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2011 in Review...
New Year's was spent recounting and sharing failures, anxieties, and shortcomings that came to light in 2011. There was a vague hope for a good 2012, but goddamn, I have to say, these first two months have been SHIT and I feel like I'm fucking fighting an uphill battle constantly with everything. My body, doctors, my computer, my mom, my finances ( Read more... ) -
I apparently avoid contact with my peers, prefering dogs and small children
Family friend function with all those people I used to know in my childhood and now who mostly have kids or love to party. I realized early on that I had absolutely no interest in talking with anybody. I mean, I COULD, but we have nothing in common, we're at different points in our lives, and I assume no one is interested in hearing me talk about ( Read more... ) -
Disneyphile
I think I watch more Disney films than most people. Certainly with more frequency.
This is of course a consequence of the children.
What did I do after I watched The Princess and the Frog this afternoon? Watched it again. And everyday for the past two weeks ( Read more... ) -
Squash Night
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Usually, we choose an ethnic region or culture for our theme cooking nights, but as this was a last minute endeavor, and the day before, my sister and I had bought around 30lbs of assorted squash from the last farmer's market weekend, I decided the theme would be decided Iron Chef style: by ingredient.
So the night's theme: SQUASH.
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Mama Leila on the Warpath
So parent-teacher conferences revealed that my nephew is getting C's and D's. He gets A's on all his tests, so the teachers know he's smart, but he turns in his homework late, incomplete, or not at all. This is a case of bored genius in his rebellious pre-teen phase. See, in elementary school, he drove his teachers mad simply "making up" answers ( Read more... ) -
Leila Drowning in an Abundance of Babies
Yep. So as of today, I am now an auntie five times over. Youngest niece was born this morning and she's big and plump ( Read more... ) -
Happy 400th, Milton...Sing Heav'nly Muse!
This year, we celebrate the 400th year after the birth of one of the greatest English poets to find a home within literary canon, John Milton.
- On the other side Adam, soon as he heard
- The fatal trespass done by Eve, amazed,
- Astonied stood and blank, while horrour chill
- Ran through his veins, and all his joints relaxed;
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Setting Preconceptions Aside...
I am generally a watchful and cautious person. Even if the other person looks respectable, I always allow for the possibility that this is all just a disguise ( Read more... ) -
Funny Little Diversions
I gave my nephew a kazoo, and the first thing he played on it was "Ironman." *dies ( Read more... ) -
On burying a friend.
Not for the faint of heart…
Thursday, April 17, 2008 - Governor Pawlenty ordered that all U.S. and state flags at the Capitol and all state buildings surrounding the Capitol be flown at half-staff on Friday, April 18, in honor of Specialist Jacob Fairbanks, on the day of his burial. He attended the funeral and offered condolences to the family.
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