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One day down: it’s fun. My one wish is that I had more hands: whenever I sit down for a session, or to look up a blog by someone whose card I’d just collected, or catch up with twitter or others’ blogs about blogher, baby E decided she needs to be held RIGHT NOW. And then [...]
While recovering my equilibrium after traumatic events,* I tend to find it helpful to covet things. I mean objects, beautiful consumery gadgety objects. I fantasize about the ways in which they’ll make my life easier, funner, let me do new things… Not that I need said new objects. But that’s really not the point of [...]
In a good way. If you haven’t already, go watch Susan Boyle sing.
I’m idly reading through photo contest descriptions (this site lists a bunch) and fantasizing about entering a few. There’s this one, and this one, and this one. They’re full of prefectly executed, calm, slick and beautiful photos and there’s money to be won and my fantasy involves my, umm, not-so-slick or, shall we say, “earthier” [...]
I got the following ad in gmail today: Drive a Lamborghini – www.LongIslandLamborghini.com – All models, new or preowned Aggressive pricing, best selection Apparently google’s contextual ads aren’t working so great today. Because how could this possibly apply to me? Not that I’d reject a Lamborghini if someone were to give me one. But I [...]
I rather loved the dooce interview on the Today show this Wednesday. Not because it was good. It was awful: Kathie Lee Gifford ought to be ashamed of herself. But Heather Armstrong (dooce) handled Kathie Lee’s stupidity SO elegantly. The woman is a gem, and she is also right: what she’s doing is important, it [...]
This is currently my heart’s desire: Small, light-weight, Linux (the one I want, that is). I have this fantasy of going to internet cafes with my little bitty baby and my little bitty computer. Reviewed very favorably here; becomes available in the U.S. on May 12. I’m tempted to preorder but maybe I’ll just wait [...]
Leonardo’s The Last Supper, viewable in incredible detail, at 16 billion pixels. You can see every little crack in the surface of the painting.
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