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September 26, 2005: Why can't people just act right?
Comments: 0 | Categories: Cranky , House , Rants
So. Five months into this new Owning a House experiment, we have vaulted past the small potatoes painting disasters and drilling holes into fresh walls and into a brand new realm of confrontation: Neighbors. Not the original neighbors. The neighbors...

September 22, 2005: There's probably no cheese on that island
Comments: 0 | Categories: Awesome , Music & TV
People! THE HATCH. IT WAS OPENED. Last night there was a little slice of heaven in my living room. Me, Phillip, our friend S, a table full of bread, cheese, wine and chocolate (the four major food groups), AND THE...

September 20, 2005: More navel gazing, courtesy of the New York Times
Comments: 1 | Categories: Faith , Phillip , Ponder
I took two women's studies classes in college: Women's Studies 101 and another one that was upper level- basically the same thing with better books. The 101 class taught me about being a victim, how to get hysterically offended about...

September 20, 2005: The nerdery continues
Comments: 0 | Categories: Anxiety , Awesome , Music & TV
After last week's no sleep stretch, I've reverted back to my Prevention Comes First self and have stocked up on the following items: 1. Wine 2. Benadryl 3. Computer games Although I have waxed rhapsodic about computer games in the...

September 17, 2005: I'm sorry
Comments: 0 | Categories: Awesome
I just want to apologize to anyone who tried visiting this site sometime tonight (Saturday) as there was all kinds of formatting weirdness going on. This is due to the fact that I cannot figure out how to preview advanced...

September 16, 2005: The meaning of television in the Mighty Maggie space time continuum
Comments: 3 | Categories: Music & TV , When I was a kid
The big news today is that Renee and Kenny are broken up and the reason Renee cited on her application for annulment was "Fraud." And because I grew up on military bases where there was one American TV station and...

September 14, 2005: Girl detective
Comments: 1 | Categories: Anxiety , Cranky
You know what's really fun? Playing your new Nancy Drew computer game (for detectives 10 and up) in your pajamas at 11:30 at night because you can't sleep and you're waiting for the Benadryl to kick in and knock you...

September 12, 2005: When I get older, losin' my hair
Comments: 0 | Categories: Cranky , House , When I was a kid
For some reason the electrical outlets in the guest bathroom stopped working. The weekend we had guests. And now the outlet in my bathroom stopped working. And I still live there. What's up with that? When my guest told me...

September 9, 2005: The crap day that was also my husband's birthday
Comments: 1 | Categories: Awesome , Cranky , Phillip
Yesterday I lost 1. every single email in my work inbox, including all of those organized and saved in perfect alphabetized folders 2. the five databases I work with, also known as "the company's bread and butter" 3. every folder...

September 7, 2005: There's not much tonight
Comments: 0 | Categories: Rants
It is September. And do you know what this means boys and girls? It means Television is coming back into our lives. Our boyfriend Television, who went to camp all summer and forgot to write us letters, is finally coming...

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