Why Aren't I In Charge Bloghttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/en-US2008-07-25T00:01:06ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Twitter Scathttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/24/twitter-scat.htmlDena Harris2008-07-24T11:44:29ZRants Very upset at the Twitter folks this morning. I've spent the last month building up Lucy_Cat's Twitter profile only to awaken this morning to find all but one of my followers deleted. Not to mention the links to everyone I was following are gone as well. Some sort of system meltdown which I understand is not uncommon in the Twitter world.

Bad Twitter! You don't deserve tweets!

]]>Can't Take the Heat?http://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/23/cant-take-the-heat.htmlDena Harris2008-07-23T00:32:49ZWriting, General RunningWe Are Experiencing Technical Difficulties...http://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/21/we-are-experiencing-technical-difficulties.htmlDena Harris2008-07-21T14:09:56ZRantsI miss the days of paying bills by dropping a check in the mail. This morning I received two e-mails from an Internet Account provider. The first said the annual payment for my account was due (true) and my account would be charged $1890.00.

Umm... hello what? The message went on to say that the expiration date on my supplied credit card was incorrect and the transaction couldn't go through. Thank God.

The next message said...

]]>Going Vegan... Maybehttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/20/going-vegan-maybe.htmlDena Harris2008-07-20T15:20:21ZHome Life Things to Think About Animal RescueI stopped eating red meat and pork in 1988. I initially did it on a trial basis, just to see if I could. Surprisingly, I never missed it and never had any desire to go back.

Cutting out chicken and turkey, which I did around 1995-96, was harder. Blair and I ate a lot of chicken-based meals together, finding food at a Wendy's or McDonald's became more of a challenge and frankly, Thanksgiving without turkey meat sucks. (I tried Tofurkey which is similar in taste and texture to regurgitated stomach snot. Don't do it.)

I always planned to either cut out or ease back on seafood, which I haven't yet. I love me some crabcakes and lobster! But I watched an episode of Hell's Kitchen...

]]>Fridays Offhttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/18/fridays-off.htmlDena Harris2008-07-18T13:37:40ZHome LifeI could get used to this. Blair's office has gone to summer hours which means they work longer during the week but get Friday's off. Since he works 10-11 hour days as a norm, the "long" hours don't bother us and it's great having him home on Friday's. It's like having my own personal man servant around the house. This morning he already went to the bank, dry cleaners, and store, and he's taking the girls to the vet at 10:30 to get their nails trimmed.

I'm sitting in the library and I noticed a bulb in the light above me had burned out.

"Honey," I called, "Can you change the light?"

Bam-boom, light changed and best of all, Princess didn't have to move a muscle.

I wonder if I can con him into fixing lunch....

]]>Buzzard Marathon T-Shirthttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/16/buzzard-marathon-t-shirt.htmlDena Harris2008-07-16T15:10:22ZRunningMy friend Dave wore a t-shirt to our run the other day that's too good not to share. It had two big cartoony buzzards sitting atop a telephone pole, looking down at a bunch of runners below them. The pole had a sign taped to it reading, "Mile 24." One buzzard turns to the other and says, "This was a good place last year."

Love it!

]]>Ass Peashttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/16/ass-peas.htmlDena Harris2008-07-16T00:37:36ZRunningMy right leg has been steadily tightening since I started with my running group, so after tonight's hill workout I decided to be kind to it and ice it down. I walked in the front door and through the house to the kitchen, where Blair had dinner waiting. I grabbed the one ice-pack we own out of the freezer, along with a bag of frozen peas. I put the ice-pack under my knee and slid the frozen peas under my right buttock. We ate dinner and chatted about our day.

After dinner, I carried the bag of peas to the freezer.

"What are you doing with those?" asked Blair. 

]]>Kiss My Kitty Butt - Official Logo Spokescathttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/15/kiss-my-kitty-butt-official-logo-spokescat.htmlDena Harris2008-07-15T19:02:00ZKiss My KItty ButtI'm preparing a temporary logo for early promotion of "Kiss My Kitty Butt: More Life With Cats." My friend Rudy sketched this cat for me to use. Watcha think?

kitty%20butt2.jpg 

]]>Setting High Goalshttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/14/setting-high-goals.htmlDena Harris2008-07-14T23:23:46ZThings to Think AboutA member of my marketing group raised an interesting point. She'd read that most people don't aim high enough with their goals. People aim for the mid-level, where success might be found, but mid-level is also where 80% of the population is floundering about. By shooting for above where you think you can land, you knock out a big chunk of the competition who isn't even competing at that level.

Just something to think about...

]]>Crap, Crappity, Craphttp://blogsbydenaharris.squarespace.com/imported-data-incharge/2008/7/14/crap-crappity-crap.htmlDena Harris2008-07-14T14:21:52ZRantsI left at home the entire folder I need for the meeting which includes all the handouts and info for my portion of a presentation on author videos.]]>