Monthly Archives: September 2008

Good news from the world of medicine

Visited doctor today. He says it looks like I’m healing up fine and to basically just use the Prilosec OTC as needed, if needed, going forward, but to know that it takes around 3 days for it to start working. … Continue reading

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Amazon’s Amazing Customer Service – Kindle Edition

Last week, my Kindle died. The screen looks broken somehow. It has a big blank spot, and I can see the text refreshing around the blank area, but the blank area is blank. We don’t know what happened to it. … Continue reading

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Debate Mad Lib

Credit goes to Greg for creating my version and to de stijl for creating the template. I understand what Americans are going through. Why, just last week I met [Marcus], a struggling [bank teller] in [Fargo]. [Marcus] was desperately concerned … Continue reading

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Silver lining

I keep getting new “friends” on LJ who are Russian. I wouldn’t mind this if these folks would be so kind as to drop a comment or something saying why they’re friending me. They don’t, though, and there’s nothing I … Continue reading

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Improv Everywhere in Chicago!

If you’re in the area, join us at the MP3 experiment in Chicago!

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Dreams

Suggestive but mostly work-safe content after the jump…

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Threaded Comments

By the way, I’ve installed a threaded comment plugin for the site, as it was driving me crazy to not be able to reply to people. It was written by someone who does not speak English as their first language, … Continue reading

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Happy Night

OMG, what a difference a good bout of sleep makes! I have not been sleeping very well, despite my wedge pillow and despite being exhausted. I went upstairs last night at 11:30pm. My DH was at the casino; as I’m … Continue reading

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Flowers and more!

I got packages yesterday! Specifically, I got a box of a dozen mini-cheesecakes from my MIL and FIL. I also got a flower arrangement with teddy and balloon from my parents. Thank you, moms, dads, and toms! (On the left … Continue reading

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Poop of Joy

I pooped! Yeah, I know…potential TMI and whatnot, but when pooping is your main way to know that your digestive system is intact and happy with the changes that have occurred, it’s a joyous thing. First post-surgery poop happened just … Continue reading

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