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Wednesday, June 30, 2004

Grass Jelly Drink

I haven’t had much to say recently. Between recovering from the visit of the 3 1/2 year old, and the sudden onset of an icky cold, I just haven’t had much to say. So… If you were bored, here are the top ten things to be found on my website: Yup. Other people besides me don’t know [...]
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Tuesday, June 29, 2004

Grrr…

Two days till my birthday and I think I’m coming down with a cold. This is entirely unacceptable. Where’s the complaint department?
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Monday, June 28, 2004

Habeas Corpus

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote that the campaign against terrorism notwithstanding, “a state of war is not a blank check for the president when it comes to the rights of the nation’s citizens.” Inter arma silent leges? Perhaps not.
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Sunday, June 27, 2004

Organic Obsession

Giant Eagle, probably in response to Kroger’s, has finally dedicated an entire aisle to organic items. The aisle is located at the far end of the store, just opposite the bakery, and aisle that I never go down. It used to be “seasonal items” and it’s placement across from the bakery guaranteed I didn’t go down [...]
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Friday, June 25, 2004

Everyone Says I Look Younger That I Am

Guess it’s true.
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Categories: Science, Health & Nature  

Shudder

It’s one thing to know that we’ve spent a lot of money on the house this year–replacing the air conditioner wasn’t cheap. It’s something else entirely to look at a graph of our spending for the past year and see, “GAH! We’re hemorrhaging money!”
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Categories: House & Garden  

Thursday, June 24, 2004

I HAVE Seen Movies. I Have!

Similar to the top 200 books, only different. Bold is what I’ve seen, which is more than most people would expect, all things considered (more…)
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Wednesday, June 23, 2004

The Lions of Al-Rassan

The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay This is a very good, albeit very depressing book. Set in the same world as Sailing to Sarantium, this book describes the battles between the followers of Jad versus the Asharites. If Sailing to Sarantium reminded me of Rome, this book reminded me of Spain. Of the Crusades. Of Christianity [...]
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More Discworld

Witches Abroad, Mort, Wyrd Sisters, Small Gods, Lords and Ladies by Terry Pratchett I’m still going through Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. This set of books included three books about the Discworld witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Magrat Garlick; another book about Death, and a book about the Gods of Discworld. I think I liked Mort, where [...]
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004

The Boy Who Drew Cats

The Boy Who Drew Cats by Arthur A. Levine. Paintings by Frederic Clement I first read this tale when I was in elementary school. It was one of the stories in my reading book (it was 4th, 5th or 6th grade, I can’t remember for certain), and for some reason, this tale stuck with me. Several [...]
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Glacial Science

Scientists in Norway are going to be accurately measuring and studying glaciers. These Autonomous Sub-Glacial Probes will be set deep into glaciers and measure temperature, pressure, and speed, and analyze the sediment. Although the implications for studying global climate change are tremendous, what I find most fascinating is just the idea of it. Technology has advanced [...]
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How Could I Have Forgotten?

Happy Belated Birthday West Virginia! Yes, we are a separate state. No, we’re not near the beach. Yes, we do get snow here.
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Monday, June 21, 2004

Brr…..

It’s so cold in parts of the building today, that I’m expecting frost and snow to appear in the hallways. If we build a snowman, I’ll take pictures.
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Forests Are Bad for Animals

Rep. John Peterson, R-Penn., said if hunters support ending logging or road building in the Tongass, they’re misguided. “I don’t know how many of you hunt, but my hunters hunt where people timber,” he said. “Old-growth forests don’t have a lot of wildlife because there’s no food there.” What kind of idiot are they electing [...]
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Categories: Politics  

It’s Not About Looking Good

It seems that medicine is once again proving that there is no easy path to weight loss and fitness. Study results from researchers at Washington University School have found that lipsouction, while removing fat, does not improve health, as there is no decrease in rates of diseases associated with obesity. I think that, despite what everyone thinks, [...]
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Saturday, June 19, 2004

Told You So

We’re in the basement when Michael says, “I think this is the…” I quickly said, “Don’t say it.” “fastest plumbing..” “Don’t Say It!” “repair job I’ve ever done.” “Now you’ve done it.” 15 minutes later, I’m outside watering the new grass. Michael comes out the basement door, holding the copper joint: “Wanna come to Lowe’s with me?”
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Categories: House & Garden  

Friday, June 18, 2004

World Sauntering Day

Don’t forget that tomorrow (June 19th) is World Sauntering Day! Go out and saunter!
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Categories: Non-Sequiturs  

General Quizzy-ness

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They Have Big Guns

Yesterday morning as I was driving Michael to work, WV Public Radio was doing as news story on Thunder in the Hills, which is a bunch of people getting together to fire off lots of automatic weapons. I absolutely loved the news report (go quickly, it won’t be there forever.) He had some wonderful answers to her [...]
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Thursday, June 17, 2004

Still Making Oxygen

More flower pr0n! My daisies and black eyed susans look like they’ll be blooming in the next week or two, as will one of the mystery plants in the box on the front deck. The sundial plants and many of the low growing plants I got for ground cover are blooming, although the plants just aren’t [...]
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