dully noted

CFL

2011-02-02T12:38:00.000-06:00

the fluorescent lights seem bluer in my office today.

I shall schedule a cutting for tomorrow morning

2011-01-11T19:04:00.000-06:00

My fingernails are right on that cusp of "a little long" and "need to be cut immediately."

pine needles

2011-01-06T22:08:00.002-06:00

the pine needles on my carpet are dry.

towels

2010-04-06T17:53:00.001-05:00

it's hard to remember to hang your bathroom towels every day so you can't see any tags -- but it's rewarding.

quick check

2010-03-31T18:51:00.000-05:00

i did a quick check for no real reason and neither of my elbows hurt today.

noise

2010-03-27T18:52:00.001-05:00

i thought i heard a creak, but it turned into more of a squeak.

cutting it close

2010-03-16T15:34:00.002-05:00

i cut all of my toe nails last night, but one of them got trimmed a little too much.

shins

2010-03-07T14:39:00.002-06:00

my shins were getting sore from crossing my legs, so i had to un-cross them.

fish smell coming from fish

2010-01-01T02:33:00.003-06:00

i put smoked salmon in the kitchen garbage and then left my apartment one evening.

when i returned, the kitchen smelled like fish.

bejeweled blitz

2009-12-30T15:03:00.002-06:00

BB isn't sending in the doubles and triples the way I'd like. Thus my puny scores.

washing

2009-12-29T17:16:00.001-06:00

i washed a cloth bag with my whites -- even though it's not technically clothes (and more of a mother-of-pearl than white)

Band Aid

2009-12-29T16:40:00.001-06:00

The Band Aid won't stay affixed to my knuckle.

lunch

2009-12-29T16:23:00.000-06:00

I ate lunch late and worry that I won't be hungry for dinner.

chair

2009-08-11T10:25:00.000-05:00

i'm trying to work, but my chair has started to squeak.

socks

2009-08-09T11:59:00.001-05:00

my left white sock has 20% more pills (? nubbins?) on it than my right sock. perhaps i didn't properly match them while folding.

polka dots

2009-07-30T21:00:00.001-05:00

the polka dots on my bedspread are exactly one thumb's width apart.

socks

2009-07-22T22:36:00.000-05:00

my socks don't match today even though they are both hanes white anklets.

floss

2009-07-20T09:10:00.001-05:00

i lost my excel sheet documenting my flossing history.

now i will never know what percent of the days i flossed.

New phone

2009-07-20T02:33:00.004-05:00

I don't have Internet so I am messing about online on my phone. When my mum sees me, she will sigh: "since you got that phone, you never read!"

I never really read too much before, though. Unless you count the web...

carpet

2009-07-19T11:33:00.001-05:00

the whiteness of my carpet seems directly proportional to its plushness

Like Steven, and...the other one...Derek?

2009-06-06T19:50:00.002-05:00

Sometimes I forget that Alec Baldwin is a Baldwin.

Generation Bob's Blog

2009-05-11T21:24:00.002-05:00

Is trying to take the Dully Noted Prize.

rocks

2009-04-14T09:27:00.001-05:00

there are lots of rocks in my front yard, but none of them look exactly the same. perhaps more investigating is necessary.

nothing

2009-04-06T15:13:00.000-05:00

Nothing is as flavorless as it gets.

dull

2009-03-17T09:56:00.002-05:00

there just aren't enough dull things happening lately.

belt

2009-02-28T17:12:00.000-06:00

my belt fits the best on the second-to-the-largest notch.

second best

2009-02-26T09:03:00.005-06:00

I was going to have a smoothie for breakfast but the blender was in the dishwasher so I ended up eating peanut butter on toast, again.

fridge

2009-02-22T20:16:00.000-06:00

i turned the fridge down one notch.

i really like cold milk.

expiry

2009-02-20T13:10:00.001-06:00

i don't know if two batteries have any juice left, but thankfully they don't expire until march 2013... so i don't need to figure that out yet.

ginger?

2009-02-17T15:12:00.002-06:00

I could barely taste the ginger in my onion, garlic, ginger, pea, tofu, noodle, egg lunch concoction, even though I added a bunch of it.

wall

2009-02-17T09:07:00.001-06:00

the wall in front of me is 7.5 bricks wide, each spaced 1 pinkie's width apart.

belt

2009-02-13T11:08:00.001-06:00

my belt is one notch bigger than usual today. it makes my pants ride a hair lower.

fingernails

2009-02-12T13:12:00.001-06:00

i only have (visible) dirt under one of my fingernails.

oniony

2009-02-11T11:50:00.000-06:00

I've really been into eating cooked onion lately.

fork

2009-02-09T09:06:00.002-06:00

the fork i used for dinner didn't have a single bent tine.

more schmutz

2009-02-07T11:49:00.001-06:00

The windows are covered with dust, drips, and doggie nose prints.

erasers

2009-02-03T11:17:00.000-06:00

i used a new pink eraser today and now it's all gray.

schmutzy

2009-01-31T13:36:00.000-06:00

There are several smudges and a faint cup ring on my coaster.

