Ugh.

I forgot just how slushy slush is when the snow is melting.

I had to go into the city to buy some tomatoes (the only hope I have of getting somewhat edible fresh tomatoes this time of year), and on the way back I shelled out $5 for a metrocard, my feet were already wet enough. No receipt, and I paid in cash, and on the bus the damn thing didn't work. Not only didn't work, but scanned up as $0, so of course the driver called me a liar. Let me ride anyway, but not without a side heaping of serious snark, which is still preferable to slush. I could scream. I very nearly burst into tears when I thought I might have to wade through all the slush to get home.

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Angry right’s secret revulsion: Why they really dodge minimum wage questions

http://bit.ly/Mqjfjw

In Louisiana, 8 Women Were Murdered and Cops May Be Their Killers

http://bit.ly/1kUe7Az

Black Death Left a Mark on Human Genome

http://bit.ly/1inPds7

'Animal Pompeii' wiped out China's ancient creatures

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-26035447

Detroit infant mortality rate worst among large US cities

http://bit.ly/1iqTYjX

For Some Believers Trying To Connect With Jesus, the Answer Is To Live Like a Jew

http://bit.ly/1atFW1g

Okay, okay, I can tell you now!

JENN GOT A NEW JOB!

We aren't out of the hole yet, but with this new source of income we can start paying off all our old bills, including the mortgage. (And the gas, and the electric, and the phone and cable, and the godawful water bill, and the bay window roofs, and the main roof, and the plumbing....) I'm still going to be budgeting our menu pretty tightly (well, with a few exceptions for lamb tonight and pecan pie at some point in the future) and looking for my own paying work, but this helps. A LOT.

On that note, is it wrong of me, when in the grocery store, to consider getting jelly or pickles or spaghetti sauce based on the jars? I put everything in jars - beans, rice, oats, spices - and I can always use more of them, especially larger sizes, but I don't usually need to buy the things that come in jars, which is a problem. I oughta ask on freecycle.

Ooh, some more articles

First, Colbert's take on the utterly manufactured Coca-Cola kerfluffle.

http://bit.ly/MWlCve

Ooh, some more articles

First, Colbert's take on the utterly manufactured Coca-Cola kerfluffle.

http://bit.ly/MWlCve

CVS to stop selling tobacco

http://cnn.it/1c39a28

Researchers in Cambridge and Exeter have discovered that jackdaws use their eyes to communicate with each other – the first time this has been shown in non-primates.

http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/the-eyes-have-it

Star next door may host a 'superhabitable' world

http://bit.ly/LzKWpe

IT WAS the superfoods wot dunnit. Woolly mammoths may have starved to death when changes in the climate deprived them of their best food: flowering herbs.

http://bit.ly/1jgPShT

The Stealth Campaign To Destroy Abortion Rights That You Haven’t Heard Anything About

http://bit.ly/1fIynUq

House Republicans Attempt To Take Control Of California Water

http://bit.ly/1fSuA6r