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With the kids over for the weekend, it's been awesome. Missed them last weekend but it was probably for the best considering how sick I was the whole time, and still I have a pretty bad cough that I'm not quite over.  This pic is my view from the living room, into the kitchen, [...]

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Chatting with my mom in IM today about this and that, and I recall a question I'd been meaning to ask her since a conversation I was having with someone else… who I think is pretty awesome, but lives way too far away for me to think more than that.
Anyway, when I was visiting with [...]

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Originally read (by me) in purplemanatee's journal this morning.. I had to find more and so Google'd.
It's so rare, given the basic tenor of most arguments in politics today, but every once in a while someone says something so remarkable that's it's worth noting, without any comment at all.
Such a situation took place on [...]

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As stolen from allah_sulu, and behind the cut below.
Go to your music player of choice and put it on shuffle.Say the following questions aloud, and press play.Use the song title as the answer to the question.NO CHEATING.

How does the world see me? The Lion King, “Can You Feel the Love Tonight?” (awwwww. I wub you [...]

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Seriously the best sidewalk art I've ever seen…

Some of you may have already seen this guys work.. his site has been updated since the last time I was there. Check it out. Some seriously eye-brain-screwing going on. Beautiful.

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Apparently Palladium Games is in trouble, and Wayne Smith is calling on the fanbase for help.
I've never been a big TableTop gamer, but I know a lot of you on my friends list are. If you care at all to check out the link above, please do so.

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While reading my Aunt Frances' blog, I came across a link she posted to a site called I Blame the Patriarchy, an interesting blog with a focus on women and women's issues.
The entry that caught and held my attention most was entitled He touched my special gray area, detailing one of what I [...]

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One of the things that Anna seems to love the most is my digicam. She's become quite the prolific clicker, and has even created her own lovely self portrait.

Freckle love.
She'll take pictures of pretty much anything.. including her brother!

And finally, at the request of my mother who wanted new pics of her [...]

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I'm loving it here in Knoxville. The weather is grand, very warm and sunny and often with the z0mg!!11!! rain storms that are nice to just stand in. Yes, chickens are smarter than me.
The kids are awesome, and their indoctrination into all things geek is coming along nicely. Joseph really loves the WoW. Anna loves [...]

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If any of you ever wonder where I get my… “being me” from, wonder no longer. This is an excerpt from the conversation I had with my mother this morning:

Mom: last night i signed into pogo to play for a bit and went to the room i usually play this one game in
Mom: the [...]

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