iGoogle...Do You?

Until recently, I would have said, "No, I love MyYahoo." I decided I might give iGoogle a try after seeing one of my friends use it and I love it way more than MyYahoo.

I'm lovin' the Google Reader gadget. It lets me compile all the rss feeds that I read into one thing instead of having to have a separate page for all my feeds like I did at MyYahoo. I can sort my feeds by tags. So if I feel like reading the E! gossip versus the local news versus my friends' blogs, I can. No, if only MySpace would allow external readers to pull blog info, but I guess that's what keeps people going back to MySpace.

I've uploaded my Outlook calendar into Google calendar and now Mike and I, finally, have a way to share our calendars easily.

So, iGoogle, do you?

Me, not We - How to Destroy America

Former Governor of Colorado, Dick Lamm, gave an eye-opening speech on the dangers of multiculturalism which recently made its way into my inbox and I wanted to put it out there one more time for all y'all to read. It's sort of scary. He gave this speech in June of 2005. It's now July of 2007 and we're going down this path. Check out the original and revised speech.

Happy Birthday Woot!

So I'm up at 1 am, a usual occurance, and I think, ummmm, I think I'll go over and see what Woot is offering for sale today. Lo and behold, they're selling the infamous bags of random crap (AKA BoC, Bandoliers of Carrots, Blingged-out Cabbage, Big Orange Cat, etc.) In any case, I click on the "I Want One" button and select that I want 3, enter my 3 digit code off of the back of my credit card and an hour and an half later I find out that I am indeed the proud owner of 3 bags of crap. I can't wait to see what I get in my bags!

Here's the description from the Woot website:
Bag O’ Birthday Crap XX: For You’re A Jolly Good Sucker

Today is Woot’s third birthday – we’re almost potty-trained! – so welcome to the party. But instead of taking home a goodie bag, how about a Bag O’ Crap? The Internet’s most beloved consumer ripoff returns for a celebratory reel around the crap fountain. Whatever you do, don’t buy it. Come on, it says “crap” right there in the name. What are you, nuts?

If you must proceed, CHECK THIS OUT. Somebody misunderstands this concept every time, so please READ THE BIG PRINT:

1. WHEN YOU ORDER THIS ITEM, YOU’RE ORDERING ONE (1) BAG WITH up to THREE (3) PIECES OF CRAP IN IT.

2. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SELECTING THE QUANTITY: THREE WHEN YOU ORDER.

3. YOU WILL WASTE FREIGHT IF YOU ORDER FEWER THAN THREE. And you’ll get less crap. Wait, why is that bad again? Do you people really need more crap?

You’re only getting one bag, no matter what. The order quantity you select is the number of crappy items we’ll put in your bag. Select THREE. Later, you’ll enjoy the satisfaction of taunting the surprisingly large number of less observant Wooters who ordered less than THREE.

We make absolutely no promises about the quality or the desirability of these bags or their contents, except to promise that their quality will be low and their desirability will be non-existent. We will take your money and send you literal garbage in return. Happy birthday to us!

THE HOLY CRAP COMMANDMENTS v2.0:

I. Thou shalt expect nothing beyond one bag of some kind and your chosen quantity of crappy items (which should be THREE).

II. Thou shalt not whine and complain when some people’s crap turns out to be nicer than yours.

III. Thou shalt take a moment to consider whether you might be better off just not buying this crap.

IV. Thou shalt not order just one crap and blame it on anything but your own inattention.

V. To paraphrase Stephen Stills, shalt thou not get the crap you want, want the crap you get.

The crap will be shipped via SmartPost, the crappiest shipping method available to us.

Confessions of a Pill Poppin' 20-something Momma

Okay, so I guess it's time for an update. Let's see. I've been doing pretty well at remembering to take my supplements. I take them with meals, so it's been pretty easy to remember. You sit at the table to eat, you take your pills. I've missed a couple of breakfasts when I got to sleep in. There have been a few dinners out. All in all, not bad.

My weight loss is stable. I haven't rubber-banded back after the weight loss challenge. I'm still under 200 which is great. I have to get back to the gym to see if we can't work a little more of this off. Maybe I'll get back after this potty training nightmare is over.

I've got to get some MapQuesting done and another load of laundry into the dryer before I go to sleep.