As of Monday, 12-23, I have received the last of the 12 Days of Holiday Bullshit gifts.  According to http://www.holidaybullshit.com/, I definitely received a number of these gifts very out of order, and as of typing this up on Monday evening, Bullshit 12 isn’t supposed to arrive until tomorrow.  Here is a breakdown

I’m the type of person who loves to try new ways to make coffee, so I have a wide variety of coffeemakers. I have a French Press, a vacuum pot, a Keurig, and now I’ve added the Bodum BISTRO B. Over Pour Over coffee maker to my list. Why another option (especially

3 more bullshits arrived on Thursday and Friday.  Something interesting has happened as well.  You can go to http://www.holidaybullshit.com/ and find out what “official” day each gift you have lines up with.  There are two gifts I have not received yet that are on the site (I couldn’t contain myself from the spoilers, but

So you’ve put off your Christmas shopping and now you’re stuck trying to find the perfect last minute gift. Ok, maybe not perfect, but something that says “I did more than run to the store and get a gift card from someplace you mentioned you shop at.” Here are some options that

The Internet Gods have gifted us with some amazing things this week. Let us pay homage to the creme de la creme of internet awesomeness. 1. Han and Leia sing “Baby It’s Cold Outside” while Luke freezes on Hoth (And it’s the doubleclicks and Kirby Krackle. Instant Awesome) 2. Scientists invent the

If you look back at the photos of our first home, you might notice that Eric and I like grey. It’s a nice, clean neutral. And even though it’s a neutral, I don’t find it as boring as beige (sorry to all you beige lovers). And looking at some mid-century color palettes,

When I got home from work on Tuesday , 12-17-13, I received two more gifts!  Below are the contents of bullshits 4 and 5. Bullshit 4: CLUSTERFUCK! (a brand new game by the Cards Against Humanity team)   The full CLUSTERFUCK! game can be downloaded in pdf format at http://clusterfuckgame.com/   Bullshit

For a company that is worth over $300 billion and a high amount of LGBT staff members, it seems Microsoft was quite the ideal career place to have. Just consider all the power of the benefits at your fingertips. In response to numerous complaints which can only be presumed are in the

Now that we’re all moved in we’ve started tackling some projects. Eric has installed insulation in the attic above the garage in hopes of keeping his workspace warm, we’ve ordered some new appliances, put up curtains, and most notably begun replacing the lighting throughout the house. Our house is a bit on

I love Christmas lights; Clark Griswold, Tim Taylor, ridiculously over the top, drain the city’s electricity, the bigger the better Christmas lights. They’re like twinkling fairies ushering in one time of year it’s widely acceptable for grownups to believe in magic. I’ve already staked out the neighborhoods with the good lights, and,