tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-135266232012-02-16T07:10:47.111-06:00Yes, I have not managed to sit still long enough to work on the template<br>I am supposed to be working on for what? Three months? Four?<br>This one is borrowed from Final Sense.com with thanks.Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.comBlogger2141100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-35937321613329657802009-12-13T18:58:00.003-06:002009-12-13T19:23:36.654-06:00

Links for those who come here looking for raku pottery, kick wheel and functional pottery tortilla warmer information . . .Pictures of The Husband's new kick wheel design are over on his blog, Illusions of Gravity.This is the third wheel he has designed and built, and he is much happier with the design and is planning to build another for himself . . .He has a few things in Tempting Fate, his

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-47719718196326758822009-12-12T02:26:00.002-06:002009-12-12T04:34:18.483-06:00

Tillman's Roadhouse of Dallas is opening a second location in Fort Worth in the Arts District, and I wandered over there today to try to get into the kitchen.It was a mistake -- I haven't done a thing in the past 10 years of my life that would adequately contribute to my culinary resume to apply for a job at Tillman's.And yes, it broke my heart. It was like standing in Valhalla and having someone

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-9794413292341003592009-12-11T03:11:00.000-06:002009-12-12T05:22:29.219-06:00

Oilfield Catering Cook: Did I tell you I met Bobby Flay once, and he signed my cookbook and told me he really enjoyed meeting me?Me: That's a Meet-and Greet. He is required to do that -- it's in his Food Network contract. If you had showed up barefoot with a skunk in your purse like a chihauhau and a pig on a leash, he would still have insisted it was wonderful to see you and signed your

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-67263327474112840502009-09-05T17:56:00.000-05:002009-09-05T17:57:20.677-05:00

I could definitely use a Holy Hand Grenade . . .

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-90636697173374663832009-06-24T15:28:00.002-05:002009-06-24T15:47:05.488-05:00

I had a job interview today, as an assistant pastry chef.It was the shortest, most surreal interview ever in the history of the world, with a tiny Egyptian pastry chef who came skipping out of the back to meet me in the kitchen.To appreciate the story, remember I am 6 feet tall. She might have been 4'9" -- it was hard to tell with all the hopping around.She runs up to me, throws her arms around

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-25017656119548462582009-06-10T19:42:00.003-05:002009-06-10T19:47:11.957-05:00

This is The Husband's latest design in his functional pottery line . . . a tortilla holder.To use it, you fold the tortilla into a cone, and place it inside the cup. You can stuff it with anything (chicken salad here), eat out of it, then lift out the tortilla to finish as a soft taco.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-77808172211696851812009-05-31T22:40:00.005-05:002009-05-31T23:16:02.208-05:00

"The restaurant business is the only business where you can make creativity pay," a retired restauranteur told me this evening."In every other industry, the people above you want to be the creative ones, and want you to do their thing," he said, "and they'll put up with you as long as they can use you. God help you when you reach a point where you want credit for your own ideas . . . "He's right,

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-78351480555113594512009-05-29T09:08:00.002-05:002009-05-31T22:40:19.561-05:00

I would go see a Quentin Tarantino take on Star Wars. How about you?

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-37408462366086211822009-05-29T09:02:00.000-05:002009-05-29T09:03:33.258-05:00

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-19775423159377631972009-05-28T08:52:00.004-05:002009-05-28T10:01:39.570-05:00

The Boy, age 10, has been on an anti-vegetaable kick this year, along with all his friends.Oh he'll eat them, but usually after many threats and lengthly negotiations."You have to eat at least four bites.""Does this count as a bite?""No. The guinea pig would not consider that a bite.""It fits on my fork . . . ""One tine doesn't count.""I can't believe you want me to be rude and take a giant bite.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-75043202555174889322009-05-27T14:28:00.002-05:002009-05-27T14:32:06.516-05:00

Polish designer Jacek Utko makes a strong case for creating and expanding markets via an equal emphasis on form and function.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-11987189639427729482009-05-26T09:45:00.003-05:002009-05-26T09:51:55.145-05:00

Things have changed.Yes, thank you, I know that the only thing that doesn't change is change, but still . . . things have changed a lot.I am back to cooking for a living, and it is hard, grueling work.And I wonder why I ever stopped doing it in the first place . . . there is something in me that is only alive when there are 30 tickets hanging in my window and my grill is full.More to come . . .

