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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Best carrot cake
Well, Chad found the six pounds of shrimp defrosting at the back of the fridge and the four pints of Ben and Jerry’s hidden way at the back of the freezer. I guess this means that he’s deduced that there … Continue reading
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my buttless baby
That’s what my boyfriend called me this weekend after not having seen me in two weeks. He’s being a pretty good sport about the shrinking curves – and sheesh he has lost weight so dramatically he feels like a different … Continue reading
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1st 3 pgs of Chapter 3 – Why?
The word dummy has more than one negative connotation, ranging from sheer stupidity to a fake stand-in. How is it that as a viewer we allow ourselves to be equated with a dummy in any way? For that matter, why … Continue reading
ipod info update
The actual patent for the new touch-screen ipod is posted at this site. And the new nano has twice as much storage and a tougher case. And on imdb.com: Wal-Mart, which claims that its stores account for 40 percent of … Continue reading
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soccer mom
It has finally happened. After five years of avoiding it, I finally volunteered to be the team soccer mom. That means I type up a contact list and game schedule, organize a snack list, order a banner and plan the … Continue reading
Posted in childhood, mothering
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the naughty nun
I’m looking forward to seeing Nunsense II at the local playhouse, but my boyfriend is coming out this weekend which nixes community theater; plus it’s his birthday weekend, so I suppose we do the stuff he wants to do. But! … Continue reading
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baby scorpion
Look at what I found in my bathroom tonight. Â Just a very little guy, but acting very tough. I took another photo by a pen for scale. I shooed him into an empty yogurt container. I guess I’ll keep … Continue reading
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21st century malady
I think I am developing carpal tunnel in my mouse wrist. I wish I could say it was from working too hard on my thesis, but I think that would elicit only snorts from the crowd. Yup, I have blogging … Continue reading
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mange ta soupe
Another zero-point soup: an invention of my own. I call it Green Soup. Bella likes it and we have it over rice for an afterschool snack. Saute a whole chopped onion and a whole bunch of celery (preferably organic) in … Continue reading
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More than Man Ray's lover
According to e-flux, there is a show of Lee Miller prints going on in Germany … doesn’t do me any good here in the desert, but the link to her archive site proved interesting. That woman was gorgeous. I knew … Continue reading
Posted in art, thesis
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