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feeling safe, now that the code is restored

by Lisa Creech Bledsoe on March 7, 2008 · 2 comments

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Whew. That whole code-snipping operation had me scared. I filled 12 pages of Word doc with the template to my blog before nervously watching the Husband successfully excise and replace the comment-breaking piece of code. Then I skipped over to xkcd to enjoy some jokes at my own expense. Thanks, xkcd.

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my favorite gadget

February 23, 2008

is not my iPhone. It’s my wine tool. And my champagne keeper is a close second. Here’s to a Saturday afternoon enjoying the perfect Christmas gift, which I was saving for just the right Saturday afternoon: a bottle of Soutiran Grand Cru Champagne. Thanks boss. You rock.

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xkcd does it again!

January 7, 2008
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elf them (and they will scrooge you)

December 18, 2007

Ok, all your friends have done it, when are you just going to jump on the elfwagon (or scroogewagon) and be done with it? A few minutes to create it, a lifetime to live it down!

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why I love xkcd

November 28, 2007

I spent a good part of the last two days reconfiguring my hardware set-up, and trying to add some software as well. There were moments in which I felt like I was wobbling along the event horizon of a black hole. Then there was xkcd (which, dear reader, I have added to my must-clicks for [...]

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Tween Dress Code

April 26, 2007

The First informed me that there are precisely six categories of stereotypes proudly (or shamefully) enforced in the tween set these days: 1. Preps, identified by their “dressy” clothes. The rule is that you can dress up periodically without retaining any stigma that might otherwise be associated with this moniker. 2. Geeks, who “just wear [...]

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He Could Be in a Brawl at Least

February 5, 2007
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Saturday night the Husband came in wearing his bright red Geek-A-Thon t-shirt. The shirt proudly proclaims its wearer a “geek” on the front, and on the back it has all the info about the event, during which volunteers come to repair donated PC’s that are then given to middle schoolers who need them. This is [...]

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