Basement

2009-01-28T16:55:00.001-06:00

I'm down in the basement. Sometimes my cel phone calls go through just fine. Not today.

book corner

2009-01-13T11:45:00.001-06:00

the lower right corner on my library book is bent. sheesh.

ants

2009-01-12T13:25:00.002-06:00

At first I didn't notice the tiny ants on the napkin I found on the floor.
Then I did, as I raised it to blot my lips. Never use napkins you find on the floor.

missing cap

2009-01-06T09:39:00.001-06:00

under my desk i found the pop bottle top i lost last week. (it's blue)

Saggy Toast

2009-01-05T10:45:00.004-06:00

The weight of the peanut butter is making my toast sag in the middle.
The honey runs off of saggy toast and forms a pool on the plate.
The toast sticks to the honey covered plate.

'champaign'

2008-12-31T15:35:00.000-06:00

I wish my friend would learn how to spell 'champagne'.

today

2008-12-31T15:31:00.001-06:00

is just another day, as far as I'm concerned.

pens

2008-12-30T09:14:00.001-06:00

i don't like how all the pens in my co-worker's pen cup point towards me.

marshmallows

2008-12-29T10:06:00.003-06:00

the first marshmallow i took from the bag was a single, but the next one had TWO other marshmallows stuck to it!

Not cold

2008-12-25T19:12:00.002-06:00

Everyone here in England thinks it is cold out. But it's not.

another sign of ailing economy

2008-12-23T16:09:00.002-06:00

It's almost Christmas.
I went to the post office to mail some things.
There were only two other people there.

Laces

2008-12-23T15:43:00.001-06:00

I replaced my shoe laces today. I had been living with too short laces for about a year.

shoveler

2008-12-23T14:19:00.002-06:00

I watched a lady shovel snow off of her lawn. I don't know why she was doing it.

mailbox

2008-12-22T10:57:00.002-06:00

i did not receive any mail today in either my work mailbox or my home one.

storm window

2008-12-20T11:59:00.001-06:00

my storm window was open one inch, so i closed it.

sleep

2008-12-20T09:37:00.003-06:00

I wake up with the exact same amount of "sleep" (aka gunk) in my eyes as I did when I was ten years old, except for that one time when I had Pink Eye. This gives my life a much needed sense of consistency.

Birds

2008-12-19T21:01:00.001-06:00

It is cold. Cold weather has encouraged local birds to puff their feathers up. They look crabby.

moles

2008-12-19T09:14:00.002-06:00

today i counted my moles, but the actual number is too exciting to post here.

snow

2008-12-16T22:00:00.000-06:00

The snow is just getting hard now. And slippery.

thief

2008-12-16T09:34:00.000-06:00

i think someone took a kleenex from the box on my desk. the box has moved.

Auto

2008-12-15T10:46:00.001-06:00

Shall I scrape the snow and ice off my car? Or shall I wait in case it melts?

(I am likely to do the later)

Ignored

2008-12-13T01:41:00.002-06:00

A co-worker sent me a reminder and I ignored it.

water

2008-12-09T21:45:00.001-06:00

today i used my blue water glass, but drank the same amount of H₂0

dehydrated brains

2008-12-09T16:31:00.002-06:00

I forgot my password and ID so I had to make new ones.

Crossing Off the Day

2008-12-09T11:52:00.001-06:00

I crossed off today on my calendar, even though it is not yet lunch time.

keys

2008-12-08T13:43:00.001-06:00

today i put my keys in the wrong pocket... but i discovered the mistake before i panicked about "losing my keys"

Scanner

2008-12-06T20:58:00.001-06:00

The scanner at the self-service checkout could not read several of my items.

toaster

2008-12-06T14:03:00.002-06:00

i moved my toaster one notch closer to "light".

it was for the best.

Insect problem

2008-12-05T21:39:00.003-06:00

An earwig wandered across my desk then fell off the edge.

extra careful

2008-12-05T14:36:00.002-06:00

i double-checked last night: there is enough flour in my cupboard.

