Month: December 2003
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World: 1, Overly-Sensitive-Feminist: 0I stood out on Abercrombie Street this morning waiting for my lift to work and bracing myself for the inevitable harrassment. You see, I wore my black skirt and boots today. They’re not salacious at all, but for some reason the sight of my bare knees seems to draw the troglodytes from…
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Survivor was extremely satisfying. In fact, my voice is still a little hoarse from that magic moment when I saw “Johnny Fairplay” scrawled as only Crazy Lil can. She probably would have stood a better chance against him but I can respect her decision not to reward his behavior. And kudos to the women for…
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Just thinking aloud…This review of blogging tools got me thinking about the Movable-Typeification of the “blogiverse”. (I can’t believe I just used that word.) Don’t get me wrong; MT sounds great and some of my favorite blogs use it. In fact, a *lot* of them use it. I find that vaguely discomfiting somehow. I think…
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Go 7396!Just checked in with Amy, who’s coming up on Mile 18 as we speak. She’s going a lot of walking but she’s hanging in there and she sounded pretty upbeat. You can track her live results here (search on “Amy Howard”). Go Sis! I’m just in awe right now. Update: SHE DID IT! Final…
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Two more monkeys…I had hoped that this week would finally mark the end of my sock-monkey-making labours, but it’s not to be. I made the fellow on the left there for my friend Kyrenia, who’s leaving our company and moving to Melbourne with her boyfriend. (Check out his jaunty wool scarf; it gets cold in…
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Step by Step Guide to Voting by Absentee Ballot. Very handy bookmark for us expatriate types.
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Friday Five: 1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays?I’m going to have to agree with Kristen here and rant about how “hemispherist” this question is. Folks, the majority of people in the world never have a white Christmas. Nobody in the southern hemisphere does (unless they live on top of…
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Last night I convinced the Snook to come to an advance screening of Lost in Translation with me. He was reluctant at first. (I think he was a little worried it was going to be a girly movie.) Within five minutes he was loving it just as much as I knew he would. The opening…
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I noticed the other day that Stairs has his iChat name listed on his site. Nobody else I know has it and I haven’t been able to try out the Voice Chat yet. This morning I found him online and was able to have a quick chat. It worked perfectly! That same two-minute call to…
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Absolut Vanilia + Diet Coke = Everything I Dreamed It Would Be.