Archive for the "The World At Large" category


Well. That Was Fun.

Now? The real work begins. May the wind be at your back, Mr. Obama and a *massive* shit-picker-upper because between the country & the new puppy, you’re gonna need one. And if you require the services of a librarian/taxonomist, ping me, eh?

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ObamaNation

I took my little girls to their girl scouts meeting this evening & when the troop leader asked about people who can respect, who you look up to? The entire troop shouted OBAMA! Over & over. Totally unprompted. This is only their second meeting, most of the girls don’t really know […]

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Disingenuous

I had a post half written about the economy fuss when someone called wanting to see the house. We had one hour to get the house in showing condition so off we went, cleaning, wiping, vacuuming, dishes… As we were getting shoes on to go out & read in a nearby coffee shop, the […]

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Moar Bread

And today I made: two loaves of sammich bread, one loaf of some seriously fancy garlic bread (dip the raw bread slices in melted butter, chopped garlic, & fresh parsley then smoosh all the slices into the bread pan), and a dozen bagels. Seriously — why I get inspired to make bread on […]

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Today

I made bread sticks for my brother’s birthday. Tomorrow I will make sammich bread for the week & entirely possibly bagels as well. NOM. Bread.
Today, with the help of google maps, M1, M2, my Dad & I went geocaching & found our first geocache at a long-time favorite park. It […]

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So It Wasn’t All Bad

The thunder & lightening storm was actually, aside from that one terrifying moment, pretty cool. Our tent held & we stayed dry.
I think this is my favorite picture from the trip.

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Vacashun: UR Doin’ It Wrong

The Executive Summary because I’m too tired to write it all out.
Work continues to go to hell in a handbasket. I’m not looking forward to going back tomorrow. Dread doesn’t even begin to sum things up.
Both my parents sick diagonally as far across the country as one can get. Mommy in […]

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Random Sunday Night Update

M1 & I spent two hours reading the Cat Who Talked to Ghosts to each other tonight. I made her read me a chapter while I put the bread together, then I read her… two? three? chapters. We’re getting to the good part where all the clues start coming together & the […]

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Busy Day

This morning… it seems like I did something, but it is terribly far away & I can’t remember what it is. Then P came and got me & said, “I have something you can do if you’re looking for something to do!” — which I wasn’t, but eh. He took me ’round […]

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Taxonomy Makes The News

So brassratgirl scooped the NYT (at least for me)!
Health Database Was Set Up to Ignore ‘Abortion’.
Johns Hopkins University said Friday that it had programmed its computers to ignore the word “abortion” in searches of a large, publicly financed database of information on reproductive health after federal officials raised questions about two articles in the database. […]

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