Archive for November, 2009

Foreign Currency Origami

Tuesday, November 24th, 2009

There is a very bizarre mix of things that interest me, and I’m always excited when two of those interests overlap (for example, last month’s mash-up of Halloween and Geek culture).
Today’s strange bedfellows are travel and origami.  More specifically, foreign currency and origami.  Along with the rest of my family, I’ve been doing origami since [...]

Weathering the Winter Blues

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

I’ve noticed that for the past month or so, my Twitter updates have been predominantly weather-focused.  There have been some exciting things going on at work, but I guess I assume most people don’t really care about the goings-on of our office.  If you are interested:  The summary is that our manager is moving to [...]

Rema 1000: “Fruity” Licorice Ropes

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009

For months (probably years now) I’ve been meaning to start a regular feature about some of the random products I pick up at the grocery next door to the office.  We often head over to buy snacks and soda in the afternoon, and since the shop regularly changes part of their inventory, I’m often tempted [...]