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Scene: Morning in the Watkiss/Wiederick household. The boy has just made coffee and delivered it to the girl, who has turned on the morning news and thrown some sort of squeaking, slobbery something...
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I’m surprised I haven’t seen this on Craigslist yet, so I figured I’d put it here myself. You: Hot, short-haired girl in grey slacks, black pumps and a black sweater, carrying take-out across the...
View ArticleScrub my Brain
It all started when I was about 19 years old, and outgrew the teenaged ability to sleep and wake without much consideration for the body’s actual needs. Since then, I’ve rarely been successful at...
View ArticleDear Blogland
I could certainly use a bit of a pick-me-up today. So I ask you, blogiverse, to indulge me in my wee pity party, while I present to you a list of things that suck today: I am still jobless. Not only...
View ArticleHungarian Horntail
A break from the all-wedding all the time programming (though still a good illustration of how completely detached from reality I am). Preamble: now that we’re on the top floor (instead of wedged in...
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Leaping
photo from geekgirly My procrastination (like that of many of my brethren task-putter-offers) stems from a serious fear of failure. If I don’t actually start this thing, I can’t fail at doing it,...
View ArticleHolding Out
Was having a conversation with a friend the other day about street food (specifically kebab/donair/shwarma), which eventually lead to discussing how to pronounce “gyro” – is it hero or jai-row? Of...
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Crafty!
I am scared of crafting. This is odd. Not least because of all the things one could be frightened of, I pick crafting? Really? But it’s more than that. I used to sew. I was in a 4H sewing club. I made...
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Mighty!
Meet Battina She’s my Mighty Ugly doll, just hangin’ out. She’s a bit of a misfit, and has just returned from a bender in Vegas, where she was found passed out under the craps table. I’m quite fond of...
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Tea-mendous
Moving house can often lead you to see your possessions in a new light. Especially when you have packed in a hurry, without making much effort to thin your piles of stuff before beginning. And are then...
View ArticleBuckling Down
Thing I am struggling with at work: Focus. After spending the vast majority of the past 2 years chasing after a tiny human with the attention span of a goldfish, I am now noticing that my ability to...
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