Monthly Archives: September 2004
WIPs: September
Let’s see…. I’ve pretty much finished a hat from Stitch N’ Bitch using Brown Sheep’s Lamb’s Pride chunky weight; it just needs to be sewn up. With the leftovers, I’m making a matching scarf. Both are for a former co-worker … Continue reading
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100 CDs you shouldn’t have in your collection
Wesley A. Kose provides a list of the 100 albums you should remove from your collection immediately. Of the 100, I’m proud to say that I only have two – Chemical Brothers Dig Your Own Hole and Tom Waits Mule … Continue reading
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Filed under Tunes
I *knew* it!
(Found here – the article is nonsense, but the picture is halfway down the page) I can’t remember how I found the link to the article where I found this picture – I was sure it was from a link … Continue reading
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Lifestyle of the Carefree
Today I did something completely and utterly decadent, and something I haven’t done in a long time – nothing. Ab-so-frickin’-loutely nothing. For the last few months, I’ve either been on the road, visiting family down south, hosting family from down … Continue reading
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Filed under All About Moi, Misc
Blogging like a Pirate
Arrr! Ahoy, me blogging maties! Today is Talk Like a Pirate Day! And since I was adrift in my cabin today, I was unable to interact with my fellow pirates. Arrr! But avast! The night is young and there are … Continue reading
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I need antibiodics – stat!
Well, it appears that I have several nasty viruses lurking on my computer. I updated my Norton (which I do twice a week anyways), updated Ad-aware 6.0, and restarted the computer in Safe Mode. I ran both programs, and Norton … Continue reading
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Filed under Computer Geekage
It takes a special kind of stupid….
Bellydancing starts up again for me tomorrow. In anticipation of this, I was practicing some of the movements I learned earlier in the summer. While doing a figure eight with a quarter turn, there was a popping noise in my … Continue reading
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Filed under All About Moi
Book club verdict: Lamb
We giggled. We chuckled. We roared with laughter until the tears pour down our faces. In short, we very much liked the bulk of this book. However, we were disappointed and let down by the ending, and the latter part … Continue reading
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2004 Results of the Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
2004 Results The one that had me laughing out loud: Maynard Fimble was told that “you can’t compare apples and oranges,” but, he thought, they are both eatable, grow on trees, are about the same size, are good for you, … Continue reading
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My Long Weekend in Incomplete Sentences
That was one great long weekend. Friday night – got home, ate lasagna with my sisters and b-i-l. Watched Love Actually – actually not a bad little film. Went to bed. Saturday – got up late-ish. Sat around the breakfast … Continue reading
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Filed under Down South, Family