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-27985629157889678662009-05-25T16:09:00.003-05:002009-05-26T16:22:46.962-05:00

If someone tells you they enjoy being the center of attention, turn around and walk away.Better yet, run.Run fast, and run hard.If you think they are kidding, or it is just an odd, quirky thing to say, or even pay no attention to it at all and let them into your life, they will find the thing you are best at, or care about the most, and they will destroy it.Just because you were the center of

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Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-91348563989400265342008-06-27T11:23:00.001-05:002008-06-27T11:30:08.632-05:00

I have some sorting things to do with my assorted blogs and services, but I am hoping to have The Painted Cave back on a regular schedule Tuesday, July 1.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-37443779663671914122008-04-06T15:29:00.001-05:002008-12-09T01:53:54.250-06:00

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-33763174174018794822008-04-06T15:26:00.001-05:002008-04-06T15:26:57.288-05:00

Another test for mobile configuration. Not an actual post - please disregard.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-53506539192770069342008-04-06T15:23:00.001-05:002008-04-06T15:23:09.750-05:00

Mobile connectivity test. Not a post - please disregard.-- Please consider your environmental footprint before printing this e-mail.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-90827208629378178112008-01-20T20:57:00.000-06:002008-01-20T22:03:58.238-06:00

Link via The Dax Files.Yes, I know I owe you a post about the thrills of being medicated for ADHD.And I will get to it, really I will.Right now we are getting through all our birthdays -- The Capricorn Family is one year older -- and I am completely swamped at work with two manuals, a presentation and all the normal post-Christmas chaos.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-14566120764199624692007-12-27T21:00:00.000-06:002007-12-27T21:08:09.123-06:00

I am working on a post about my doctor visit and my first day of meds.Tomorrow is Day 2, and I may have a clearer idea of what the actual effects of the meds are, and which are system shock.I also need to work on being more objective before I post on the topic -- I am still a bit too raw and emotional.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-7603196357059645922007-12-26T17:55:00.000-06:002007-12-26T18:33:51.074-06:00

This year's "Doesn't Mommy read our Christmas lists?" present was Guitar Hero III for the Xbox 360.It was a huge hit with The Husband, who snatched the TV and 360 away from The Boy every time he stopped for even a second or two.The Boy, who listed Halo 3 and Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga on multiple lists and letters, was trying to play Kameo: The Elements of Power (not listed anywhere) in

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-37261123272861720542007-12-25T09:12:00.001-06:002007-12-25T09:15:16.696-06:00

a Merry Christmas!Hoping you and yourshave a safe and happy holiday!

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-21059405393121462132007-12-24T19:48:00.000-06:002007-12-24T19:54:30.660-06:00

This is the pie everyone expects us to bring with us during the holidays, and I am supposed to be baking one right now.This year it made appearances as an actual pie, mini pies, and tarts.For the smaller sizes, I knocked 5 minutes off the higher temperature baking and began checking for doneness every 5 minutes starting at 20 minutes.Ingredients:1 9-inch pie crust -- you can cheat and use a

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-7749724865512568812007-12-22T19:33:00.000-06:002007-12-22T22:05:08.217-06:00

I am a moose, and every day someone hands me a muffin.The Boy thought this was funny, right up until he realized that he is the boy in Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond's hysterical books.My primary diagnostic appointment is 8:30 a.m. December 26.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-43960991779166826652007-12-21T18:17:00.000-06:002007-12-22T20:30:10.614-06:00

From Don at Doodlemonkey via Steven at The Sneeze.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-69929373973238641262007-12-20T21:38:00.000-06:002007-12-22T22:03:28.778-06:00

I've been doing some blogging in the Life As A Mom section of a national magazine's website. The blogging section is located in their Community Boards area (should have been a hint, right?).Okay, was is a better word.It wasn't a bad experience, but it has definitely not been an especially positive one, either.First, it is their site. Theirs. That means that you do not get to change fonts,

