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Government stupidity/poor communication
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090427/us_nm/us_newyork_plane
People must have shorter memories than I thought. I feel so sorry for those in lower Manhattan who freaked today. I can just imagine what that must have been like.
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Must see this movie
http://www.clearspring.com/widgets/4970f50e5904bf70?p=4979f29f34aeac79
I giggled all through the preview, making Miss M ask
"Why you laughing, Mommy?"
Where do I begin to explain?
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Catching Up
Where has this fall gone? How can it be almost Christmas?
Marguerite just told Jeff she had no "rad" moves. Got to love Backyardagins. They're now fighting with her boffer swords. She alternates between being so much fun and driving me nuts. She's finally doing better after her bout with intestinal flu. She ended up in WakeMed hospital with ( Read more... ) -
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"The B&B was accurately restored with special attention to preserving the original materials typically used during the 2nd half of the 20th century. "
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I had a great time at WoW yesterday. It was an absolutely beautiful day, and I was surrounded by wonderful friends. We had a great location right at the end of the heavy field, very close to the equestrian area. Geoff finished up his MIT-equestrian training in the morning and got to joust in the afternoon. His horse wasn't terribly cooperative ( Read more... ) -
Random Updates
Since I haven’t really posted in a while, here is a collection of random facts, thoughts, etc. Those of you who see me on a regular basis probably know a lot of this, but I feel like I’ve been out of touch for a while. They’re in no particular order - you get to see how my brain flits about.
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Congratulations to Me!
Yay! We finally did it! As of Saturday afternoon the wonderfully talented and amazing ladyhelwynn and silverstah became my apprentices! I am truly blessed to have such wonderful women in my household!
I had a good time researching how I wanted to do the ceremony. I wanted it to be an apprenticing, not a squiring, so we signed contracts and had them witnessed by the ( Read more... ) -
Continuing the Buffy meme...
"Whatever is causing the Joan Collins 'tude, deal with it. Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever, but get over it." -- Cordelia
Of course the one I us the most is probably
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Anybody have a good recipe for a low fat pastry crust that will work for pasties? I want to make some for Jeff for this weekend, but the recipes I have need lard (yuck) or butter (yummy but not heart healthy). I've run into issues with some doughs in the past not holding up to the filling (part of it is me overfilling I think).