Month: August 2010
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Milk Fail
Today I fail at milk. This morning I made tea and put it in my travel mug and drove to the zoo and was gone 8 hours… and when I got home I found the brand new carton of milk that I opened for the tea this morning sitting on the counter. Expanded. And warm.…
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Old Photographs
It’s funny how there seems to be a point in the lifespan of a friendship when you start to reminisce. Usually with photos. I’ve been wondering how long you have to be friends with someone (or if there are specific experiences you have to share) before you can really reminisce. Tonight, though, I was reminded…
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Fall Habits Die Hard
It’s a funny thing that you go to school every fall for the first 18 plus years of your life and then you wake up one day and school is done. I mean, not for teachers and professors, but school is different for them, too. It’s a hard rhythm to break and it’s enough to…
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TV or not TV?
We’re coming up on a 1 year anniversary of some import: it’s been a year since we’ve had cable. I haven’t thought much about it since we got it when we moved into the new house (and got a shiny new TV to boot), but I’d say our TV-watching has definitely increased since we got…
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Painting: cheaper than therapy
Not that I need therapy, but painting is very relaxing. The current project is to decorate about a dozen terra-cotta pots to take to the zoo. They’re various sizes and all need to have some sort of “animal” theme, but really I’ve got a lot of leeway with them. I’ve got half of them finished…
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Avatar: not as great as all that
I just saw an ad that they’re re-releasing Avatar with extra scenes. It’s being billed as the “greatest movie of all time!” That is just plain ridiculous. Now don’t get me wrong, Avatar was a beautiful movie, visually. It was fun to watch. However, it was badly written with no plot or character development. People…
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Feeling Old
Sometimes I feel like I’m getting old. It’s mostly at the times when I get preoccupied with things like the fact that my baseboard are dusty and have cat hair stuck to them and it bothers me to the point that I get out the vacuum and clean the baseboard and then the stairs, too,…
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Signs I live with cats
I can tell there was a “party” when I was gone because there are piles of fur everywhere. I pick up said fur without comment (usually). Even though I keep my house clean, I have selective blindness for some pieces of trash randomly on the floor. That’s because my brain magically categorizes these as “toys.”…
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Arguing with the DoD
The housing manager for our community has just come and gone. He took a couple of photos and really was only here about five minutes, but we accomplished something important: I now have documentation that my house is badly insulated. Anyone that has come to visit me knows that the upstairs (especially the guest room)…
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Why I love manatees
Who has noticed my little button over on the right that says “I love manatees” yet? Anyone? I do love manatees. I saw my first manatees (that I remember) when I was nine and we moved to Florida. They look like big gray pillows with tails just floating beneath the surface of the green water,…
Joanna Volavka 