Category: daily drivel
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Empire State Building
We paid a visit to the Empire State Building Saturday night. Glad we got that out of the way early. The thing about the Empire State Building is, if it wasn’t one of those things you have to do when you visit New York, I’d tell you to chuck the whole thing. The view off… Read.
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unicorns & daisies
I don’t know whether or not it’s been clinically proven that a hot, steamy shower helps open up sinuses and drain all the gooey awfulness out of them, but it sure feels like it does, and that’s what I needed most this morning. Or what I would settle for, anyway. What I needed most was… Read.
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space chronicles
“…the Cassini spacecraft pulled into orbit around Saturn. There was nothing scientific about it, just pulling into orbit. Yet the Today Show figured that was news enough to put the story in their first hour – not in the second hour, along with the recipes, but in the first twenty minutes. So they called me… Read.
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invasive brain-eating aliens
A nap seemed like a good idea, until I laid down and my sinuses filled up like a trash can left open in the rain. I need to be able to lay on my side in bed again. I used to be able to, before I got all flabby and started injuring myself just by… Read.
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puffy head, itchy eyes, swollen nose – WIN!
I woke up very early this morning because my head is as stuffed as a teddy bear’s. If I have to get sick, the timing couldn’t be more perfect: I have an entire week off from work, starting Monday. With any luck at all, this is only an allergic reaction to the dust in the… Read.
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Ovaltine
Catching up on my Twitter feed this morning. Ran across a Tweet from science writer Pamela Gay describing the exploration of the asteroid Vesta by the Dawn probe. “Vesta melted, formed iron core, may have an Ovaltine crust.” Wait, what? Oh. Olivine, not Ovaltine. Okay, then. Read.
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I see molecules
Forgot to take my book to work with me yesterday. Fetched it from my bed stand and put it on the kitchen table next to my backpack, just before I started packing my lunch, so I wouldn’t leave it behind and what did I do? Left it behind. Of course. Which didn’t bother me until… Read.
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linking, linking, I’ve been thinking
You can’t imagine how cross-eyed I am right now. I spent practically the entire day with my nose against a computer monitor, making links between web pages I’d previously copied from our agency’s current web site to the future web site. I sat down at seven-ten this morning and, except for potty breaks, mid-morning cup… Read.
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rosie
There’s something so wrong about using the iconic image of Rosie the Riveter to sell crappy beer. Read.
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sparklies
My Darling B and I spent the afternoon shopping for clothes. And here’s just one more reason I have to believe she’s the perfect match for me: We both feel that the only thing more painful than shopping for clothes is getting run over by a train. Wait, no: Shopping for a car is probably… Read.
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