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-30847635570920521072007-12-19T00:24:00.000-06:002007-12-23T00:30:00.975-06:00

of 10 words that describe Santa.NiceKindSmartBeardedLoves ChristmasCommander of ElvesUses sleighsLoves childrenAnd adultsGives more than 1 gift.The Boy's teacher particularly enjoyed #6.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-53335266655380743532007-12-17T18:49:00.000-06:002007-12-22T20:24:42.975-06:00

I haven't been getting much done for a while, and have been running around in more of a haze of anxiety and general stress than usual.It must be depression, I thought. The anniversaries of my father and grandmother's deaths were on my mind, along with the mounds of assorted unresolved conflicts with both relationships.I went off to the friendly local mental health services and announced I was

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-28269473062286957182007-08-15T21:57:00.000-05:002008-12-09T01:53:54.614-06:00

Yes, the automatic drip coffee pot finally died, and no amount of poking with chopsticks or screwdrivers revived it.You simply can't win when you are fighting mineral residue.Fortunately we have several French presses, which got us through until The Husband produced this baby, which holds two and a half large cups of coffee.I put a paper filter in the "basket" (bowl? thingy-part?), but it

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-78414235577027368462007-08-15T21:40:00.000-05:002007-12-22T22:06:03.650-06:00

One day last year I dropped The Boy at school and hit a dog on my way to work.You know me -- it's never that simple.I was in a 70 mph zone, and I saw the dog and began to brake.I went left.The dog went left.I went right.The dog went right.Left.And left.I gave up and hit the dog straight on. My license plate sits in a black rubber frame and I hoped it would cushion the impact.The dog flew into

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-55564911255501792832007-08-15T18:27:00.000-05:002007-12-22T22:06:26.294-06:00

It has been a good, if hectic, summer.The Boy joined Gamefly, and has worked his way through quite a few games.He can hold lucid conversations about them, and will tell you why a game did or did not work for him. He can describe games in terms of engine, dynamics and storytelling, rather than body count, gallons of blood and felonies committed.He likes to download game screenshots, and uses them

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-35947244299515412102007-06-21T20:15:00.000-05:002007-12-22T22:07:07.231-06:00

My coffee pot is dying.It is the cheapest automatic drip coffee pot available on the market during the Christmas Blitz season, largely because I live out in the middle of nowhere with a well. Our water is so hard that it shatters when you spill it -- imagine what that does to the inside of a coffee pot, because Murphy's Fifth Law states that the only time you really desperately need a cup of

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-14181706851162773612007-06-21T19:11:00.000-05:002007-12-22T22:07:33.224-06:00

So.The Boy has been a Game Flier for nearly a month. Drop me an e-mail if you want to try it so I can send you The Boy's referral link -- if The Boy can convince 5 people to join Game Fly for a month at full price, he can win a Wii.And he really wants a Wii . . . rumor has it that Santa is more of a Microsoft kind of guy (always remember your version of The Husband and Father of The Children when

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-66574761545727718462007-06-12T22:48:00.000-05:002007-06-12T22:59:40.406-05:00

I am writing three newsletters at work -- remember, my official job title is "Peasant" -- so please excuse me if I am not blogging enough (one weekly, two biweekly).The Boy, who receives his allowance via pre-paid Visa card ($1 per year of his life, plus various bonuses for assorted work around the house and performance bonuses) because that way he saves his money instead of blowing it on

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-1120270892653035552007-05-26T14:33:00.000-05:002007-05-26T14:50:49.974-05:00

In view of The Boy's current issues, I have withdrawn him from science camp this summer.We are going to spend the summer learning to fail and having fun at it.Oh, and fishing.Lots of fishing.And absolutely nothing that he can apply some ridiculous standard to himself and convince himself that he has let either himself or someone else down.We will make messes.We will have disasters.And hopefully

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-31489547410951578202007-05-16T17:25:00.000-05:002007-05-16T19:06:25.235-05:00

The Boy missed two questions on a math test today and had a complete meltdown in class.Serious meltdown -- his teacher said you would have thought the world was coming to an end.He whacked himself on the head.He said he was stupid.He said he couldn't do anything right.And he cried.The incident upset the entire class, who were torn between rubbing it in that he had not received the highest grade

