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December, 2006
December 13th, 2006
O.K. So Pugly had this toy duck. You couldn’t touch the thing without it making a distinctive “quack quack quack quack” sound. And no, that didn’t bother me.
What bothered me was that we went through two of them in fairly short order, such was his love of this plush toy duck.
First, the wings would be viciously pulled off. Then then neck would be ripped open. Then there would be stuffing everywhere. Then Pugly would eat the stuffing. Generally, the duck seemed to meet its end when my parents were around, by the way. I guess they just encourage him to
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Tags: the puppy, Pug
December 13th, 2006
I’m totally freaked out this morning.
Last night, on one of my gazillion trips downstairs to pee, I was sitting on the toilet (too much info?), when I heard the oddest, distinct sound of a phone off the hook.
O.K. Well, the cats do have night wanderings. One of them could have possibly knocked one of the phones off the hook, right?
So, when I’m finished with my personal business, I go to the only phone in the house that isn’t connected to the world by a button. It’s sitting securely in it’s cradle. The only other phone in the house is one
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Tags: little red house
December 13th, 2006
“Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren’t distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.”
– Randy K. Milholland
Tags: Quote of the Day
December 12th, 2006
My uncle sent an email to everyone in the family and all of his friends (I assume) — a gazillion email addresses in the “to” and “cc” parts of the email header. The email basically said that it was their Christmas card for the year and attached were some photos. The photos were family photos and some pictures of the giant inflatable Santa and Snowman he’d bought for the house.
He then said that if anyone wanted a real card to email him and he’d send them one.
Apparently there were a few individual comments because the next day we got a
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Tags: Christmas cards
December 12th, 2006
Too often we are scared. scared of what we might not be able to do. Scared of what people might think if we tried. We let our fears get in the way of our hopes. We say no when we mean to say yes. We sit quietly when we want to scream. And we shout with others when we should keep our mouths shut. Why? After all, we do only go around once. There’s really no time to be afraid. So stop. Try something you’ve never tried. Risk it…you have nothing to lose and everything, everything, everything to gain
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Tags: Quote of the Day
December 11th, 2006
There’s a odd possibility that the writer for B.C. might read my blog. Do you think?
(click for larger view)
How weird is that?
Tags: B.C., cartoons, the puppy
December 11th, 2006
I used to think those games you play at office Christmas parties were pretty fun. You know the ones, right? Everyone buys a gift under a certain amount of money and then there’s a swapping type game. Some people call it Yankee Swap, White Elephant, Santa Swap, Rob Your Neighbor, Grinch Exchange, etc., etc.
I’ve never played it the same way twice either. The rules are constantly changing as far as how you can steal a present, whether it’s before or after you’ve picked a gift from the pile, how many times a present can be stolen
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Tags: Yankee Swap, White Elephant, Grinch
December 11th, 2006
Me + Pug + Leash + Driveway + Ice = Bad Idea
Tags: Winter, Pug, the puppy
December 11th, 2006
Most of us miss out on life’s big prizes. The Pulitzer. The Nobel. Oscars. Tonys. Emmys. But we’re all eligible for life’s small pleasures. A pat on the back. A kiss behind the ear. A four-pound bass. A full moon. An empty parking space. A crackling fire. A great meal. A glorious sunset. Hot soup. Cold beer.
– Anonymous
Tags: Quote of the Day
December 9th, 2006
I just added 3 recipes to The Weekend Chef, which reminded me that the site needs an overdue upgrade and that the email notification there has stopped working.
Anyway, if you’re on the notify list or you’re interested:
Tags: recipes
December 9th, 2006
“When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it.”
– Bernard Bailey
Tags: Quote of the Day
December 8th, 2006
As promised here are some pictures of today’s snow fall around my new house.
Here’s the Little Red House. I wonder if someone can Photoshop those powerlines out so that can be made into a Christmas card or is the shot too blurry, do you think?
The view from my front window:
The view from my kitchen window:
The view from my Dining Room:
Tags: snow, Maine, little red house, photo blogging
December 8th, 2006
Got this from the Laughing Muse:
- What time is it? Nap time?
- What is your full name? Fnord.
- What are you most afraid of? Dying alone and no one finding my body for weeks.
- What is the most recent movie that you have seen in a theater? Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.
- Have you ever seen a ghost? Yes. Several.
- Where were you born? Columbus, OH.
- Ever been to Alaska? Nope.
- Ever been toilet papering? Nope.
- Loved someone so much it made you cry? Yes.
- Been in a serious car accident? Serious enough to end up on crutches for a week once and sprained my
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Tags: blog meme
December 8th, 2006
Those of us in the Little Red House woke up this morning to discover that a blanket of snow had covered our yard overnight. (Pictures to follow tonight when I get home.) How we discovered it is that I woke up to take little Pugly out for his morning pee-pee, put my Crocs and coat on and led him on the leash to the backdoor, which when opened revealed a great white cold from the back steps to the pine trees.
I blinked.
Pugly blinked and took a few tentative steps onto the snow covered stoop.
You must recall that little Pugly was
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Tags: Pug, the puppy, snow, little red house
December 8th, 2006
“Hearing voices no one else can hear isn’t a good sign, even in the wizarding world.”
– J. K. Rowling
Tags: Quote of the Day, J. K. Rowling
December 7th, 2006
Sounds a bit ghastly, doesn’t it?
Gastroparesis is the diagnosis resulting from that stomach-emptying test I had last week. You know, the one where I ate the radioactive eggs all the while they were talking about how the Russian spy was poisoned with radioactive sushi?
Anyway, turns out that in 90 minutes, those eggs were supposed to be at least half gone from my stomach, but they were only a quarter gone. They were just hanging out in there like everything else does. I just don’t understand why I’m not losing weight since I eat slow and everything digests slow.
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Tags: Gastroparesis
December 7th, 2006
I can’t tell you how frustrating it is to read an interesting blog entry and want to comment or join in an on-going comment discussion only to find that you can only comment if you have a Blogger, Google, or Yahoo 360° account. (The worst ones are even more obscure or require registration with the website.)
The absolute last thing I want to do is sign up yet another account where I’m going to have to remember yet another sign-on name and password — because likely my usual sign-on has already been taken and it’s not a good idea to
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Tags: pet peeves, bloghopping, meme, commenting, registration
December 7th, 2006
Feel free to try to convince me to change my mind.
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| Thirteen Things about N. Mallory |
Gone With The Wind — Though I did read the book. I absolutely couldn’t stand Scarlett or Ashley. I did love Rhett Butler, of course, the rogue. Still, I’m not sitting through a technocolor movie of the story.- Pulp Fiction — Gratuitous violence. Well, I think that’s what it is. That’s what it seems to be from the descriptions I’ve garnered from my male friends who’ve seen it and the commercials. It just seems to glorify violence and after seeing Natural Born Killers in the theater, I can’t stomach that kind of glorification anymore. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Thursday Thirteen, meme, bloghopping, movies
December 7th, 2006
“Reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.”
– Jane Wagner
Tags: Quote of the Day
December 6th, 2006
Since moving to a location that necessitates the use of the Turnpike and therefore paying for the Turnpike twice a day, I have discovered just how much in a hurry other drivers appear to be. Some are far more excited about getting to work or school in the morning than I am, I guess, and it doesn’t seem to matter if I’m at the exact change toll booth at 7:30am or 8:15am. There is always someone a car or two behind me so entirely anxious to get to work that they cannot wait for me to put my exact change
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Tags: soap box, speeding
