Monthly Archives: October 2006
the bucking stops here
I’ve decided that I want to wear my ring on my left-hand ring finger like other American women. I am tired of answering questions and defending the uninteresting position of wearing my engagement ring on another finger. Luckily bluenile.com has … Continue reading
Posted in diamonds, marriage, relationships
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Microcredit
Muhammed Yunus just received the Nobel Prize for giving tiny loans (average is $150) to poor people in Bangladesh. Apparently microcredit systems have become a favorite way of combatting poverty in the last ten years. Read the article in the … Continue reading
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danger danger
I repeat, Never make cream cheese frosting when you’re home alone. I had to lick both cream cheesey beaters by myself. The recipe for this delicious carrot cake is in this previous post. Today, Bella went off on her first … Continue reading
Posted in mothering, recipes
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How to hold on to your playlists in iTunes
This is handy tip. For instance you have Rolling Stone’s Top Five Hundred Songs on one computer at home, and you would like to add that playlist to another computer at home – yet when you move the songs, they … Continue reading
Posted in ipod, itunes
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Graduate Record Examinations
Apparently if I want to apply to UC Irvine (Comparative Literature) or UC San Diego (Art History) for a doctoral program, I have to take my GREs. I just downloaded and printed an 80-page practice booklet. Looks kinda hard. I’ll … Continue reading
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another something I plan to see
I missed this show of American comic strip art when it was in L.A.. so I am relieved to see that it will be in NYC when I am there. The show is split into two parts: pre-World War and … Continue reading
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I wouldn't mind seeing this one
Despite what Nicolai Ouroussoff says in the NYTimes, this building takes a great photograph. It makes me wonder if I know anybody well enough to visit in Denver. Photo courtesy of NYTimes.
Posted in architecture
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Chad's current top 40 most-played list
1 “Sand on Fire” Kitchens of Distinction Capsule: The Best Of KOD 1988-94 2 “So Here We Are” Bloc Party Silent Alarm 3 “What I Thought” Goldrush Ozona 4 “L.S.F. (Lost Souls Forever)” Kasabian Kasabian 5 “The Small Print” Muse … Continue reading
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bookclub update
For the third month of the bookclub I have never actually attended, we will be reading a nonfiction book, Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your Amercian History Textbook Got Wrong by James W. Loewen. Normally I wouldn’t be thrilled … Continue reading
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