20 Oct
My mom works as a secretary for an attorney. Today a young woman came in to take care of some business. My mom commented on her cute ring, saying that her daughter (me of course) would love it, because it’s Hello Kitty. The woman took her ring off and handed it to [...]
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30 Sep
eBags is showing off their own-brand best of the best bags - those bags that are rated 9 (or 10) out of 10 by customers, and also have a “would buy again” rating from customers of 90% or higher. I happen to own 2 eBags branded bags - the Thunder messenger and the Kalya [...]
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29 Aug
I’ve been a longtime user of the Northwest Indiana Times forums and have never caused a problem there, but suddenly every last one of my threads and posts are being deleted. These are harmless threads as tame as asking when a new restaurant is going to open, while threads and posts from trolls remain. [...]
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14 Aug
(Meh, I went for a friend. But the experience of being at a TV show taping was neat.)
I was never a talk show viewer, but my friend really loves Steve Wilkos and so we went to see a taping yesterday. (He used to work on, and guest hosted, the Jerry Springer show.) It was fun, [...]
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27 Jul
Woman’s World magazine suggests that you line the stairs to your deck (not the railings, the stairs themselves) with tealights for a party to light the walkway elegantly. Actually, this sounds more to me like a great way to set your guests’ shoes, socks, and pants on fire.
I think if I were going to [...]
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11 Dec
Jenn Cannon is the current Jeopardy champion. I don’t know how she won. She’s supposedly a doctor and got a question wrong about the ear canal. How much more basic in anatomy can you get?
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05 Dec
I’ve become bento obsessed!
My 3 favorite bento blogs:
Bento Yum, with lots of great sets for beginners.
Adventures in Bentomaking
Lunch in a Box
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04 Nov
I’m playing along with Ed Bott’s Uncensored Jukebox. (Link goes to the rules so you can play along!) The current edition is here.
1. We Shout - Tatu2. I Want Someone To Love - Sailor Moon soundtrack3. Hands - Jewel4. I Can’t Stand It - Danielle Paris5. Wild One - Faith Hill6. YMCA - Village [...]
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25 Aug
A Massachusetts high school is going to charge kids who ride the school bus $1 per day. Great, charge them money to come to school - that’ll improve their attitudes.
Story on Eagle Tribune
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20 Aug
Okay, it’s nice that you can take some pictures of your favorite actor or cartoon character, and set the pictures to music using Windows Movie Maker. What you are doing is A. creating a slideshow, not a video, B. copyright infringement, both to the song and the subject of the picture, and C. just [...]
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