December 2007 – Page 3 – Complaint Hub

Doing a little baking

The Simple Dollar » Homemade Bread: Cheap, Delicious, Healthy, and Easier Than You Think

It does take time, but once you get used to it, most food preparation doesn’t take much more time than going to the store, buying it, taking it home, popping it out of the package, and following the directions.

So I’m baking bread tonight. I found the above link somewhere, Lifehacker I think, a while back. And it seemed like a good idea. So here it is. It smells delicious. We have to wait until it cools to slice it, apparently.

I’ll tell you all how it tastes tomorrow.

Snow? Really?

So, I drive to work less than once a month. I take the Metro almost all the time, but our corporate office is out in Manassas, and so on the infrequent days I have to go out there, I drive. Today is the first time since I started at this position in March that I drove to the office where I actually work because I’m going to Manassas a little later today.

Coincidentally, today is the first day of the winter that we’re getting snow. Now, it’s just flurries, and shouldn’t affect anything, but seriously. The ONE DAY I drive to work, we get snow. That’s just absurd. That, I think, is the most convincing evidence of a supreme being that I’ve ever heard – there must be a god because he/she/it has a sense of humor.

Well, Supreme Being, if it’s not too much trouble, can I get some rain on Saturday so our flag football game gets cancelled? We’re really short on players this week (including myself), and it’s the first week of playoffs, and I’d really like a rescheduling.

A Tribute to Sean

The pregame tribute to Sean Taylor was really pretty moving. Watching the entire stadium waving the #21 towels that they gave out on the way in while they showed a slide show on the scoreboard was pretty intense.

There was a pretty huge ovation, too, when they ran the first defensive play with only ten players.

It’s too bad the team couldn’t come away with a win, but that was hardly the defense’s fault. Since the margin of victory was less than the safety allowed when the offensive line decided to just ignore everyone while Campbell dropped back in the end zone, and we managed almost no offense against the 31st ranked defense in the NFL.

Sean Taylor tribute

So, I haven’t heard all the details. But it looks like Taylor wasn’t doing anything wrong, which is both better and worse. If he really had turned his life around, it’s an even bigger tragedy that he died so young.

Anyway, a ticket to tomorrow’s game just fell into my lap, so I’ll get to see the tribute and pick up a #21 towel that they’re giving out to everyone.

I’m excited to go, although that’s mostly because I haven’t been to a game in years. An old college roommate has season tickets, and when we lived together, I used to go to some of the games with him. But we kind of lost touch after I graduated, and I’m not on his invite list anymore.

So, it should be cool. It’s definitely a winnable game against Buffalo, although we haven’t played too well against that division this year. Two overtime wins against the miserable Jets and Dolphins, and that utter embarrassment against the Patriots.

I’m going to Metro there, which I’ve never done before. Apparently there’s a relatively new Blue Line stop that’s less than a mile away. That should be a disaster after the game, but that’s fine. Getting out of FedEx is always an ordeal.

But it will all be worth it to spend the day yelling and drinking beer.