Month: August 2011
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Doodle kitties
Today has been a long day and I can’t think of anything interesting to write, except that of everything on my “to do” list, the only thing I accomplished from beginning to end was pulling some cash out of the ATM. Seriously, it was that bad. I’m going to have to try again to do…
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Random thoughts on a Wednesday night
I like manatees. I also like lots of other animals. In fact, I’ve noticed that whatever animal I’m observing at a given moment could possibly be my “favorite.” But if I had to pick… big cats are awesome. Tigers. Lions. Snow leopards, even though they aren’t technically big cats. Y’know, those. I like scary movies…
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Learn a new animal day: African wild dog edition!
Hello again, and welcome (finally) to Learn-a-new-animal-day! I promise this post will be far less ranty than my previous edition… Take a look at this animal for a moment: This is obviously a member of the canine family, no? How can you mistake it? It’s got the face, the feet, the tail… And yet one…
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Little things in life: pans
Sometimes it’s the little things in life that make the day better. Sometimes it’s a note from a friend reminding you that she’s thinking of you. Sometimes it’s a kitty snuggling into your lap while you’re trying to pay bills or do something else just as unpleasant. Sometimes it’s finding an old photo you’d forgotten…
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Updated entry for Cowboys and Aliens
So I keep getting hits on my blog for people looking for the meaning behind the symbolic hummingbird in the movie Cowboys and Aliens. I didn’t say my interpretations in the original entry about the movie to prevent spoilers, but as the movie is now several weeks old, I updated that post. You can view…
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Doctor Who Commentary: Thoughts on Rory
With the second half of Doctor Who’s series six just two weeks away, I’ve been chewing on a lot of the bits we still don’t understand. Chewing MENTALLY, I didn’t write them down and then start gnawing on the paper. Yet. Anyway, the bit I’m thinking about today was triggered by two things. Thing One:…
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Small Redecoration
As I mentioned yesterday, I spent the day Friday getting small things to redecorate a couple of spots in my house. There are always a few things that I don’t feel quite work and so I end up tweaking things here and there and it drives my husband a LITTLE crazy (especially when I get…
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It’s Friday, Friday…
This is the first “I don’t have anything to write” entry of August. You lucky reader, you. I spent the day running errands, though I did find some stuff I wanted to kind of redecorate the bathroom. I would’ve taken a picture, but I didn’t think about it until now. And now I’m tired. I’m…
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Lizard Sandwich (or, Only in Hawaii)
Last night I got distracted by this and that, as I sometimes do, and I didn’t eat supper until 9:30pm or so. I wanted something easy but also a “comfort food” so I made a toasted peanut butter sandwich. My method is usually to make the sandwich and then toast it, but last night I…
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Thinking — come back home
” … But sometimes when the springtime comes, And the sifting moonlight falls — They’ll think again of this night here And of these old brown walls, Of white old well, and of old South With bell’s deep booming tone, They’ll think again of Chapel Hill and — Thinking — come back home.” Thomas Wolfe,…
Joanna Volavka 