http://blog.jennschac.com (blog) Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:45:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I still take out some books from the Library in paper form when I can't get them digitally and don't want to buy them. It keeps my wrists strong since I have to hold up the heavy book instead of the light kobo. Haha. One thing that always strikes me ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/08/17/in-transit/ This post is longer than it should be because I haven't written in awhile, my code is taking a long time to compile these days, and it's my blog so I'll do what I want. I put headings so you can skip to the actual review part if you so ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/07/16/kobo-story-and-review/ I got all my sisters Originally uploaded by Pen for Hire My cousin Marlee's Bat Mitzvah was a few weeks ago. We celebrated in style. And even had a flash mob. Yes, my little sis choreographed a little ditty to we are family which Marlee and all her friends performed. And me. ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/07/01/we-are-family/ So, I have grown out of using the word "like" as my filler word when I speak. Its replacement: So. And it turns out I'm not alone - according to an article in the NY Times, my use of the word is one of the [few] ways I'm a stereotypical ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/06/22/so/ Sunday I ran the Sporting Life 10km for my 4th time. I hadn't really planned on running. I didn't sign up or anything. But my friend Lisa wasn't using her bib, and I had a 16km run scheduled for the weekend so decided that I would run the 6km from ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/05/04/my-fourth-time-was-my-first-time/ I've now learned that signing up for a race doesn't mean I'll necessarily run it (Chilly Half, 2010). But unfortunately I hadn't learned that lesson when I signed up for the Toronto Women's Half Marathon on May 30th. And I don't like making the same mistake twice, so have decided ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/04/12/running-is-just-like-riding-a-bike/ I have a tendency to get sick before/during vacations. So it was no surprise that I was coughing the week before I left to Mexico. I thought I nipped it in the bud with nasal spray and asthma meds, but lo and behold ended up sick in bed with a ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/03/24/looking-on-the-bright-side/ Last week my host mom, Mika, sent me a link to a commercial with my host sister, himawari. It's for a grocery store called Life. Go to http://www.lifecorp.jp/. Click the first image of the man with the little girls at the top to launch the commercial (the image changes ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/03/08/my-host-sister-is-famous/ This weekend N and I headed to my cousins' ski chalet up north to play in the snow. We were given the garage code and told to let ourselves in that way when we arrived. Unfortunately, we discovered the door into the house from the garage was locked (turned out ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/03/02/what-to-do-when/ I was so busy tweeting and facebooking my excitement that my blog ended up sadly neglected on Friday when the fantastic news came out that Barbie's Next Career is as a Computer Engineer! You better believe that I voted more than once so I consider myself responsible for Computer Engineer ... http://blog.jennschac.com/2010/02/16/news-worthy/