Spoiler Alert! - the last page of "The Lump of Coal," by Lemony Snicket

"All these things are miracles. It is a miracle if you can find true friends, and it is a miracle if you have enough food to eat, and it is a miracle if you get to spend your days and evenings doing whatever it is you like to do, and the holiday season - like all the other seasons - is a good time not only to tell stories of miracles, but to think about the miracles in your own life, and be grateful for them, and that's the end of this particular story."

Book Review: "The Lump of Coal," by Lemony Snicket

I liked it. It is "a story about a lump of coal who can think, talk, and move itself around. Is there a more charming holiday tale to be told? Probably, but Lemony Snicket has not written one." It's just a short little children's book, but it's cute, and has Lemony Snicket's sense of humor. And now, in my next post, I shall spoil the ending for you.

i'm so there!

my boss came in the other day and stuck a paper on the bulletin board. "this is a note from the administrator about a crime spree that's going on in the neighborhood, if anyone's interested."

i got a lump of coal in my stocking!!!

Merry Christmas!
a present for you :)

Happy Hanukkah!

or Hannukah or Chanukah or Channukah or something. :)

if in doubt, follow the directions

my parents just got a digital camera (which is interesting, considering they're both scared of the computer), so my dad was reading all the fine print on how to use it:

"Step One: Remove camera from box"

so what's going on with this internet explorer thing?

a grammar issue that bothers me

i really don't like it when people say things like, "i'll get you a cup of coffee." i don't remember all the terms like direct object and whatnot, but basically, what is being said is, "i'll get you." that is not at all pleasant. what should be said in this case is, "i'll get a cup of coffee for you." whoever is saying this is saying that he or she will get a cup of coffee. that is correct.
now, sadly this is something of which i am guilty. sheer laziness. that's all it is. and so i renew my vow to try to eliminate grammatical errors such as this from my speech.

valuable coupon

"buy 8 boxes of cereal, get one gallon of milk free"
ok, i don't put milk on my cereal, so i guess i can't say for sure what the ratio is, but i'm pretty sure one gallon of milk isn't going to cut it if you're buying 8 boxes of cereal.

why i'm thankful pop is expensive now

i'm looking at my desk, noticing that i have 4 empty cans of mountain dew sitting here, thinking two things:
1) i suppose i should get rid of them
2) i'm glad pop isn't so cheap anymore, as it's helping me break my mountain dew addiction (i'm down to about 4 a week!) (granted this means i'm drinking more tea, so it's just as much caffeine, but still)