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Monthly Archives: September 2006

Holy cats! An electrocuted mouse!

In my various Internet travels, I have come across a site which showcases letters and diaries from the turn of the century. Awfully fascinating read, especially if you’re nosy like me and obsessively read the blogs of complete strangers. This is sort of like reading a way-back-blog! A lot of things were certainly different back [...]

One Cup of Tea

No matter how early I wake up, regardless of whether I sleep in, hit the snooze button, or spring out of bed as fresh as a laundry daisy (a rare occurence), I only have time for exactly one cup of tea. I would love to have more. Some of my favorite experiences in Britain last [...]

The Crystal Ship

Spent this past weekend in Wichita, helping my other parent move. Luckily, he was only moving to the east edge of town, not the eastern edge of the country; unluckily, my dad is just about the worst person to help move ever. Note to those who want to enlist people’s help moving, and don’t have [...]

The Rose Monster

What could have been a righteously crumbtastic week was much improved by the appearance of these at my doorstep: Kindly ignore the hot mess that is my living room! Look at the pretty flowers! Long distance roses! Hoorah! I don’t often get roses, so this was a very special treat to come home to after [...]