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Saturday May 19th 2012

Posts Tagged ‘ARGH’

April is the month of Nostalgia

April is the month of Nostalgia

We were watching Objectified the other night. It’s a documentary about the everyday things we use in life, and the future of design. I really enjoyed it, in part for its focus on quotidian items and the thought that goes into them. It made me think of all the things [Read More]

A New Way of Seeing

A New Way of Seeing

Wow, am I cranky. Peeps, I am so cranky I can hardly believe it. I think I would be lying if I said I don’t know why, so I’ll just try to talk you through it. 1. I am scheduled to do a half-marathon on trail October 2. That’s this weekend, and I have been [Read More]

Dog under Desk

Dog under Desk

…This is what happens when I am in a terrible mood. Ergo, Sprocket is under my desk. Entirely. Where he does not fit. Here is the proof. This is also proof that I am in a terrible mood. I have never tried writing a post while I am in a terrible mood, so this will [Read More]

The 30-Day Experiment: How’d It Go?

The 30-Day Experiment: How’d It Go?

About a month ago, I told you all that I was going to do five things for 30 days straight. So, what were the results? Here: Drink a glass of water every morning: 100% Make our bed every morning: 100%* Write a one-page diary entry longhand every day: 93% Go to the gym or do [Read More]

A brief intermission and a public announcement

Aside from the basics off eating breathing, drinking water, I’ve never done anything for 30 days straight. Not in my recent memory, anyway, and not anything that I’ve known would be good for me. Maybe in my angsty college years I kept a daily diary for 30 days [Read More]

‘sTrueth! A good time was had by all.

‘sTrueth! A good time was had by all.

Jim and I spent the weekend at the Trues’. I had a ridiculously busy Friday that involved a ton of networking (which, it seems, could be a full-time job even if you’re not actually following up on any of the networking with anything concrete); took some time off [Read More]

Day of Birth, Girls’ Night Out, and the Weekend of Bad Photos and Gorgeous Houses

Day of Birth, Girls’ Night Out, and the Weekend of Bad Photos and Gorgeous Houses

Oh my, oh my. What a week. I turned 35 last Tuesday and did it in the company of some good friends, some I hadn’t seen in a year or so. It was a terrific evening: Jody and I saw a movie that a friend produced, and then hopped into a taxi cab to meet [Read More]

Book publishing goes all Michael-Jackson on me

Book publishing goes all Michael-Jackson on me

There’s been some hue-and-cry lately over Justine Larbalestier’s new book, Liar. It’s not because it’s about a black girl who is a compulsive liar; it’s not because it’s a young-adult book about a black girl who’s a compulsive liar; [Read More]

Odds and Ends

Odds and Ends

We leave for the airport to begin our trip to Zurich in about two hours. There are a few things on my mind. 1. I’ve been slowly falling apart over the past week. First, I banged my shin on our square bed-post. This happens every once in awhile, with varying degrees of [Read More]

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hodge-podge brain dump

hodge-podge brain dump

1. I just had a brainfart and tried to go to the blogger platform to add this post. As much as I love the flexibility [Read More]

The Deployment Diet: Lose Five Pounds! Fast!

The Deployment Diet: Lose Five Pounds! Fast!

You’d think two weeks in a foreign country would be a recipe for diet disaster. No more! I recently found myself [Read More]

April is the month of Nostalgia

April is the month of Nostalgia

We were watching Objectified the other night. It’s a documentary about the everyday things we use in life, and [Read More]

The avocado Audrey

The avocado Audrey

Feed me,  Seymour! It’a my first-ever avocado sprout! Cross your fingers for it! I hope it comes out of its husk [Read More]

This is Your Brain on a 5K

This is Your Brain on a 5K

On Saturday I did a “virtual 5k.” It was to raise money for the Dick Beardsley Foundation. It was called [Read More]

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hodge-podge brain dump | The Good Dirt had this to say

of blogger. Hm. Points to ponder. Weirdly, I last used blogger something like years ago–Peter turned me on to Read the post

John had this to say

Does this avocado happen to be named after Audrey? Read the post

N2 had this to say

Yes!. Travel can be slimming. Sounds like you made the very best of a tough trip. You do good work, Woman! x0 N2 Read the post

Gary had this to say

If you are interested in Pat Tillman's story you should check this out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C36E1095yKs Read the post

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Thanks for reading, Amalia! Man, I miss my agenda. And it's funny that you say you became more of a procrastinator once Read the post

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