer: This post is not intended to represent any of the fine readers of this blog, or to imply that extroverts are in any way inferior to introverts. (I didn't want to put that part in writing.) ;)
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/05/2006 09:12:00 PM 0 comments

that's encouraging...

Posted by mountainmelody On 12/04/2006 07:58:00 PM 0 comments
Each commuter in the Birmingham area can expect to spend 27 hours a year stuck in traffic.
Posted by mountainmelody On 12/02/2006 03:29:00 PM 1 comments
You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

--quoted by Anne Lamott

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