impudent strumpet

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Sunday, December 31, 2006

Things They Should Invent: dog stroller

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I don't have a car, which is fine considering where I live. I want a dog, which would normally be fine without a car, considering where...
Saturday, December 30, 2006

Vacations are better when you're a grownup

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I'm taking the next week off work. This is the first time I've taken any serious amount of time off since I started my job 3.5 year...
Thursday, December 28, 2006

Doggie disaster near-miss

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There's an adoptable dog on Dogster that I had my eye on. Her size, breed, and temperament seem a good fit, and she even has floppy ear...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006

Slow news day?

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The following pieces of advice were found in the Boxing Day edition of the Hamilton Spectator: 1. Feed your children whole-grain food whene...
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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Back

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Got back this afternoon, in time to do my laundry and enjoy most of the Enterprise marathon. Things were okay, but being chez les parents r...
Saturday, December 23, 2006

Better than using it an an audition piece...

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Whoever can translate the introduction to Everything Is Illuminated should get a prize! Whoever can effectively translate it into Ukrainia...

New Rule

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Taken in a vacuum, I don't mind if people don't send me a birthday card. I tend not to notice the absence of something anyway. Take...
Friday, December 22, 2006

Happy birthday to:

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Happy birthday to: 1. L.S. from high school. I can't seem to track you down online because of a quasi-celebrity with the same name as ...
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The REAL problem with all this xmas shit. For real this time.

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I know, I said I've found the real problem like 12 zillion times. But I've got it for real this time: The real problem is that peop...

FBORFW theory

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Just because I haven't seen it postulated yet: I theorize that the Kelpfroths are going to die in the fire, Lovey's going to die in ...

Spam motivation

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A lot of the spam I get is trying to sell me stocks. Thing is, I'm not worldly enough to know how to go about buying stocks (sure I cou...

Audition piece, anyone?

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If you can do a decent Slavic accent (ideally Ukrainian, but anything Slavic would do (but don't tell them I said that)), the "Over...
Thursday, December 21, 2006

Things They Should Invent: basic palliative care training

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I was reading about a family where an elderly grandmother was dying and needed hospice care, and the hospice people taught the family all th...

Happy birthday to me!

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Last year for my birthday, I got the release date for the 6th Harry Potter book. This year for my birthday (well, birthday eve) I got the ti...
Wednesday, December 20, 2006

The non-decorating brain

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Of all the things in my life that people keep requiring that I justify, the weirdest one that keeps coming up is the fact that I don't d...

The problem with school for introverts

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Literature and websites talk about most of the reasons why introverted children find school difficult, but there's one I've never se...

Meaningless greeting cards

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Once upon a time, I was shopping for a greeting card. A friend, who shall remain anonymous so as not to reflect poorly on them, was also sh...
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Karma police

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I lost my debit card. I've called to have it cancelled and replaced, but I'm probably going to be without one for the rest of the m...
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The real problem with all this xmas nonsense

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Here's the problem, right here.
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