Courtesy of rimrunnerWhere did you grow up ( Read more... )

Since starting my new job, I'm realizing that I'm going to have to shop for some new business duds. Most of my closet consists of casual and sporty clothes and the smattering of office-worthy attire is a few years old. But for the moment I'm making due: I have a pair of black velvet hip huggers that I can pair a handful of passable shirts with ( Read more... )

Herr Doktor has been raising 2 young pigeons downstairs (different than the racing pigeons we have in a coop out back) so that they could be released back into the outdoors. When he got them, they were fledglings and couldn't fly; otherwise he would have done this much sooner. But now that they're full-grown we decided to release them in ( Read more... )

I haven't figured out what I'm going to wear out to the KMRIA (Kiss My Royal Irish Ass) show tonight, but Herr Doktor has a jump on it. He's sporting this awesome Irish Yoga T-shirt--makes me giggle each time I look at it. I'm all too familiar with those positions.

I love the Latvian dental assistant who I see sometimes at the local dentist's office. She's the youngest in a large, close-knit family and is a great conversationalist. Well, she does most of the talking since I spend most of the time with something shoved in my mouth, but I love the stories she tells about traveling around Europe and visiting ( Read more... )

In putting together my writing portfolio yesterday, I came across a paper I wrote when I took a history of music course at the UW 6 years ago. Because I was a non-traditional student, the teacher allowed me to write a paper on any topic I chose. So this is the topic I came up with: "Getting the Axe: Women's Struggle for Recognition as Electric ( Read more... )

One of the best discoveries for this cleanse has been the soup I have every night. It turns out to be a flavorful and excellent source of greens and fiber. A couple bowls of that and I actually feel pretty full. So I thought I'd share the recipe in case anyone else wants to try it. It's fine by itself as a veggie soup, but you could use it as a ( Read more... )

(Meant to post this yesterday, but then my wireless connection went el crappola on me ( Read more... )

You Are a Crossword Puzzle


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I did it! I got up in front of about 15 strangers--some of who play and write music professionally--and played my guitar for the first time in years. And I didn't do too badly. Although I could tell that the guitar had gone a bit out of tune since I'd tuned it that afternoon, and it made me sweat thinking that everyone could hear it, when I ( Read more... )