February 2011
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Feb 25th
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Feb 24th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 15th
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Feb 15th
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“She wonders whether the sentences go out looking for people to utter them, or...”
– from Visitation, by Jenny Erpenbeck (translated by Susan Bernofsky)  (via GirlReaction — Snip) Note to self: put this on your to-read list.
Feb 15th
Sen. Klobuchar's (Winning) Taconite Tater Tot Hot... →
whereabout: Recipe: - Ground beef (1-1.5 lbs) - Cream of mushroom (1 can) - Cream of chicken (1 can) - Onions (1 small) - Garlic (couple cloves) - Salt - Pepper - Pepper jack cheese, shredded (8-12 ounces) - Tater tots (1 package) Preparation 1. Brown ground beef, drain off fat…. I love that the two Senators from Minnesota hosted a bipartisan, bicameral Hotdish Off to kick off the...
Feb 15th
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“If reading heightens your responses, shapes your idea of the world, gives you a...”
– Geoff Dyer, “Reader’s Block,” from Otherwise Known as the Human Condition (due out in March) — read the full essay here. I feel better about the stack of unread books on my shelf now.
Feb 15th
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Forget about how cheesy anyone finds it. Reblog...
beefranck: yhf: sfots: thejohnblog: “As you wish.” - The Princess Bride “Don’t just stare at it, eat it!” – American Psycho “This is where the fish lives.” - Touch of Satan “I’ve got a hard-on for you the size of Florida.” - Fisher King “You’re lit from within, Tracy. You’ve got fires banked down in you, hearth-fires and holocausts.” — Philadelphia...
Feb 15th
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"You have broken down my defenses"
laphamsquarterly: “I am reduced to a thing that wants Virginia. I composed a beautiful letter to you in the sleepless, nightmare hours of the night, and it has all gone: I just miss you, in a quite simple, desperate, human way. You, with all your undumb letters, would never write so elementary a phrase as that; perhaps you wouldn’t even feel it.” —More from Vita Sackville-West’s letter...
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Something feels weird...
Oh, right. I’m not wearing pajamas. I’m wearing real person clothes today. Because I have somewhere to be. In a job sort of way. Part time, but still. 
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Lavender soda verdict
Needs more gin.
Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Feb 10th
“The refrain of “we want more submissions from women” started to gnaw...”
– — Jessa Crispin’s post on Bookslut is a must read. The first thing I say, without fail, after divulging a new idea to friends, is “That’s probably been done already.” (I even almost put “new” in sarcasatic quotes just now.) Fear of being unoriginal is...
Feb 10th
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All the other WIPS
And this is just off the top of my head… 1. Cabled sweater I finished knitting five or six months ago and never put together, though this weekend I may do just that so I can have two — TWO! ah ah ah — new sweaters for my trip.  2. Pretty but utilitarian loungy sweater (oh you Ravelers, it’s Oblique) that I’m close to being done with but I’m afraid I’ll...
Feb 9th
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Feb 8th
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Feb 3rd
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I don't belong here...: I'm finally watching that... →
shaebay: taff1973: shaebay: smartgrrrl: beefranck: taff1973: beefranck: I like it, but I think I’ve watched too many episodes in a row. I may have (wh)overdosed. Which (ha!) doctor have you been watching? Matt Smith or the other ones… I’m starting with the first season. Is it true that the hair gets bigger and the… OK, I’ll just start here. Sorry. (Sorry if I’m needlessly...
Feb 3rd
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Feb 3rd
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I don't belong here...: I'm finally watching that... →
beefranck: taff1973: beefranck: I like it, but I think I’ve watched too many episodes in a row. I may have (wh)overdosed. Which (ha!) doctor have you been watching? Matt Smith or the other ones… I’m starting with the first season. Is it true that the hair gets bigger and the… OK, I’ll just start here. Sorry. (Sorry if I’m needlessly apologizing, too.) Eccleston is...
Feb 3rd
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Aw, crap. There was apparently a whole conversation about Doctor Who that happened while I was getting my hair cut FOR FOUR HOURS (damn you Aveda School for being pretty much my only option until I get a real job. I do have to say I love my new color so at least there’s that … even if you pretended not to hear me when I said take an inch and a half off and only took a half inch off and...
Feb 2nd
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Feb 2nd
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Me: My head hurts.
Bottle of Advil on the coffee table in front of me: Ahem.
Me: This headache is really annoying.
Bottle of Advil on the coffee table in front of me: AHEM.
Me: I really wish my head would stop hurting.
Bottle of Advil on the coffee table in front of me: You are hopeless.
Feb 1st
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So I could take another day off from reading and still have time to file reviews before my trip* … Or I could be industrious and read the 50 pages I have left in one book and then draft that review …  I’m having a profound “But I am already in my pajamas” moment. 
Feb 1st
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