tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766Thu, 07 Dec 2006 01:01:26 +0000http://www.alyssaboehm.com/blogger.htmlAlyssaBlogger1335125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-3443757687316301911Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:54:00 +00002006-12-06T21:23:40.637-05:002006fillerThe site is going to be moving - or rather re-directing to a new domain. Sure, I'm still Alyssa Boehm but the blog has taken on life of its own. So I think it deserves a separate home. So the new site is www.thebigredblog.com. Looks pretty similar. Act surprised! I'm also kicking off the Decemberstravaganza fund raiser at Donors Choose in lieu of some holiday gift giving (ahem, Cuddles).I'm http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/moving.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-6231550841688136173Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:39:00 +00002006-12-06T19:41:32.932-05:00holidays2006I like to be charitable - like a lot of people. I like the idea of helping to make a direct impact on a child's learning experience. And so, I'm offering up the Decemberstravaganza. Let's raise some money for a class and see exactly how a little money can go a long way to helping kids learn. http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/little-bit-of-good.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-1083214262103305342Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:39:00 +00002006-12-05T07:41:20.180-05:00podcast2006fillerActually, I'm swamped at the office and will have to do a bit of business travel. So posting will probably be a little light. So please accept my apologies, loyal readers. I should be back and posting by the weekend and podcasting as usual on Sunday. Have you heard my podcast? It's somewhere between amateurish and totally awesome.http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/gone-fishin.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-8122356244660398056Tue, 05 Dec 2006 12:32:00 +00002006-12-05T07:38:52.619-05:002006fillerI called my father last night, well - I tried to. The call was intercepted by my niece, Blondie, since she was hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. We chatted for a few minutes, I made a joke and Blondie promptly announced that I'm weird. "But I'm you're cool aunt!" I insisted. "You're weird," she replied with a giggle. "You know, you're hardly the first member of the family to tell me I'm http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/eleve-year-olds-agree-im-not-cool.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-3133677282019465181Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:11:00 +00002006-12-03T20:18:38.423-05:00podcast2006televisionOn this week's podcast Derek and I talk about a lot of things: whether Veronica Mars is getting stupid, what Hero could die, and of course I talk about breezy dramas like Riptide. But Derek had no idea what Riptide was, but I know you remember. Right? It was 1984! Oh for the days when TV dramas had minute-long opening credits. Listen to the podcast! http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/i-call-it-breezy-you-can-call-it-bad.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-572622579501197489Sun, 03 Dec 2006 23:44:00 +00002006-12-03T20:09:14.531-05:00Bostonholidays2006weird stuffSometimes I need to buy stuff. I haven't figured out how to grow my own toilet paper yet, so until that time I will have to buy it. And so to buy the giant TP we hit the local Target. Actually, that's not true. We hit the Watertown, MA Target. If you ever have the option of going to a different one (if you live in the greater Boston area) you should. I've started calling it "Bad Target." Not sohttp://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/and-im-reminded-again-that-this-is.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-8498616536468094732Sat, 02 Dec 2006 15:53:00 +00002006-12-02T10:58:54.003-05:002006televisionweird stuffI don't watch a lot of filler TV anymore. You know, when you're bored and you just flip on the TV and watch anything? Thanks to the DVR I don't really do that much. Except on Saturday mornings. Sometimes it's just a free-for-all of bad television. This morning I came across something unusual and oddly familiar. Guys on TV were playing video games - and they were competing against each other. So http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/12/it-reminds-me-lot-of-1988.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-7852403522193834991Fri, 01 Dec 2006 02:27:00 +00002006-11-30T21:40:24.098-05:00college2006animalsI'll see if Kristen remembers this story. When we were in college our senior year we lived in a pretty crappy apartment that was cold and drafty and we had a little mouse problem. The mighty Poopus was on the case and cornered a mouse in the kitchen. K was upstairs - I think in the shower or something - and I saw the mouse, the cat and basically started to flip out. K heard me screaming and http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/sometimes-you-just-have-to-save.