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The Quest for the Lost Blanket of Adorableness
Most of my spam falls into the garden-variety category, the requests for help from foreign emissaries and such. But the other day, I received this email instead. Ms. Dilloway, First off, this is not spam. Well, not in the traditional sense. I am writing to you because of a comment you made years ago on…
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Horseback Riding
For my birthday, which was the day after the Superbowl, Cadillac took me horseback riding. Totally planned and set up by him. He has been very good about birthdays ever since an early relationship birthday WTF moment when he took me to look for Bruce Lee’s grave in Seattle (don’t ask). Anyway, he doesn’t like…
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Jack in the Box Bacon Shake
I walked into my local Jack in the Box after school and asked if they were selling the bacon shake. “Bacon shakes?” said another customer, a man holding a toothpick in his mouth. “BACON SHAKE? What is that? Is it a shake that tastes like bacon?” The girl nodded.”It’s new,” she said. “I’ll give you…
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The Art of Talking About Art with a Kid
See this. Recognize this man? It’s the deliciously evil Thomas from Downton Abbey. And this fan art is the work of my 12 year old. Yes. No Justin Bieber and the like for her. I found this awesomeness on her folder and asked if I could take a photo of it for my blog. She…
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Unhappy Birthday
Today is my birthday. I was just remembering my 15th birthday. My friend and I loved the Smiths, and I loved the song, “Unhappy Birthday.” So my friend, especially for me, called our local favorite radio station, 91X, and requested that they play the song for my birthday. That morning, I turned on my radio…
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Health(ier) Pumpkin Bread
I like me some bread that’s more like a cake. So when I saw my friend M. posting on Facebook about her awesome pumpkin bread, I asked for the recipe and made it. It’s from a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook, with some modifications (at the bottom). Here’s the recipe straight from my cook book…
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Hulthemia Hybrid Rose Finally Here!
Today I went to Armstrong Gardens to look at their roses– last year they were selling some David Austins– and look what I found! A rose breeder named Jim Sproul, who works out of Bakersfield, was instrumental in helping me out with THE CARE AND HANDLING OF ROSES WITH THORNS– he told me about the…
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Oreo and Peanut Butter Brownie Cakes
So I made these recently from a recipe on Instructables I was worried they wouldn’t turn out, like so many of the other nifty recipes I find on the Internets, but no need. (The sous vide salmon from that guy who wrote the really expensive cookbook, on the other hand, was a freaking DISASTER and…
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Fifty/Fifty Challenge: Update for January
I only count it because it was on for the whole movie and I had to be in the room. William Shatner doing a high-pitched cat voice=drip water torture on the eardrums.
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Careful, or I’ll Put You in My Novel
On my daily troll of gossip sites a couple of days ago (what? Like you don’t waste time on gossip sites. You’re on here. I know you do), I kept seeing how Ms. Lindsay Lohan is getting sued by a pedestrian with a baby stroller because Lohan supposedly hit her, or tapped her, with her…
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