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Come and see my choir concert!
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More Texts from Last Life
Remember that site I linked to last week, "Texts from Last Life"? The spoof of "Texts from Last Night" except with historical figures, because my friends and I are big nerds with weird senses of humor? Well, it seems to be taking off rather well, but we're always looking for new people to submit things. Here is the latest one I did:
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My friends and I are nerds. But you know you love it.
A bunch of us were sitting around last night drinking (that's how so many good stories begin) and we were talking about the website Texts from Last Night. We were saying, oh how funny it would be if there was a website like this, except for historical characters.
So... we made one.
Texts from Last Life
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My dad wins all the points EVER.
I got a Valentine's Day card from my dad today. It's clearly intended for a little girl; it's decorated in splashy, pastel-bordering-on-neon colors, complete with glittery rainbows and flowers. A cheerful crescent moon in the sky sports a mischievous grin and rosy cheeks. In fact, anything that could conceivably have a face does--the flowers, the ( Read more... ) -
Random thought...
It seems unfair, somehow, that the new intriguing Roald Dahl book-turned-movie "Fantastic Mr. Fox" directed by Wes Anderson (of "Rushmore" and "The Royal Tennenbaums" fame) gets a 92% on Rotten Tomatoes and only makes $7 million, while a travesty like the second "Twilight" movie only rates a 29% and has made more that $42 million.*sigh ( Read more... ) -
Which Tarot Card Am I?
Those of you who know me shouldn't be too surprised, I would think.
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Economic Outlook in 3 Minutes.
The questions on everyone's lips is, "When is the economy going to recover?"
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New blog entry up.
I entered the following in Glimmer Train “Best Start” contest. The terms of the contest:
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Alert: FDA says Zicam CAN BE DANGEROUS.
I have been an advocate of Zicam for a number of years now. I have sworn it reduces the duration of my colds, recommended it to my friends, and claimed I have never had a really nasty cold since I started using it.
It's entirely possible that it was all placebo effect--and that it was putting my health in jeopardy. The FDA has asked the makers of ( Read more... )