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Well, that was the nicest Thanksgiving I've had in a very long time. We went over to Ron's brother's house and while it was the usual crowd of insanely loud Italians, we were mostly loud because we were playing Beatles Rock Band and having a good time. I think it helps that the kids that were 7 and 12 when I first moved here are now 15 and 20 and ( Read more... ) -
everyone needs a gay uncle
I am (finally) an uncle!
Ethan was born around 2pm today. No size info yet but he's sure cute:
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A question about jewelry
A question especially for the non-heteronormative peeps on my f-list:
A friend of mine has a very inquisitive (not to mention smart as a whip) kiddo who, in the course of asking about marriage and weddings and wedding rings, asked whether men wear engagement rings too:
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I AM SO ENTHUSED ABOUT BEING AT WORK TODAY OMG YOU GUYS!!!!
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Well our peeps got the kids moved in last week, and classes start tomorrow. New Student Orientation is done, which is run by my department and is a huge deal every year.
As my contribution, I spent the whole week tethered to my computer making this:
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Oh, also: I've been twittering. I know, I know. I'm not LoudTwittering so you won't all be subjected to it on my LJ, but if you want to see what you'd be scrolling past if I was, my twitter ID is "chimakwa". -
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Made it home from Chicago at around 4 this afternoon and I headed off to school around 5. I got home at 9ish and now I'm ready to collapse ( Read more... ) -
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It's day 2.5 for us here in Chicago; yesterday we took in the Cultural Center (the old Public Library) and then walked over to Navy Pier. We walked our butts off but had a nice time. I got too much sun because I stupidly didn't sunscreen up before we left but fortunately I didn't get too roasted ( Read more... ) -
Dear Lazywebs,
We've been told by the happy-go-lucky folks in Risk Management that we need to put stickers on the broilers in our communal kitchens; the stickers need to tell Speshul Snowflakes not to store things in the broiler as they might catch on fire and set the place ablaze. Anyone have any ideas about where I could get laser-printable label stock with an ( Read more... )
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