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I Got Some Slots for you!
Euroangel Graffiti | October 2nd 2008 by Eurostar
The chilly and cold time is here now. As I wake-up this morning taking my cup of green tea and a bread with with butter and nutella, I decided to go outside and look in the mailbox but there was still nothing in there. I don't know if the post read more
Show-tune haters, click away now
Mayberry Mom | September 17th 2008 by MayberryMom
You don't have to be an Obama Mama to appreciate this, but you probably do have to not loathe Broadway musicals. read more
Have A Great Time at HOme
Euroangel Graffiti | September 16th 2008 by Eurostar
Are you having a great time at home? Are you feeling bored at the moment and can't find something to do? I can suggest something for you!! Why not try to play Casino at the comfort of your home. There are a lot of Online casinos in the internet to read more
Japanese Festival 2008 (the aftermath thereof)
The Shishi Girl | September 1st 2008 by Ku
I am a goddamn Bon Odori dancer. Oh hell yes. d(>ω read more
AirKick Human Water Catapult Defies the Notion that People Can’…
Cool gadgtes and Mobile | August 22nd 2008 by Dipesh
While you can’t buy an AirKick Catapult, if you live in Germany, you can rent one from Jochen Schweizer, or, if you have the skills and just the right amount of crazy, you could probably build one. What the AirKick does is nothing short of awesome. read more
AirKick Human Water Catapult Defies the Notion that People Can’…
Uber-Review | August 21st 2008
While you can’t buy an AirKick Catapult, if you live in Germany, you can rent one from Jochen Schweizer, or, if you have the skills and just the right amount of crazy, you could probably build one. What the AirKick does is nothing short of awes read more
There's Victorian, and then there's VICTORIAN
Mayberry Mom | August 21st 2008 by MayberryMom
Photo Week, III: For the first part of our San Francisco adventure last month, we stayed in a lovely flat in Cole Valley that I'd found on Vacation Rentals By Owner.* It was tastefully decorated and conveniently located in a nice little residential/r read more
Almost famous
Mayberry Mom | August 20th 2008 by MayberryMom
Thanks to my dealer Jenny for hooking me on Photofunia, an addictive toy perfect for Photo Week. read more
Blind item
Mayberry Mom | August 19th 2008 by MayberryMom
Okay, Day 2 of Photo Week and I am totally cheating by 1) using an image that isn't really a photo and 2) using kid art that isn't even MY OWN KID'S. Jo received this from a classmate and it is too fabulous to keep to myself (it is also one in a ser read more
View. Master!
Mayberry Mom | August 18th 2008 by MayberryMom
We picked up this beauty on our last visit to Jeff's mother's house and its Attic o' Treasures. It was hers when she was a child -- so it's, like, an actual antique, but it still works. The spring on the advancing level is so tight that Jo can barel read more
The Best Website Ever, explained
The Shishi Girl | August 17th 2008 by Ku
Once upon a time, Ku went GISing around the 'net for some pictures of chickens, as she sometimes does, because she likes chickens.All of a sudden, this appeared on the screen:behold, "Ninjia Chicken" -- look closely, as there are manifold levels of i read more
Eaters of Dreams
Edwardian Promenade | August 12th 2008 by Evangeline
Decadence was the word frequently used to describe fin de siècle Europe. Boulangism, the Panama Scandal, the Dreyfus Affair and the anarchist bombings shattered the complaisance of 1890s France, while the trial of Oscar Wilde, the Royal Baccarat Sca read more
Yes. I think that would be a VERY good idea.
