http://larocqueandroll.com Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyways Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:49:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Ugh. Okay. Another month long break. Tuesday at work I was trying to write up a draft of a document for a community group based on notes I'd made at a meeting the previous week. I realized that I'm terrible at writing up persuasive arguments because ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/07/17/rebecca-use-your-words/ Okay, so I'm just trying this out to see if it works. If this were an actual post, there would be actual content. And be 100% sarcasam free! http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/07/10/testing/ I finally managed to unearth my book notebook, and was pleased to discover it wasn't as far behind as I'd feared. It was under a stack of books in my office, and now it's sitting on one of the many stacks of books on my dining room table. ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/06/11/my-decorating-scheme-needs-work/ All afternoon, I had a craving for chocolate chip cookies. Not just any chocolate chip cookies - the ones I get at the coffee shop where I get my Wednesday lattes [1]. By the time I'd closed up the department and everything was shut down, I decided that, ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/06/11/why-coffee-at-930pm-is-a-bad-thing/ Normally, around this time of month, I'd be posting my May reads. However, I've missplaced my book notebook - it's not in either of the two places I usually leave it and I can't find the stack of books I know I did read. It's been one of ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/06/01/sunday-is-my-funday/ So true. Today when I got to work, a book I'd had on reserve for three weeks (or so) was waiting for me at my desk. I all but threw aside the book I started reading this morning to fill the gaping void left by my want... nay, need to ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/05/14/all-i-ever-think-about-are-books-books-books/ It's not really cool to admit it, but right now I'm listening to Yo-Yo Ma's Bach Cello Suites, one of my all time favourite CDs - a desert island one, no less [1]. Right now, it's the perfect music to listen to while I compose blog posts, edit and ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/05/13/getting-tired-of-writing-the-word-lullaby/ I sat down to write about my April reads, and then realized it's going to take longer than I thought, given that it's almost 11pm, and I need to hit the hay half an hour ago. See, this week is all about travelling hither and yon [1] and while ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/05/04/excuses-are-for-the-weak/ Today at lunch, I was walking to the coffee shop trying to come up with a way to start off the second round of book reviews from March. I thought about telling you humorous library user tales (like the one about having a stapler thrown at me earlier this ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/04/10/march-madness-cont/ My parents are coming up for a visit tomorrow. I was on the phone with my mother tonight, telling her that I'd almost finished cleaning the house. The last thing I had left to do was the sweeping, which takes less than 15 minutes but that I always ... http://larocqueandroll.com/2008/04/09/march-madness/