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-39690455927543369382007-05-14T20:32:00.000-05:002007-05-14T20:53:23.425-05:00

The Boy has upset the narrow-minded bureaucracy that is the public school system.Students are required to read a book from a bureaucracy-selected group of books, then take a reading comprehension test.Sounds simple.Sounds easy.The problem?He regards the books in his grade grouping as baby books, completely beneath him, and refuses to participate.The Second Grader Who Reads Harry Potter On His Own

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-28832110715090951922007-05-05T22:01:00.000-05:002007-05-06T02:01:41.805-05:00

Read my VisualDNA™ Get your own VisualDNA™Link via Twinmama.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-9053703670350426262007-05-05T01:06:00.000-05:002008-12-09T01:53:54.733-06:00

Er . . . nine years too late.It's complicated -- for starters, I was born without the Wedding Planner gene most girls have. While every girl in my neighborhood was conducting elaborate Barbie weddings and starting scrapbooks for The Big Day, I was busy with Legos.This was back in the Dark Ages, when Legos came in barrels, without elaborate instructions, themes or franchises.In today's terms, they

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-18875814284637504362007-05-04T20:36:00.000-05:002007-05-06T01:13:35.895-05:00

"Mommy," said The Boy, "may I have something to eat?""Sure! How about . . . a frog!"(brief silence)"Eeeeew! No!""Okay. How about a grasshopper?""Eeeeew! No!""Oh! I know! How about some cat food? I have Tuna & Chicken or Super Supper!""Eeeeew! No!""I'm sure Miss Puppy would love to share a nice can of Country Stew . . . ""Eeeeew! No!""Okay, FINE. I guess you'll have to have spaghetti.""

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-44015307890757259622007-04-18T19:05:00.000-05:002007-04-18T19:20:21.011-05:00

YOUR kid will come home from school with a safety poster he or she designed as part of a class project.You will be very surprised.Especially if it says "Very Important Safety Rule #8: Don't play with radiation! It can kill you, unless you are lucky and mutate!"It will have a picture of a bat, helpfully labeled "Giant Bat."And you will discover he or she signed their entire name, so that all the

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-38142856869428191092007-04-09T19:25:00.000-05:002007-04-09T20:31:34.384-05:00

Two months -- I wasn't dead, although I have kind of felt like it.I had been steadily slipping into a chronic fatigue/joint pain/general listlessness, to the point that The Husband felt compelled to intervene and insist on dietary changes.Being married to a zombie isn't fun.I am back on a Paleo diet (more links), the extremely low-carb diet favored by bears and cavemen, and I am starting to come

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-29161390876141919242007-02-08T23:54:00.000-06:002007-02-09T00:23:17.471-06:00

Ever wonder why I stay in retail instead of moving into web design or something?Because I don't want high blood pressure (or a drive to Dallas, either).Case in point: one of my various volunteer projects is a web site for a local non-profit. I used a custom domain and ftp server to set it up using Blogger, simply because it is so easy to teach and difficult to mess up.Famous last words.Corvus is

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-76918117044647805962007-02-06T00:01:00.000-06:002008-12-09T01:53:54.836-06:00

. . . if The Boy had been The Girl, I would know the appropriate Beatrix Potter quote to use here.Since The Boy is, of course, The Boy, it should be noted that this is Furon, Scourge of Humanity, and Anti-Hero of Destroy All Humans 1 and 2.Sorry -- I'm lazy tonight. No linkage.Fun games, in the spirit of Mars Attacks.It should also be noted that even if The Boy had been The Girl, I still

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-73601547879434462092007-02-05T19:49:00.000-06:002007-02-07T10:17:15.843-06:00

Yes, it's that time of year.Post-Christmas returns.End of fiscal year, which means get out every bit of everything that can be pushed out.Beginning of new year, with no clear direction because we've all been so busy wrapping up the old year that none of the new year stuff has been approved.Sick.Everybody's sick.Sick at work.Sick at school.Sick at home.Sick, sick, sick.And I rarely get sick -- for

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-90439361872781574772007-01-17T22:00:00.000-06:002007-01-17T22:03:44.900-06:00

I am nearly caught up at work from the Return Your Christmas Presents season, and I will hopefully manage to do some actual blogging as opposed to this 'not dead yet -- sorry' crap I've been doing.

