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Gingerbread house, pre-construction.


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My friends Jim and Carrie had a great store downtown for years, vintage and modern clothes, furniture, albums, etc. The place was an icon of my college (and later) years. I got my tattoo there, and I got pierced there, too, during the times they had those services. There were lots of incarnations over the years, different ventures. The last few ( Read more... )

Friends, it's been a long year. I haven't posted much. I've been depressed. A lot of stuff had to do with my job, which is hard for me to write about. Is "about" a preposition? Eh, fuck it. Anyway, I've had this job for over 12 years. I'm connected to it in a very fundamental way. It's not that I "am" my job, but it is wholly mine and it is ( Read more... )

and it sucked. Bleh. More entertaining was the fact that the only other people at the matinee were our state attorney general with two women (all in suits). Really, *really* should have gone to see Casino Royale instead.

It looks like the Dems might be taking Nebraska! Whoo! It is probably too much to hope for (and I learned about too much hope in 2004), but all of our House seat might go Democrat ( Read more... )

Ted Kooser Snubbed Me ( Read more... )

My husband is now the King of Catching Mice Inside (our cat, Mouser, being the King Outside ... for him, inside is for food, sleep and love). The Boy used to run away and eek like a girl (sorry, it's just true) but ever since he discovered a trap that doesn't hurt anything he is in love with hunting. So far, he's been depositing his catch (now up ( Read more... )

Another class (Negotiation Skills) in the bag. It was a blast, I learned a lot, made a new good friend, and even got to make my prof a mixed cd (as an assignment - he did a barter thing with a bunch of us). I told him he could pick any theme he wanted - he chose "work." (He is leaving the state legislature after 29 years because of new term ( Read more... )

August 25: Do I see John Prine and Iris Dement? Or Sonic Youth and the Flaming Lips? Decision, decisions ...