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No truly I'm still alive!
Updates.
4. read 20 books on the 100 New England Books list from the Boston Globe (now 5/20 ( Read more... ) -
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Top headline right now for the Barre-Montpelier Times-Argus, aka one of the biggest newspapers in Vermont and the one that covers the capital city of the entire state:
"Cow killed in Route 15 collision."
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Whoo, day off! Montpelier did its Independence Day celebration yesterday and I worked 12 hours straight with a 15 minute lunch, so today there is really nothing going on.
On the one hand, I should clean things. The bathroom in particular is a disaster.
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Something of a long shot, but does anyone have any book or movie recommendations that involve the First World War? I'm doing some work research about it for a program next winter, and I've always wanted to know more about the war. I have a halfway decent layman's knowledge, but that's it ( Read more... ) -
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Dear Spotify,
Given that I listen to you primarily at work now that the state has blocked Pandora (*sob*), I'd appreciate if you wouldn't insert Trojan condom ads in the middle of my Vienna Teng mix. Ok? Ok. -
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I have loved Willa Cather since I read My Antonia in seventh grade, and getting to study her professionally as part of my last job was a gift. So I read this article about the publication of her letters with particular interest. It's a good article and a good overview and makes me itch to read some of the longer works of hers that I haven't tackled ( Read more... ) -
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Dear internets,
Please send to me all the Man of Steel Clark/Lois fic NOW NOW NOW.
PS - PLEEEEEEEEEEEEASE.
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Updates, updates.
6. read 5 short story collections (now 3/5)
I went on a classic scifi kick over the weekend and read a lot of Asimov and Bradbury, so I, Robot and The Illustrated Man both count toward this goal.
55. go camping five times (now 3/5 ( Read more... ) -
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Can I just say, this is the first time I have ever registered for a parade, but I am particularly tickled by the "Special Requests" box description ( Read more... ) -
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Today!
- scrubbed one wall of tile in the shower
- scrubbed tub
- cleaned air filters in space heater
- read half of The Killer Angels
- bought herbs, vegetables, and potting soil and started our garden (basil, rosemary, dill, lavender, catnip, broccoli, zucchini, romaine lettuce, green bell peppers, and heirloom tomatoes)
- scrubbed the oven & stovetop
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