Monthly Archives: November 2004

Marquee Club

Marquee Club to close Jan. 11 NOOOOO!!!!!! (Thanks to Audra for the sad news)

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Filed under Down East

Woo-hoo! Saved!

A big thanks to my sister who helped me solve my Christmas knitting dilemma. Whew! I’m so relieved! I now only have one Christmas present to knit! Plenty o’ time!

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Filed under Family, Knitting

Word count confessions

Last night after curling, I semi-hysterically admitted to Karen that I wasn’t doing so well with my NaNoWriMo word count (as of 11pm last night – 6754 words). As of yesterday, I should have 25,000 words. Yikes. (I also should … Continue reading

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Filed under 2004, Curling and swearing, NaNoWriMo

Things to keep you amused this afternoon

Normally, I don’t post a lot of links, but I though I’d share these with you guys. Homstar Runner is silly and goofy and fun for the whole family. The Strong Bad emails are the highlight, but I would play … Continue reading

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An unexpected Sunday morning

I was supposed to curl in a funspiel (a bonspiel, but without the competitiveness) today with Karen, her dad, and someone else. It’s not that I don’t enjoy curling (when I’m not falling on my butt), it’s just that I … Continue reading

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Filed under All About Moi

Why I’m not (and won’t be) blogging about work

Quite a few people who have blogs (and whose blogs I love) talk about their day jobs, along with other things. That’s fine and cool – sometimes, that’s why I read them. But you’ll note that I rarely – if … Continue reading

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Filed under All About Moi, Blog, Working for a living

Birth Announcement

From Steel White Table – Her Water Broke Congrats to Jody and his wife on the birth of their second child, a son! Mother, Father and child are all well. Uncle Phillip, on the other hand, is beside himself…

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Get happy now, damn it!

Okay, so things are a little less distressing now. I suppose the pot of coffee I’m drinking is part of it. At any rate, Jessica (of Ultratart) posted a list of songs she can’t possibly be unhapping listening to. Looking … Continue reading

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It gets better… well, not really

I think I killed Natty Boho. (Natty Boho is my African violet. He’s named after the beer in Drawing Blood.) I’ve had him for a few months now, and he’s been doing pretty good. I watered him once a month, … Continue reading

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Filed under Foliage

Vroom

My stupid car. Man, it’s in good condition, but it’s going to make me crazy. Any time I finally manage to save up enough to make a really significant payment on my Visa, it goes and does something that needs … Continue reading

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