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A shirt summing up much of my nerdery

January 31st, 2008 · 8 Comments

Not all, mind you… there’d have to be additional ponies PWNIES with rock hammers, spaceships, books and writing accoutrements to cover most of it, but, well, I need this shirt:

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(Birth)day-before-wedding

September 21st, 2007 · 6 Comments

Today I did not get carded while buying beer; considering I turned 29 today, that was a little disheartening. Ran errands for Mom’s wedding, delivered reception cupcakes, decorated, made myself a blue tulle scarf and wore it to Round Table for dinner. Home now, having a quiet evening, anticipating a small, late party when Elrohir [...]

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A library of childhood delights

September 10th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I was delighted to discover this weekend that the tiny, illustrated Golden Guide books I spent so many childhood hours examining — books which my mother examined during her childhood — were reprinted (and selectively revised) in 2001. At $6.95 you really can’t say no! I picked up my two favorites (shown above), half [...]

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Not Mars. Nopenopenopenopenope.

June 12th, 2007 · 6 Comments

(Via mental_floss, via Johan.) Yep, this brings it all back. Yipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyipyip, uh-huh, uh-huh, uh-huh.

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I’ll always be your neighbor.

February 27th, 2003 · Comments Off

Mr. Rogers died today. I am so sad. I used to watch him twice a day when I was little…. Geez. I’m depressed now. -_- Update: Two more moving tributes, and a parent’s guide to talking about the situation with children.
Last night we cooked up a small meal, and spent our evening in the dazzling [...]

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