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Words to live by
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things.
- Philippians 4:8, NIV
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Update on the amaryllis
First of all - sorry for the outrageous size on the pictures below! Sure it shows some wicked good detail, but at what cost to the quality of this blog post? Oh well, I was so excited to be taking pictures that I forgot to check the image size I was taking pictures in!
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Gardening Zen
I am so intrigued by the prospect of making my amaryllis plant produce blooms again. When I unearthed it from the pot it's been sitting in all these months to inspect the damage (I am horribly guilty of neglecting the poor thing for over a year), I saw not only the bulb is still firm and full of life, but the roots appeared to be in good shape too ( Read more... ) -
Retraction
You know, I think I have to retract a big statement I once made a long time ago regarding the politics of LiveJournal. Looks like I was dead wrong - but I've never been happier to be wrong about something! I accused LiveJournal of going the way of Enron, and not only did they avoid doing that ... it seems they have emerged stronger, more endearing ( Read more... ) -
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We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust -
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I just finished watching the strangest movie, so strange I blogged about it: Southland Tales, starring Justin Timberlake. http://ow.ly/ehci -
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A Yahoo! email retrospective - I thought this was really cool, the evolution of Yahoo! email through the years: http://ow.ly/93is -
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"Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast." ~ Lewis Carroll -
Cool WikiHow
So I stumbled across a wikiHow that for me was an awesome blast from the past: how to darn pointe shoes. I consider myself to be quite lucky to have learned how to do that at one time - from the sounds of the wikiHow it's becoming a lost art. I wouldn't know how to do it now, but if I had a pair of pointe shoes to darn, I'm sure with this wiki I ( Read more... ) -
Ode to Excedrin
I love you Excedrin
You take my pain away
You work real fast, don't have to do the math
Mostly I love you in tablet form
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