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Browsing through my RSS feeds, I came across today’s quizzes from mental_floss. The first quiz was Name the Weasleys in 2 Minutes, and I didn’t even bother to try it once I read that there were seven Weasley children. I only knew of four right away, and Chris had to remind me about a fifth one that I had already seen in the movies. The second quiz for today was Name the 30 Dow Jones Index Companies in 10 Minutes. After I took that quiz, I saw a few more quizzes. Here is a roundup of the quizzes and my results (in numbers, not the answers):

• Name the 30 Dow Jones Index Companies in 10 Minutes – 14 our of 30
• Name the Muppet Babies in 5 Minutes – 10 out of 10
• Name the Monopoly Properties in 5 Minutes – 18 out of 28
• Name That Beatles Album – 1 out of 11 (Chris got 8 out of 11 – it’s a tough one)
• A ‘Saved by the Bell’ Quiz – 6 out of 15

So, those are the quizzes I took today. Why don’t you give them a go and post your results below. If you find any other good quizzes, post those, too.

This morning I dropped Chris off at work because tonight she went down to Theatrefest. Before I left HEHS, I stopped by and said hello to the Tech department. We shared some news about work, and then I had to rush off to get to work.

Tonight, for dinner I made salmon teryaki with steamed broccoli and rice. It was pretty damned good, although it’s no replacement for the miso salmon at Cheesecake Factory.

I also started catching up on Samantha Who? while eating dinner, and then more while reading about the cash basis and accrual basis of accounting. Overall, I think my first of two nights while Chris is gone went fairly well.

Anyway, this post serves two purposes. The first is to quickly recall today, and the second is to show Rich that things seem to be working OK. And as I wrote that last sentence, I received confirmation that things are OK.

We’ve all used Microsoft Office at least once. I came across a great tip today detailing how to edit the My Places list in the Open and Save as dialog windows in Microsoft Office applications. You can add or remove places from the list with just a few Registry tweaks.

It’s so cold outside! Here’s a reminder of warmer weather and horrible lyrics (Facebook registration required):

Note: This was supposed to be posted originally on November 16, 2008. Obviously there has been a slight delay. I hope it reads OK, but in case it doesn’t, now you know why. Oh, by the way, Happy New Year!

Just over ten and a half years ago I graduated from high school. Saturday, November 15, was my ten year high school reunion. First, Chris and I found it quite humorous when we signed in and received our name badges, complete with our senior pictures. Chris later recalled to me the episode of Psych where Shawn and Gus go to their reunion, and Gus is ridiculed throughout the evening for making the name badges with their pictures on them. It was so totally cliché, but there was at least one time it did come in handy (not that I recall talking to the person whose badge I needed to read to remember her name).

It was great to see people like Sam, Ilyse, Jenny, Tina, Melissa, Katie, Briony, Lindsey, Shilpa, Ami, Dennis, Grant, Chris (the other one), Al*, and I am sure there are others I am forgetting (or I had a fairly anti-social night limiting myself to talking to a dozen or so people). It was great to get a chance to talk to you all. There were many people I had not seen since graduation or prom, and Facebook stalking can do only so much as compared to meeting face to face.

To Laura, Robyn, Shilpa and Lindsey, you put on a good party. Thanks for taking care of it all. I just wish I could have stayed a little while longer, but it had been a long day, starting with 8 hours of graduate school.

Overall, I can say I enjoyed myself at the reunion. Do I feel like I am old enough to be attending reunions? Not really. Am I looking forward to future reunions? More so than I looked forward to this one.

Just last week, we missed the unofficial Reunion II at Easy Street Pub, just a brisk walk from our house. We had to miss it because of our own annual holiday party. I hear it was good times for all, and I do wish I could have been there. I guess I’ll have to wait for Reunion III to catch up with people again.

* Al was not in our class, but she knew just as many, if not more, people than Grant, Chris and I. That was one of the best parts of the night for me.