Monday, November 22, 2010

False Advertisement - Sea World doesn't care (edited)

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Edited to add -- this post is now moot, blogging about the problem managed to un-jinx the site! That means we'll be going. I still have ...
Sunday, November 21, 2010

May the Force Be with Me (& You :)

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That's just a joke, that title... It's just that my friend Wally has helped "initiate" me into Star Wars tonight. And he...
Saturday, November 20, 2010

In Florida... catching up blog reading

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Edited to add... this whole obligatory posting leads to empty posts like this one, but I still think NaBloPoMo is worth it/fun in spite of i...
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Friday, November 19, 2010

Incredible

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It looks like for the first time ever we'll be able to leave for a trip on time -- if I can just stop blogging, finish loading the car a...

Second Wind

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I thought I'd never be in the mood to get this post written... You see, when our nicely configured trajectory "derailed" a l...
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Thursday, November 18, 2010

Small Accomplishment & Whirlwind Day Coming Up

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I'm so thrilled that I finally finished a project that took me over two weeks to complete! I hope my parents don't read this (they p...
Wednesday, November 17, 2010

They Are Just TOO Happy!

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I was going to blog about something entirely different,* but K's comment about the boys just a few minutes ago was too fun not to quote ...
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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Medicated

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I hope to be able to write about this more thoughtfully later, but now I'm trying to deliver my daily post already a bit late. The vis...
Monday, November 15, 2010

I'm a Blissful, Confessed Addict

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And it's not to blogging, though that is my confessed addiction of choice. According to this great Slate essay, I'm totally addi...
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Super-Ultra-Efficient

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I still can't believe it's true, but I just ordered our holiday cards and will be picking them up at Costco tomorrow. This is the m...
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Sunday, November 14, 2010

Six Years seems a long time, but it's not, really...

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One more Blogging anniversary is rolling along and while I sometimes feel that six years is really a long time (that's how old my younge...
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Saturday, November 13, 2010

Documentary Watching Continues: Casino Jack and the United States of Money

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Last weekend I watched Food, Inc . , right now I'm watching : Casino Jack and the United States of Money . Disgusting is a weak word to ...
Friday, November 12, 2010

The Blind Side

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I'm borrowing the post title from  a Brazilian friend (K's former middle school student and a talented singer) because her son Lucc...
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Thursday, November 11, 2010

A Little Sick

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I'm a little sick with a sore throat and a bit allergic too... so I need to go to bed. I'll leave you with a photo then, OK? I can...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010

Some Worries... Radioactivity & Loved Ones' Bones

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"And then there's the issue of the bones that's worrying me..." said a cryptic line in my mom's email. After talking...
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010

Crazy Musings

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I don't like the title & the what I wrote in the previous post too much -- although I do think those videos are interesting -- so, l...
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My Open Wound: academia, the (useless) phd, etc. & Animated characters!

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Go ahead, skip this post. Nobody likes to look at open wounds, or, do they? Sure, maybe they do in an irresistible attraction to trainwrecks...
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Monday, November 08, 2010

Why I Don't Like Facebook - Zadie Smith said it better than I ever could

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Obviously, I had to spend a few minutes on facebook before writing this post. I do it, but I often feel sad and disconnected afterwards. I m...
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Sunday, November 07, 2010

So it is ILLEGAL to criticize how certain foods are produced in this country, depending on where you live?*/ Monsanto is EVIL

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I had to add a new label to the blog after watching  Food, Inc .  last night: OUTRAGEOUS! I watched it by myself last night and when I woke ...
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Saturday, November 06, 2010

Xmas Photo Teaser

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Today we had our visiting friend take photos of our family for our Christmas card. Here's a sample take (I'm not including K): Nice...