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-23211814120859203332007-01-17T21:35:00.000-06:002007-01-17T22:00:42.211-06:00

The Boy: Is there a reason we have a color-coded, assemble-by-numbers Christmas tree? You do know that some people get a real tree, and they keep it in water and do all the same things to it that we do to our plastic tree.Me, attempting to be a Voice of Reason but coming across like I need Prozac desperately: So what you're saying is that you think it is a perfectly good idea to go out in

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-74577715667746995532006-12-27T22:04:00.000-06:002006-12-28T20:03:08.506-06:00

I did manage to bake roughly 40 million cookies (peanut-butter-and-jelly-thumb-prints were the cookie of 2006) and a couple of pies, but spent a little too much time debating whether to post The Boy's take on Corvus' December Round Table or present him for therapy at the closest residential institution.This month's topic/challenge was to create a Christmas carol-themed video game.The Boy thought

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-80849735196679228802006-12-27T18:27:00.000-06:002006-12-27T23:13:27.067-06:00

12/27 UPDATE: And crashed again, this time with only one window, one tab, and a fairly large pdf.Not, it should be noted, large enough to bother either Firefox or Opera, in multiple tabs, running at the same time.No reboot this time, and no loss of internet connection.I'm officially done with it, and I feel as if I should apologize for messing with it in the first place.Remember, Windows Vista

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-25048996433442994872006-12-25T12:25:00.000-06:002006-12-25T12:35:16.320-06:00

Merry Christmasand a Safe & Happy New Yearto Everyone!from everyonein The Painted Cave

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The Boy's Christmas party was today.He had to bring a $10 boy gift.I had to bring a 12-pack of Sprite and cookies.He angsted over his shopping selection -- he realizes that he is a geek, and that anything he thinks is cool probably isn't by his friends' standards.For the record, he also understands that being a geek is a good thing, and thathe gets to experience things most of his friends

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My official job description contains an open pit, filled with sharp pointy stakes, daintily concealed with soft, fluffy new grass and daisies." . . . and other duties, as assigned."Feel free to shudder and feel my pain, because I average 4-5 hours/week in the rest of my job description, and roughly 36-40 in those "other duties."One "other duty" is internal public relations.I hated it when I

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I spent the weekend sorting out my storage room.Congratulate me -- I threw away and/or donated, by a score of 3-to-1, more than I kept, and managed not to ask what I was thinking when I kept some of that stuff where The Husband could hear.The biggest donations came from The Boy (I did his room and closet since I was on a rampage), who kindly permitted me to donate all things Fisher Price, Sesame

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The Boy has told everyone who will listen his slightly garbled version of Eragon, the movie.It is his favorite movie ever, etc., etc.Oh, except for Star Wars.Faced with a choice between a re-reading of Eragon at bedtime, or Coraline, or The Children's Crusade, he picked D (which was actually not one of the choices) Gregor the Overlander: The Prophecy of Bane.Because he likes the giant

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Keeping a blog would be so much simpler if I could find a hot spot during the day without leaving the store.Once I pick up The Boy, the rest of the day is usually shot.First, there must be snacks. The Boy has just discovered beef jerky, so this isn’t much of a problem.Then we have homework, which must be checked and discussed. Second grade homework usually consists of at least one sheet of math

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We've had storms for the past two nights, and the big tree just behind the house snapped in half last night and is covering most of the porch.Fortunately, it was the section that was already dead, so the tree should be fine.And it managed to miss the section with the hawk's nest, so we will still have our hawks in spring.School was cancelled for the past two days, and The Boy is delirious.

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I can't find the power cord for my scanner.When I do -- and it had better be soon -- I will post concept pictures of The Boy's scorpion (for Scorpion Games, remember) and Jack, our intrepid hero.They are early designs, and will probably change.For instance, The Boy informs me that just because it is called a "goatee," that doesn't mean you need to put one on a goat.Silly me . . .