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-6246734866854614746Thu, 30 Nov 2006 02:25:00 +00002006-11-29T22:05:31.265-05:00holidays2006weird stuffWhen we lived in Cambridge there was a guy near our apartment who erected a large inflatable ornament for many holiday occasions. I guess we first noticed it around Halloween when the guy put up a giant pumpkin. Me: Hey did you see the giant glowing pumpkin? Deeps: You mean the one across the street? Me: Yeah. It's so spooky. Deeps: It's hard to miss. Me: Beware the haunted pumpkin! And then a http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/happy-holidays.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-113294934737979272Fri, 25 Nov 2005 21:08:00 +00002006-11-29T21:59:12.472-05:00Big deal about Black Friday or How to make me crazy every damn year I was fully prepared to sack out on the couch all day. I found some extremely crappy fare OnDemand! and I had some coffee cake. My husband had other ideas. He had a list. Holiday shopping? No – he has his regular weekend shopping list. So we hit the stores to run his errands. I was bracing for the worst but surprised by how http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2005/11/big-deal-about-black-friday-or-how-to.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-8462132471989640267Wed, 29 Nov 2006 12:34:00 +00002006-11-29T07:39:00.936-05:00poopus2006My grumpy meter is set to 11 this morning. The mighty Poopus spent much of the night biting me. So when I wasn't having weird dreams about Veronica Mars (I totally shouldn't have eaten that popcorn before I went to bed), I was fending off the ferocious fangs of my feline friend. Oh yeah, I bring the alliteration at 7:30 in the morning. Then when I came downstairs I discovered that the cat hadhttp://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/thats-really-nice.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-3862104678625238712Wed, 29 Nov 2006 03:17:00 +00002006-11-28T22:23:30.046-05:002006televisionSo I talked myself out of the right answer. What is the answer? What is the question? Uhm, it's all about Veronica Mars of course. And Deeps will be very pleased with himself because he pegged the importance of the prisoner experiment from the get-go.http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/curse-you-rob-thomas.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-3996944287070535940Tue, 28 Nov 2006 04:18:00 +00002006-11-28T07:28:58.589-05:002006houseI've got a million little projects to finish before the end of the year. Sure I took the cat to the vet, cleaned out the basement and hung new shelves. But there is still a lot left to do like revise my W4 forms for next year (we're withholding too much), rebalance my 401k, and recaulk the bath tub. And we really need to install a handrail on the front porch steps. The problem with this projecthttp://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/righty-tighty.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-8899730003650509201Mon, 27 Nov 2006 00:12:00 +00002006-11-26T19:17:54.194-05:00podcastholidays2006So we had a great Thanksgiving holiday. We've eaten like kings - even if the turkey was a touch under-done. Luckily, everyone understood this and we focused on the roasted veggies, spoon biscuits and mashed potatoes. Everyone has a hard time with the turkey. Nothing a little trip to the microwave couldn't handle. We wandered out for a little Black Friday shopping, more out of necessity than http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/turkey-sashimi.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-5905142687349456120Thu, 23 Nov 2006 16:59:00 +00002006-11-23T12:04:02.779-05:00holidays2006televisionI'm thankful for the YouTube. I can point you to the best part of the greatest Thanksgiving episode on television (and the Onion agrees with me). So enjoy your meal, your family, and your friends. Try to think of something to be thankful for and chew each bite 20 times.http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/happy-thanksgiving.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-2118695325895694402Tue, 21 Nov 2006 12:44:00 +00002006-11-21T07:47:54.842-05:00podcast2006Did I mention there's a new podcast up just in time for the long drive to grandma's house for Thanksgiving? Give a listen.http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/have-you-heard-i-make-podcasts.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-6059738543404734784Mon, 20 Nov 2006 12:31:00 +00002006-11-20T07:42:43.467-05:002006weird stuffLast week I wrote about my encounter - from a distance - with a coyote. We've heard a lot about coyotes in Arlington over the summer, but we live in a pretty dense spot without a lot of cover for them - so we haven't seen them. Then last week while approaching the back way to the big Alewife T station (that's the end of the line for the subway) we spotted the coyote again. Actually, I'm not http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/incident-with-coyote-and-suv-driving.