Cold

2008-12-05T09:24:00.001-06:00

I used my remote car starter this morning.

bars

2008-12-04T16:17:00.002-06:00

there are fifteen horizontal bars and two vertical bars on my office window... but only two of those obscure the bird feeder.

To Do List

2008-12-04T15:45:00.000-06:00

I did all 4 things on my to-do list.

Plants

2008-12-04T14:57:00.002-06:00

I watered my plants:

1 sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii'

2 sansevieria 'black coral'

1 jade plant

1 euphorbia "african milk tree"

1 vine that someone gave me

1 spider plant

1 amaryllis that bloomed once three years ago

1 spineless cactus

1 aloe vera

Now I don't know what to do

2008-12-04T00:08:00.001-06:00

I really hate all of the crap that's sitting in the hall outside of my office. But not enough to complain to anyone.

Lost

2008-12-04T00:00:00.006-06:00

A lost seagull didn't have much to say to the local magpies.

2008-12-03T22:15:00.001-06:00

i changed into PJ bottoms but i'm still wearing today's clothes on top.

cleaning tiles

2008-12-03T14:12:00.001-06:00

i scrubbed the bathroom floor. it looks dirty. they're old tiles.

2008-12-03T08:11:00.000-06:00

I didn't get up yet. I think I will now.

Hangnail

2008-12-02T10:31:00.001-06:00

My right middle finger is sporting one of those painful hangnails I don't want to mess with.

office arrangement

2008-12-02T09:50:00.002-06:00

i have three pens on my desk, but only 2 stacks of post-its. that way i can make room for the notepad.

Two Crows

2008-12-02T09:45:00.001-06:00

Two crows fought over a roadkilled rabbit on Garfield Street. Light snow under a heavy overcast sky.

drying clothing

2008-09-18T00:55:00.001-05:00

i dried my clothes outside, but there were so many big, shady trees the sun never got around to doing its job.

shallow or malformed

2008-09-17T11:24:00.004-05:00

The ear bud fell out of my left ear again,
always the left. And when I tried to adjust
the chin strap, it broke.

2008-09-17T00:22:00.001-05:00

Some people were going out after work.

garbage

2008-09-11T18:18:00.001-05:00

the garbage in the kitchen smells like rotting chicken. i don't want to get up because i'm comfortable, but i don't like the smell either.

between enamel and a hard place

2008-08-26T16:51:00.004-05:00

I have something from lunch stuck between my two front teeth but I'm too lazy to go all the way to the house to get a piece of floss.

staples vs. clips

2008-08-25T09:32:00.002-05:00

I decided to use one of those hinged metal clips to put loose pages together rather than staple them.

tv

2008-08-23T08:27:00.001-05:00

i tried to watch saturday morning cartoons, but 3 of the 5 local stations were showing news programs. what kind of heartless world is this?

bobby pin

2008-08-21T22:06:00.001-05:00

i found a tiny plastic nob from the end of a bobby pin in my pocket--but not i can't find the bobby pin.

apple bits

2008-08-20T11:46:00.001-05:00

I added little bits of a tart Honeycrisp apple to my usual broccoli, onion, garlic, ginger, and rice. It tastes like vegetarian Thanksgiving!

So...

2008-08-17T21:53:00.001-05:00

Is GB back in the US of A?

And that ...

2008-08-13T12:14:00.000-05:00

was that.

can't sleep

2008-08-10T03:28:00.001-05:00

i can't fall asleep. i tried rolling over, getting more water, and going to the bathroom. so instead i'm listening to joni mitchell and typing this.

slow

2008-08-05T11:48:00.001-05:00

It's almost 11 am and I still haven't finished eating the
Ugly Muffin I started at 7:30.

Cliche

2008-08-01T12:11:00.001-05:00

I am filing my fingernails at work.

tea leaves

2008-07-31T18:55:00.001-05:00

in my move, i misplaced 10 tea bags. i don't drink tea, but i was going to give them to a friend.

she gotta have it

2008-07-30T10:53:00.000-05:00

Permanent White paint is all gone.

Windor & Newton designer gouache

2008-07-28T16:40:00.001-05:00

I'm almost out of Permanent White.

Labels

2008-07-27T22:56:00.004-05:00

I think my kitten may actually be a miniature polar bear and was mislabeled by the cat adoption agency.

water bottle

2008-07-25T17:43:00.002-05:00

my water bottle makes a terrible sucking sound after i take a drink. i hate using it in the middle of the night because the sound jars me so much it's hard to fall back asleep.

2008-07-25T13:21:00.001-05:00

Are we still doing this? I didn't know.