Archive for April, 2008

Yeah, it’s different

I made it through all of April without eating Ramen noodles or telling you that {redacted} and {redacted} were the people featured in my header photo.  So to celebrate, I changed the template a little, too.  Someday I might learn how to really design something, but for now I hope you enjoy this new standard [...]

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Credit or debit?

Can I bitch about something for a moment that doesn’t involve unreturned phone calls? I can’t stand having to swipe my own credit card at the store. Does anyone know how this trend began? I don’t remember there being an enormous outcry by consumers who couldn’t stand to let go of their card for the [...]

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Think of it as a salad made of fat

My mom, bless her, was more at home at work than in the kitchen. She’s not a bad cook, she’s just uninterested in spending the time preparing everything when and if she has something more stimulating to do. She likes eating well, so if the choice is between slapping something together in the microwave or [...]

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Cement Shoes

I was on the phone with Birmingham last night bitching about my usual complaint: that a handful of my friends are so busy with their lives, they haven’t returned phone calls. Again, weighed my options for response. Call again and risk further rejection, send emails giving them a piece of my mind, which could be [...]

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Let’s just end this line of questioning already, ok?

And the last set of questions asked by people: Seriously: are there that many people in the world who can’t tell the difference between humor and reality? – NPW Yes. Of course, if they took it as humor, they’d have nowhere to channel their vast anger. If you could have one talent that you do [...]

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Everything you wanted to know about this blog.

Part II in a III part series, today, I’m answering the questions you had about my blog, and blogging in general. Why do you blog? – RA It started as a project to document my last 30 days of living in New York City, and otherwise it fits me perfectly, because I love to write, [...]

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Your questions answered

Remember back when I asked you all to ask me questions so I could put them in a future post? That day didn’t quite turn out like I expected, but many of you still thought of some great questions, and I think now’s about the time that I get around to answering them. Because there [...]

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Happy day, Earth!

Let me start off with a photo of a little something I like to call me, sans glasses, with new haircut: Max cropped it (the hair and the photo) and the flash made it look really shiny! I’m still not a huge fan of the way I look in this, or any picture, I think [...]

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Shelby was right, it looks like a brown football helmet

I treated myself to a trip to the city yesterday. In case you don’t subscribe to my Twitter feed, I texted in some tweets that went like this: Riverbank State Park makes me regret moving to the Hudson Valley. Whole Foods @ Columbus Circle makes me regret moving to the Hudson Valley. The A Train [...]

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Blog of Distinction

By the way, before the fracas started with that other post, I totally got an award from a cool blogger. Jenn at You are Flawed if You are Not Free gave me the Award of Distinction! Go me! Go you! Out of curiosity, I did a quick stat check on my blog. Normally, I get [...]

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