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So says The Boy, normally a member of the I-Don't-Want/Need/Like-To-Go-To-Bed Club.We are reading Cornelia Funke's Ghost Hunters and the Gruesome, Invincible Lightning Ghost, which The Boy found at a book store and insisted we simply must have, based entirely on the fact that he has read/had read to him The Thief Lord, Inkheart and Dragon Rider.He is enjoying the Ghost Hunters series tremendously

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The Husband is has traded WarCrack for StarCrack, so snagging the net has been nearly impossible lately, especially with all the downloading I've been doing.XNA only seems to want to play with the 360.Of course, this important fact isn't revealed until you actually download and install it, which takes a couple of days on a Middle-of-Nowhere dial-up connection.Panda3D wants a different set of

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. . . if the discovery of over 100 species both entirely new and not previously observed in the French Frigate Shoals near the Hawaiian Islands is very cool or very scary.I thought the very same thing when a Canadian hunter killed an odd bear a few months ago that turned out to be a Polar-Grizzly crossbreed.Cool, as in the miracle of life never ceases!Scary, as in evolution in motion, which

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. . . a book.One that doesn't exist.It would be called "Math for the Mothers of Evil Geniuses and 2nd Graders."Let me know if you run across it in your travels.-------------------------Special thanks to Twinmama, for the link to 43 Things, a nifty site that easily sorts and organizes your books, music, movies, etc. for public consumption and/or ridicule.And special thanks to Corvus, for the

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I am considering arming one of the cats.The fluffy black and white one.You see, the dog cannot seem to grasp the concept that not all cute, fluffy, black and white cat-sized animals are interested in being her friend.I want her to view black and white as the colors of Danger! Doom! Destruction!I wonder if the cat could carry a plasma rifle . . .Just remember, V-8 (original flavor) is much

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I went to my local friendly used book store and picked up copies of The Zen of Direct3D Game Programming (go ahead and laugh, Corvus -- I know how out of date it is, but it came with a DirectX dev kit) and Ultimate Game Design.Zen requires Visual C++, so I went to Microsoft's site to find out how much it was going to cost me, thinking it served me right since I went for a cheap book rather than

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I had really bad parents.Two people who should have run screaming in opposite directions when they met, yet married and had children.And so I worry -- a lot -- about whether or not I am a good parent.The Husband thinks I overthink parenting, and I should worry less because I am conscious of what would be the most natural path and I always do something entirely different.Every now and then, I get

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. . . that's right.I can't manage to post, but I have the time to jack around with the template.I don't know what I'm doing yet, but I am thinking quite a lot about accessibility issues (Major Competitor Mart is being sued under ADA over their web site. Ours was cited as compliant, oddly enough).

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The Boy has written his first semi-original video game plot, entitled Goat Frenzy."I think it would be fun to drive a goat, Mommy. Why doesn't anyone make video games about goats?"See if you can spot the source material, or feel free to call me names if you believe working in retail has jaded me to the point that I view everything in terms of marketing catch phrases. One day, a little goat

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Like all mothers of boys both large and small, I buy The Boy’s clothes a size or two bigger. Not because I am cruel and sadistic, a popular theory around here, but simply because he grows every time I glance away from him. The size 12 basketball shorts I bought at the end of the summer? The ones that drooped four inches below his knees when school started? They hit him mid-kneecap.

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You may remember the book “Miss Nelson is Missing.”I didn’t, but I cheated, and got it in an anthology of picture books at The Boy’s baby shower (and yes, everyone was mortally offended that I registered at Amazon rather than Babies 'R' Us).The Boy’s class had to tell us exactly what happened to Miss Nelson for their art project for Open House a couple of weeks ago.I am pleased to report that

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-1160102563180127192006-10-05T21:33:00.000-05:002006-10-05T21:42:43.196-05:00

I have been deeply involved in my alter egoes, Haz-Mat Grrrl and Power Point Princess, and simply quit blogging.For a while.I did actually miss it, and I am trying to schedule it in.There is a lot going on, but things may be settling down finally. Notice I am not making any promises, or declarations of intent, just a bit of hope that I might get things back together.I have three "additional

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The current excuse is a two-parter:1. We've had inventory at work.The nature of my job required me to be there most of the time, including 16-hour, 20-hour and 10-hour days, back to back, with a nap in my car at one point.2. The Husband is playing World of Warcraft again, which is kind of rough on dial-up anyway, much less when your wife is blogging in the other room.In other news:The Boy went

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If you can possibly imagine, you can't believe everything you see on the internet.I know everyone is very surprised, particularly those of us who own Photoshop.

