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College students and Phish followers all across Massachusetts will rejoice with the passing of Question 2.

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I bought a new iron last week. On Kimmerie's advice, I got a Rowenta and I decided to go for the one that does not have an auto-off since I think it will frustrate me to no end having to wait for my iron to re-heat in the middle of sewing/quilting. Alex wondered why the iron didn't come with the auto-off feature, and I had to explain to him that ( Read more... )

I have decided to teach myself how to sew. Or rather, I'm going to work on teaching myself how to quilt. With the advice of LJ, Wendyhouse in particular, and my mom, I obtained my sewing machine. I haven't really sewn anything yet, because I realized I am pretty amateur when it comes to actually sewing. So, I am going to teach myself how to quilt ( Read more... )

I'm looking to buy a sewing machine. I was pretty sure that what I wanted was a used mechanical Bernina circa 1980. But, it sounds like used Bernina's are impossible to come by. I had been very sure that I wanted a mechanical machine, but I've had two dealers say that I should go electronic (partly because some of the electronic machines are ( Read more... )

This seemed relevant since I'm kind of looking for a new job/career. And what I find eery, is that I was lying in bed considering the number one option this morning before I did this. Maybe I'd never considered stuntperson, but once you see it as an option, how could you not consider it?

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I've found myself with forced vacation this week. Long story short, Intel forced us all to take this week off since it's usually such a big vacation week and this way they can idle the factory for a week and, in theory, save some money in doing so ( Read more... )

I seem to have "made it through" my first round of layoffs. It's hard to say which is the better outcome: being layed off, or being kept on. I suppose being kept on is always the better option if you're someone who's very vested in your job (read: mortgage, kids, etc.) but if you're not, it doesn't seem like it will be an easy place to be once the ( Read more... )

Did anyone else ever watch Today's Special on Nickelodeon way back in the day? It was the show about the night staff of a department store, and a mannequin named Jeff and a puppet mouse named Muffy? I couldn't remember the name and googled a bunch of descriptive words and one of the first hits was imdb, and another one of the first hits was ( Read more... )