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Small Children + Outings = Fun for the Whole Family!

Dec 1, 2004 ramblings

Oh, did I say "fun?" I meant "illness."

I haven’t been online or talked to anyone (aside from a few fact-finding missions from the office) since late Sunday night now, because I have been seriously ill with whatever the rest of the family had last week. So many, many hours in front of the TiVo have been called for, and as a bonus, I am now waking up in the middle of the night feeling like I’ve just won a pig-greasing contest.

I love my kids to pieces, but I sure as hell wish I could seal them in plastic bubbles at the first sign of sickness. I’d be fun! They could roll around the house like gerbils!

A photo of a box billed as a "green bean casserole kit", containing a can of cream of mushroom soup, french cut green beans, and French's fried onions

Thanksgiving Fixin’s

Nov 25, 2004 ramblings

I got into an interesting discussion with several people yesterday about what unique dishes they always have at their Thanksgiving table. My family always had the usual fare of mashed potatoes, gravy, bread stuffing and the seemingly ubiquitous “yam bake” made with sweet potatoes and marshmallows. I remember there also being celery, sweet pickles, dinner […]

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Too Close to Call

Nov 3, 2004 ramblings

Jeez— how late am I gonna have to stay up to see if I can sleep well tonight?

Sox Win

Oct 28, 2004 ramblings

Those of you who know me, know that I don’t follow sports. I’m interested, in at least a theoretical way, with playing sports, but not really with sitting down and watching them. Somehow, I find it hard to feel the empathy and irrational sense of empowerment that comes with a very special brand of obsessive-compulsive […]

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Oreilly’s Mac OS X Conference

Oct 12, 2004 ramblings

For folks who have the good fortune of being able to go to the Oreilly’s Mac OS X Conference, but haven’t signed up yet, I have a 30% off discount code for you, courtesy of the Inside Mac Radio show. First you have to be an Apple employee, or an Apple Developer connection member (if you’re not you can sign up here— the Online membership is free!) and then use this code in the discount area of your registration: macosx04ae

Enjoy!

Hurricane iVan

Sep 13, 2004 ramblings

Hurricane iVan: Welcome to yet another hurricane, 145+ winds. Can ruin Mac, PC and iPod. The new Hurricane iVan.

[via engadget]

Bombay Sapphire

Sep 6, 2004 ramblings

Bombay Sapphire is apparently the gin for graphic designers. I wonder which brand is the absinthe for graphic designers?

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