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Leafing through a magazine in a waiting room today, I saw the Garbage Weekly photos of Pam Anderson's wedding to Kid Rock. Attendees released balloons from the yacht where the wedding was held over the water in St. Tropez.Little Miss Don't-Eat-Chicken-Because-It's-Mean apparently had no problem with littering the ocean with rubber and string, placing sea birds and other marine life at risk when

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No, I'm not dead.Although I am having the sort of days that would make it a relief.Some highlights from the past few weeks:Conflicting work schedules, which leave The Boy without a "hand off" window.Dead truck (The Husband's), leaving only one vehicle (mine), which really needs to go into the shop for a broken motor mount, but can't, because then we would be completely without wheels, a no-no

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You may remember that The Boy once had hermit crabs, for reasons that the grandmother in question was never able to fully explain.They were interesting, in their own way.If you happened to be a fan of bugs.At least until they began killing each other for the privilege of wearing the pink Barbie shell. I would have preferred to wait until The Boy was older than 6 -- let's say 36, as a

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The problem with summer is that so much of it happens outside.Somehow -- I haven't seen any evidence of handcuffs and straightjackets, which doesn't mean I have ruled them out -- The Husband manages to get The Boy to sleep in and laze around the house in the mornings, while I am at work.As soon as I get home and he leaves for work, The Boy wants to go outside.We live in North Texas.You can fry an

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If you can't smoke their cigars and drink their whiskey and vote against them the next day, you shouldn't be in Congress.Rep. Sam Rayburn, D-TXformer US Speaker of the HouseThe question has become not can you smoke their cigars and drink their whiskey, but can you have most of your family on their payroll and let them take you on vacation and vote against them the next day.The real question is

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How is Batman supposed to be a hero when there isn't anyone for him to save?"I can have a Batman party," The Boy, who is in possession of approximately 42 Bat-variants, "but there isn't anything for them to do.""They can fight with The Joker or The Riddler. Or Spawn, or The Violator."The Boy also possesses the first three series of Spawn toys, a long story illustrating sharply why you should

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I always seem to be doing updates, rather than blogging in a regular, semi-cohesive manner.Blogging used to be something I enjoyed, and I am not really certain how I reached a point where I began to associate it with work and guilt. I have promised myself that I will blog something every day for the duration of the summer, without worrying about it.The Boy has been out of school just over two

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Wow -- I can't believe it has been over a month since I have posted here.It has been a rough month . . . but still. A whole month.Please let me know if the new template acts weird -- I'm trying some new things, and I'm not sure how well they will work.

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I have several projects up in the air right now, so I've been busy. I would blog more often if Big Brother did not moniter my internet access at work.The Boy and I are obsessed with Brain Training for the DS.The Boy cheats -- he will shout wrong answers during my turn. His scores are fairly consistent, but mine veer up and down. Right now I am 80, thanks to a cackling seven-year-old.I'm never

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At seventeen, I wanted to be a writer with every fiber of my being. I carried hardcover journals everywhere, and filled volumes upon volumes with Great American Novels, essays destined for The New Yorker, ideas, biography in progress, etc. They went in the trash years ago. Absolute drivel – self-indulgent, naïve, derivative, melodramatic nonsense. An embarrassment to trees. Just

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Jeff Foxworthy is obviously a Yankee. We recently attended an engagement party, and made some casual observations he completely missed.You may be a Redneck . . .if everyone who attended your engagement party brought their own gunif you and your fiance are both holding guns in your engagement picture for the local paperif your engagement party ends when it becomes too dark to see to shootif your

