Month: August 2007
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Come on, Stella!*My sister has finally dropped her bombshell, so I guess it’s okay to break radio silence. (IT’S BEEN KILLING ME.) That ain’t her gallbladder, folks! (Though it bears more than a passing resemblance.) Yes, yours truly is going to be an aunt AGAIN. Though it’s a little sooner than they’d planned, Amy and…
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Australian IdolI can’t help it. I’ve been sucked in again. The guys on Sunday were pretty boring though, with the exception of crazy-ass Husny. The girls were a lot better. Tarisai and Cheray were my favorites, but I thought Lana did pretty well too. (I’m hoping Cheray will make it as a wildcard.) Tonight my…
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I just peeked out the door to see the lunar eclipse. Contrary to the naysayers, it was still perfectly visible from our apartment in the light-polluted city. Now I’m waiting for my latent mutant powers to emerge…
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Michelle knitted Trogdor. That is too cool!
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In my sweetest voice…“Linley, dear, 2005 called and they said to leave the Feathers in the past where it belongs.”I really did say that.
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America’s Worst Colleges. I’ll admit that the Domer in me had a good laugh at Michigan State’s prominent placement.
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Cat. Stew. Ew.
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Relaxing at the Botanic GardensIt’s a beautiful Spring day, too lovely to be inside. Later: I had the day off but I was getting antsy just sitting in front of the computer (especially since I was obsessively checking my e-mail for any message regarding the job). So I headed out to have a picnic lunch…
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Fifties FairFinishing the Bryson book last week put me in the perfect mood for the Fifties Fair yesterday. The Snook and I caught the train to Turramurra and then the shuttle bus over to the Rose Seidler House. Luckily we’d followed advice and gotten there relatively early, so we didn’t have to wait long to…
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The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt KidI needed a pit of a pick-me-up after the nightmare that was American Psycho, so I cracked open Bill Bryson’s latest book, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid. It was just what I needed. (Not quite a unicorn chaser, but pretty close.) It’s basically just Bryson…