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Living smaller?
My friend willshetterly posted this NY Times article on his blog the other day:
Consumers Find Ways to Spend Less and Find Happiness - NYTimes.comI confess to having mixed feelings when I read articles like this about giving up possessions, living in a smaller house, etc. I would love to be able to live in a Zen-like wee cottage, and I often feel like a ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Geeksville, part 2
"Andrea, you promised to bore us with rants about Joomla and Drupal, but that was over a month ago. What gives?"The sad truth is that I am so unenthusiastic about Joomla that I couldn't even muster up the energy to rant about it ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Geeksville, population: me (part 1)
About a year ago, my life as a web geek took an unexpected turn. I'd been designing websites since 1995, but I'd long since decided that I didn't actually like the work very much, and I honestly didn't think I was much good at it. I am a competent but uninspired graphic designer, I am code-phobic and could only cut and paste the simplest bits of ( Read more... ) -
We meet again, My-Lar
Yes, it's tomato time again. Longtime fans and stalkers will know that I can't resist planting tomatoes, and that it's usually a great big failure. The first time was in 2001, back in Saint David, Arizona, and the sucking was truly epic. Then I tried in 2006, here in Tucson, and an auspicious start just didn't pan out. I think our neighbors ( Read more... ) -
Ph34r my sc4ry t0mat0z
My tomato plants have grown. A lot. We haven't had a freeze yet this year in Tucson, and some years it doesn't freeze here at all. A freeze would normally kill the tomato plants and let me start fresh again in the spring.
I am afraid.
Before:
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Surprising endorsement OTD
The Houston Chronicle endorsed Obama today. Houston, Texas. They haven't endorsed a Democrat for president in more than 40 years. -
Awesome
The Chicago Tribune resoundingly endorsed Obama today. If you don't realize why this is amazing, here's a quote from the endorsement:
This endorsement makes some history for the Chicago Tribune. This is the first time the newspaper has endorsed the Democratic Party's nominee for president.
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Meanwhile, in another part of the banking industry...
I *heart* my nerdy mortgage bank. Check out their website -- they barely even have an online banking feature ( Read more... )