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-2517329715728392659Fri, 17 Nov 2006 12:24:00 +00002006-11-17T07:30:03.344-05:002006weird stuffI'm having the kind of morning where I try to put the milk in the microwave and the cereal in the fridge - twice. Then I checked our home voicemail by calling my husband's office number. I'm having a day. Did I mention it's been raining for a week and then yesterday it was like 70 and rainy and humid? Everyone is confused. So I should really be careful out there to avoid the dangers of urban http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/lets-review.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-5176605789034608942Thu, 16 Nov 2006 12:29:00 +00002006-11-16T07:38:47.109-05:00Boston2006weird stuffI work in Boston near lots of tourist attractions, hotels, businesses and shopping. Where you find those things you also find lots of cars. Every day I see people - whom I sometimes call idiots - wander out into traffic in front of cars without looking. And then they are stunned when they are nearly mowed down. I'm a big advocate of the crosswalk and crossing with the green. And this is what http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/crosswalk-catastrophe.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-8385214024197223735Thu, 16 Nov 2006 02:57:00 +00002006-11-15T22:01:25.316-05:00marriage2006I don't know what the term is to describe this phenomenon - but sometimes Deeps and I leave messages for each other through our browser windows. We leave stuff open that that we think the other person might want to read. This doesn't always guarantee that someone will read what you've left up, but it's a low-rent, passive-aggressive way of making your point. Last week I left up an article http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/windows.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-7920860911879349608Wed, 15 Nov 2006 12:17:00 +00002006-11-15T07:27:13.944-05:00marriage2006healthweird stuffGuess who has the evil eye? What if I added "again" to that question? Yep. I have pink eye for the second time in about three weeks. Totally bizarre. I've called the eye doctor per my GP's advice. So there's that. In other weird news I spotted a giant coyote on my way to work yesterday. We were driving near the big Alewife T station, approaching the back entrance when I spotted a big dog in http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/like-wild-kingdom.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-956671079286719267Tue, 14 Nov 2006 23:29:00 +00002006-11-14T18:32:36.299-05:00podcast2006televisionI recruited three friends this week to join me in a round-table discussion podcast about LOST. I think things went well, but we have a vocal and bitter contingent of people who are more than a little frustrated with the show. That said, we're sticking with it and offering up our best ideas about what has happened and what is going to happen on the island of mysterious mysteries.http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/listen-to-this.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-5000160933501678910Tue, 14 Nov 2006 02:14:00 +00002006-11-13T21:32:28.741-05:00poopusmarriage2006weird stuffDana, our cat, who is also called Poopus, has to go to the vet later this week. WE got the little postcard in the mail addressed to the cat reminding us it was time to get a check up. This coincides with some kind of weird little growth on her chin. I couldn’t get a good look at it this morning since I was heading out for work and she was very squirmy. She also weighs 16 pounds so… it’s hard tohttp://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/lion-snores-tonight.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-2565575661161132965Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:21:00 +00002006-11-13T09:26:59.706-05:002006weird stuffIn addition to dealing with lots of technical glitches with my site, I experienced a new level of meltdown. We recorded the big round-table discussion about LOST without incident (after delicious pancakes). Then our guests went home and we ran a few errands. When I returned the laptop was doing this funky thing it does with my mouse sometimes (it doesn't recognize it) which requires a reboot. http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/youve-got-to-be-kidding-me.htmlAlyssatag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3359766.post-2908949183501931848Fri, 10 Nov 2006 00:55:00 +00002006-11-12T18:25:54.737-05:002006hairfillerdreamSo last night I had this very specific nightmare. And really – this is so revealing about me as a very shallow person I can hardly stand to share it. I probably wouldn’t except that I’m a little light on blog content today. Ahem. I dreamed that I had an appointment to get my hair “done” (which is a lengthy 2+ hour process that involves dye, razors, scissors, product and trashy magazines – and http://www.alyssaboehm.com/2006/11/blog-filler-my-nightmares-revealed-so.htmlAlyssa