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It doesn't mean Wil Wheaton doesn't love you
I was feeling grumpy and bitter and sad and frustrated. And I came to Livejournal to write some heavily filtered rant post. Instead, Wil Wheaton's blog had this vid embedded in it. And since I'm totally all fangirl over Wil Wheaton, this was full of awesome and win. Even better, I'm not so bitter and frustrated now. Thank you, Wil Wheaton, for ( Read more... ) -
Portraits: Lora
toasterstrumpet is having a big ol' back piece done in four sessions. She's also a total hottie, so of course I was happy to snap a few quick shots after session 1 had healed. These are straight out of the camera with next to no retouching done. Next step comes on Thursday!
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Curried squash-chicken soup
This is probably going to be the third squash-soup recipe in my "Recipes" saved favorites, but it came out well, it was easy, and most of the ingredients are ones I have on hand most of the time.
Curried Squash-Chicken Soup1 med acorn squash ( Read more... ) -
Overlooked: Michael Crichton, RIP
With the hubbub of the election, this has been a bit overlooked. Michael Crichton died Tuesday of cancer, age 66:
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Lamb Roast
I should find a more generic food icon ( Read more... ) -
Nick Pitera
(maybe I should find/make a music icon.)
As if being a Pixar animator wasn't cool enough, this guy has two voices in one body. A lovely tenor and ... a female mezzosoprano pop singer? Check out him singing "A Whole New World". Both parts.
His name's Nick Pitera, and he has a YouTube stream full of covers, including a lot from Mariah Carey and ( Read more... ) -
Lamb stew try two
Went back to my previous recipe last night. This is why I blog my attempts, so I remember what I wanted to try the next time ( Read more... ) -
Addictive little game
http://grant.robinson.name/projects/guess-the-google/game.php?l=5
Took a few tries, but I'm on the leader board for the day. Got up to 387, it's near impossible to get over 390 so I'll be content with 387 I think. -
flickr organization
Still getting on the Flickr bandwagon, so I'm looking at how to organize photos. I'm trying to figure out the difference between collections and sets. Bold denotes direct quotes from Flickr's FAQ.
Q. How is a collection different than a set? (convenient question!)
A. A set contains photos. A collection can contain sets (or other collections).Oh, ( Read more... ) -
Calling Comcast Customers
Mystery/problem solved!
I'm trying to email a couple comcast.com folks, and the email is bouncing. Is there anyone with a comcast email address willing to help me do some testing to see if it's my server? Email my @livejournal address if so.
Thanks.
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