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Someday I will learn to put some thought into the toys I buy for myself The Husband The Boy.For instance, I just bought an Uruk-Hai Nerf crossbow.Is it cool?Yeah, it's way cool, despite the fact that we are unable to get the attractive Nerf arrows to shoot further than 9 feet (the box claims they can go up to 30 feet). The problem seems to be the fact that Nerf arrows leave a great deal to be

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My favorite Pet Boy ran off and joined the Navy a few weeks ago, and The Boy and I received our first letters from him today.He and The Boy adopted each other at his going away party, held at a Mexican chain restaurant during happy hour. I brought The Boy, of course, because we were coming from somewhere and on our way somewhere else.The Boy brought his DS, and within seconds had completely taken

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For our very first Christmas together, The Husband and I gave everyone Good Omens and Skinny Legs and All.This might be why I still make The In-Laws nervous, even on a good day.However, it makes it even worse that I managed to miss both Villa Incognito and Wild Ducks Flying Backward.I am deeply ashamed, "a stray dog in the banquet halls of culture," and I promise to turn in my beets as soon as

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The Boy came home from school today (and yesterday, too) happy.Isn't that one of the signs of the apocalypse?He says he and his teacher are friends now, and she gives him interesting things to do, and she is trying not to be boring, and he actually has to stop and think occasionally.I must have missed something.

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The game, at least.I am again a terrible mother, denying my poor child the opportunity to see the movie.Not because of the PG-13 rating, but because I know how it ends, and Kong always has my sympathy.I had to let him rent the game because he made the Honor Roll at school, which entitles him to a free rental from a place that would make Corvus cringe if it was mentioned. It took The Boy nearly

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What do you do when you detect hacker-ish activity on your system at work, the system you are unofficially responsible for maintaining, since you are the only person able to figure out how to log in to the server?According to company protocol, you report such activity to the security people.You must be sure to include the information that the unfamiliar user ID logged in for a minute, then three

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Or at least laying low through the next election.I sincerely hope the prosecution for the Abramoff case has something big on DeLay -- something he can't weasel out of, something big enough that he can't hop on a soap box and overshadow . . .

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I may be working on a project soon -- it's floating around in my head, bumping into other things and knocking over piles of stuff, which makes getting anything else done rather difficult, to say the least.It is a publishing project, and I am looking for a bit of insight.Do you read independently published books, or limit yourself to the corporate menu? Why?Would you read independent literature

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"How do you know that the world exists when you can't see it?""Of course it exists.""How can you be sure?""Because it would take a few minutes to download whenever you open the door."

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"How do you know you're real?""What do you mean?""How do you know that we are really real?""I just do.""But how can you tell?""We have to be real. If we were on TV, everyone would have turned us off by now because we are a totally, extremely boring movie."

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I have to do a web page for a tea room for a client I haven't met via an intermediary who sort of knows The Husband, and I have no idea what to charge someone who has no idea what I am doing, hasn't provided much in the way of content, and wants it done in a week.I am beginning to remember why I got out of advertising . . .

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Reading dooce today, I can only think of The Boy, who believes KISS should be known as "The Mega Rock Clowns" because, and I quote, "they have demon faces, but they used clown paint. "If they wanted to be scary or interesting they would have used zombie paint. "Like Marilyn Manson."

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So i guess cingular gets a free ad every time i do this? There are worse things . . .--Mobile Email from a Cingular Wireless Customer http://www.cingular.com

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Okay, it works. I am officially impressed.--Mobile Email from a Cingular Wireless Customer http://www.cingular.com

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Test--Mobile Email from a Cingular Wireless Customer http://www.cingular.com

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Ever have blackened catfish?It's wonderful.A fiery red pepper mix is applied to a margarine-coated fish, which is then seared in a cast-iron pan.My father-in-law, who shall be known as "Phil," is actually from Louisiana, and my family's Official Source on All Things Cajun. Phil followed us back and decided we should blacken some of our fresh catfish. He brought enough Zatarain's Blackened

Annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02716018353639005422noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13526623.post-1142904652680638702006-03-20T16:28:00.000-06:002006-03-20T19:30:52.723-06:00

Pretty nifty -- Bookins lets you trade books for the cost of shipping.And they have cool books . . .

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