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I forgot contact lens solution. But I found an old Holiday Inn room key that I was able to return when I checked in. Yesterday, the cupcake truck came to our office. Apparently, they have two trucks now. But I hear that they are posting… Continue Reading “DC Redux. Again.”
Kiwi was in the kitchen screaming. We were in the family room. I called out: Me: That’ll do, Kiwi! Kiwi: You’re ok! (screams again) Me: (to my mother) See. She’s doing that now. Using “You’re ok” when she means,… Continue Reading “Cosmo Video”
I have to stop finishing these late at night, so that my pictures turn out lame before I pack them up: I used Loops ands Threads Impeccable yarn, which I believe is the house brand at Michaels. The colors were Forest, Cadet and Seaside… Continue Reading “Blanket #5”
Weekend Assignment #361: Give It Up! Lent has begun, and in certain denominations, people are “giving up something for Lent” – in other words, not indulging in some pleasurable food or activity between now and Easter. Have you ever abstained from something for a… Continue Reading “Weekend Assignment #361: Give It Up!”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=leartojugg-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0393334791&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 16 Mary Roach wrote Stiff, the book about cadavers and Spook, the book about the scientific study of the afterlife. Bonk chronicles the people that have done serious scientific studies in human sexuality. This is an excellent example of a book that I… Continue Reading “Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex, by Mary Roach”
I went to my first Project Linus event this morning. Table after table of ladies (one or two guys and a couple of kids) creating, assembling and perfecting blankets for kids who are sick or otherwise in need. Four hours later, I believe the… Continue Reading “760 Blankets”
After 9/11, when we all wanted to do something and Clooney and Bono were featured in a telethon, we all donated lots of money to the American Red Cross. Some months later, there was a big scandal because the Red Cross had used some of… Continue Reading “About the Red Cross”
The Question Was: Do you multi-task when you read? Do other things like stirring things on the stove, brushing your teeth, watching television, knitting, walking, et cetera? Or is it just me, and you sit and do nothing but focus on what you’re reading?… Continue Reading “BTT: Multi-tasking”
http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=widgetsamazon-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0812977521&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifrBook 15 Hawkeye Pierce’s second book takes its title from the many, many public speaking engagements he has taken on. A lot of them were college commencements. He intersperses the texts from his “talks” with stories of their origins and other things. Alda is… Continue Reading “Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, by Alan Alda”
In my office, there is a monthly calorie-fest in celebration of the birthdays. As today is also Mardi Gras, someone went to the bakery for King Cakes and Paczkis. Do you know how popular Paczkis are in Chicago? Made the Huffington Post. And no… Continue Reading “The Paczki”
The Next Dark Age 