Mayberry Mom | August 7th 2008 by MayberryMom
The other day I had a babysitter come over for a few hours to play with Jo so I could get some work done. To my delight, they decided to make a lemonade stand together. (I mean, I was delighted that someone else was making the signs and squeezing the read more
The Best Website Ever
The Shishi Girl | August 7th 2008 by Ku
Currently, I am convinced that it is this.(Back on-topic with an update soon.) read more
A little comic relief is in order
Mayberry Mom | August 1st 2008 by MayberryMom
Some months ago we watched an episode of Zoboomafoo in which the final joke went like this:Knock knock.Who's there?Panther.Panther who?Panther no pants, I'm going swimming.This, as Julie will attest, has now become the family tagline. A guaranteed wa read more
Of French Knots
The Shishi Girl | July 30th 2008 by Ku
Well, back to life in Missouri.Obama and McCain are somewhere in the vicinity, as are some angry cumulonimbi. Between dodging the heavier periods of rain and giving creative answers to the pollsters who call every hour ("I'm an abolitionist Whig who read more
Sources d'Quex
The Shishi Girl | July 13th 2008 by Ku
Pinks and greens, and eff yeah, I get to use a stock photo that I've wanted to use for so long. Damn. Feels good. やっとこのブログを変えたんだ。ウ・レ・シ〜〜〜。。。。っすが、このスタイルもちょっといやだ read more
Summer at the Beach
Edwardian Promenade | July 10th 2008 by Evangeline
With summer came the great exodus from the sweltering weather of London. The railways had opened England’s coastal resorts to the middle classes in the Victorian era, and the tramways and motorbuses opened them to the working classes, enabling read more
Sometimes fake is good
My Private Thoughts | July 6th 2008 by me
Catching up on some old events that stood out in my mind. Last weekend, I was in Lake Gardens (don’t ask what I was doing there - it was hot, I was bothered and it was no fun at all!) and I saw a bridal couple taking their wedding photographs. read more
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The Shishi Girl | July 1st 2008 by Ku
Fact: Ku enjoys codes.Fact: Today is the one-hundredth anniversary of the SOS.Ergo: Ku is happy.Morse was one of the first I ever learned, and it's still one of the easiest to cypher, excepting the fact that if one doesn't use it daily, one tends to read more
Round Robin
Sweetney | July 1st 2008 by sweetney
In comments, do the following. Recommend: 1. A book you've read in the past year that you would gladly read again (and probably will). My selection: Killing Yourself To Live 2. A film you've seen in the past year that, after viewing, you wanted to te read more
Bedtime non sequiturs
Mayberry Mom | June 30th 2008 by MayberryMom
Mommy! Where do rabbits live?My favorite large construction machine: is a forklift.Later can we go to the airport?Mommy! Did you know, that in Star Wars, Luke Skywalker's uncle's name is Owen?My fire truck is not sleeping.And that's just one night's read more
I hate cross stitch
The Shishi Girl | June 26th 2008 by Ku
...but I enjoy having a grid to work on. Cross stitch fabric is a good medium for exactly two things, as far as I am concerned: 1) pixel art 2) visual representations of code Binary, for example. This makes me a nerd. -_-; And if you can read that read more
Times Square
Edwardian Promenade | June 1st 2008 by Evangeline
New York City at the turn of the century was a time of transformation. From a sleepy collection of boroughs along the Hudson to a bustling, frenetic city of millions, New York was a city on the verge of tremendous changes. Not surprisingly, many of t read more
Disproportionately pleasing
Mayberry Mom | May 20th 2008 by MayberryMom
(With a nod to Bub&Pie for posts of this genre)1. Pulling up a whole dandelion, without breaking the root2. Little boy in red rubber boots, jeans, and no shirt3. Strange bedfellows from song shuffling (tonight: Red Hot Chili Peppers followed by M read more
Mills and Boon
Edwardian Promenade | May 2nd 2008 by Evangeline
One hundred years ago, the modern romance genre as we know it, debuted its first imprint: Mills & Boon. Founded by Gerald Mills and Charles Boon as a general fiction publisher, ironically its first book was a romance, Arrows From The Dark by Soph read more
"Because there's no bumper sticker to celebrate mediocrity"
Sweetney | April 28th 2008 by sweetney
As a confirmed child pimp, I SO NEED THIS BOOK: Tips, man. Can't get enough of em'. A brief excerpt: ALSO: "Learn How To: Determine your traumatizing “type” Cultivate your children’s resentment Give your children enough material to write a memo read more
I'm too old for ALL of this shit
Sweetney | April 25th 2008 by sweetney
Things of note -- the good, the bad, and the fugly: I'm gonna be published! