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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

I’ve been making my own trail mix of late, with various combinations of nuts and dried fruit. My current mix consists of salted almonds and unsalted walnuts mixed with dried dates, cranberries, and pineapple. Now, I’m not a big fan … Continue reading

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From the Books: Make the Bread, Buy the Butter

I don’t own this book yet. But I’ve had it checked out of the library a majority of the weeks it’s been in the collection, which means that it’s well past time for me to get off my ass and … Continue reading

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Answers the Seventh!

And we keep on plugging away! First of all, I need to revise and extend my remarks from the other day, regarding what fictional planet I would like to live upon. I don’t think I gave the question enough thought … Continue reading

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Lake Effect!

No, not the snow. Ice cream. For the past couple of years I’ve been hearing about a local outfit that makes artisanal ice cream, called Lake Effect Ice Cream, after our region’s most notable climate feature. Problem is, by ‘local’, … Continue reading

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Sentential Links

Time for the weekly links. :: I am now… (this is the super-cool part)… a historian. I get to record history. For a living. (Ayup, that’s pretty cool. I’m trying to make up history for a living! Not there yet, … Continue reading

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Sparkly!

Day 10: Something that sparkles. #MarchChallenge #tmlphotoaday, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. I’m doing a ‘photo a day’ challenge over on Instagram, and today’s topic was ‘Something That Sparkles’. So I took this photo of my two main pieces of jewelry: … Continue reading

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Sunday Burst of Weird and Awesome

Oddities and Awesome abound! :: Oh Japan, never, ever change! As LiveDoor News pointed out this week, a new trend is spreading among Japanese schoolgirls. It’s called “cream puff face” (“ganmen shuukuriimu” or 顔面シュークリーム). And, you guessed it, it involves … Continue reading

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Planting my Freak Flag in the soil of the Moon!

While I was on my break at work yesterday, I thought I’d take a quick look at the query letter than I’d been using for Princesses In SPACE!!! (not the actual title). Now, this letter has only gone out to … Continue reading

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Answers, the sixth!

As usual, I’m taking forever to get this done…but soldier on, we shall! Two questions up first from an anonymity-preferring soul, on a matter near and dear to my heart: Since you seem to enjoy a pie in the face, … Continue reading

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Film Quote Friday: 2010 (The Year We Make Contact)

2010 is a fairly odd film, all things considered. It harks back to when Hollywood’s mania for sequels was just starting to get underway, and when the idea of reboots was still way off. And the idea of making sequels … Continue reading

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