Pining for pinning…
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Very Easy St. Paddy's Day Meal
My internet connection has been intermittent this last week or so, making it pretty pretty tough to post regularly. (Notice that I don’t mention that I am already halfway through the second season of Battlestar Galactica… if we were really … Continue reading
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"For sale: baby shoes, never worn."
And hence the legend of very short stories begins with six words from Hemingway. SMITH, an online magazine, had a reader contest that turned out to be so popular that the system almost crashed under the weight of 500+ submissions … Continue reading
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No More Mr. Nice Gaius
After years of resisting, I have become firmly and unequivocally addicted to the TV series, Battlestar Galatica (IMDb 9.1/10.0). That may sound funny, but it’s not. It’s TIME-CONSUMING.
Happy Reunion
Bella and I went into an AT&T store today and had the web access on her phone disabled. Strangely, it could not be disabled if she had an individual unlimited texting plan ($20), but it could be disabled if I … Continue reading
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Movie Wrap-up
My energy level has taken a dive here in the third trimester, and so I find that curling up in front of a movie with my husband has been especially enjoyable lately. We keep meaning to get out and explore … Continue reading
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Ungainly
I’m not talking about developing a waddle or getting wedged between the car and the garbage cans – I’m talking about all the emotional business I find myself going through with everybody around me. As I just read in Birthing … Continue reading
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*POW@* and she takes another one to the gut…
For Christmas this year Bella got a new cell phone. Despite my reservations, we got her a Black Jack II with a full QWERTY keyboard and although it was web-enabled, it did not require a PDA monthly web plan like … Continue reading
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New Blog Alert
For those of you like me, who were dismayed when Laura’s blog, blue heliotrope, dropped off the radar, she’s back, reborn as a mother; blog name: il piccolino. Laura and I wrote and illustrated countless stories together as kids and … Continue reading
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A Poem Borrowed Without Permission
Every once in a while I think I’ll just get rid of all my unread New Yorkers; recycle them all in a big slippery pile in a brown paper bag, and then, and then I sit down and read one. … Continue reading
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Bradley Class
The first time Chad and I both made it to our Bradley class a couple weeks ago, Chad was bit grumbly, and I wondered if I’d made the wrong decision to pressure him into taking the class with me. Bradley … Continue reading
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