Domestic Geek

It's hit me recently what I am finding so disturbing in the blogosphere right now. Most sites out there seem like clones of one another. Everybody, especially those doing paid blogging, are so wrapped up in all the sidebar crap and having all the social networking links on their posts and the tags and the rss feeds and somewhere along the line, something got lost...the blogger's personality. With the popularity and ease of use of platforms such as blogger and wordpress and the multitude of free themes available, it's rare that I see imaginative and creative designs about. I really hope this is a trend that doesn't continue.

While wiping down my kitchen counter this evening, I came to the sad realization that I need to purchase new flour/sugar/tea cannisters. They are made of metal and the bottoms have become rusty and are now staining my counters. I've had the same set since my first college apartment, so that must mean I got them in 1986 maybe? I think 21 years for a $20 set of cannisters was a pretty good run. I guess I need to stop at Linens 'N' Things or a similar store sometime soon and procure new ones, preferably glass or ceramic. It's time.

For the record, I love that product CLR. Took the rust stains right out.

My friend Nina sent me a link today to this video. Since it is adult content, I put it in the extended.

WARNING: Do not view this if you are easily offended. You have been warned. To the rest of you, enjoy!

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Wow, big news at work today and I'm not sure if it is good or bad. The guy who is our prepress department technical guy (who has been more or less mentoring me) gave his two weeks notice. I knew he had been interviewing with another company, but since it had been awhile since he had heard anything from them, I figured they went with someone else. The last week or so, he's been teaching me lots of tech and server stuff and I remarked to Marcus that it was almost as if he was preparing to leave. On Monday, he started sorting through his stuff and began taking his personal books and stuff home. Well, today he got his offer phone call and he gave his notice. What sucks is that the girl they hired to be his backup (I think she started a couple of weeks after I) is totally unqualified for his position. I mean, she knows how to be a prepress operator and is a trained designer, but as far as filling this guy's shoes, she just doesn't have it. What's going to suck is we are coming up on our busy period right before the holidays. Not really the best time to be in this boat. Oh, well. We'll just have to take it one day at a time and muddle through. It's going to be interesting.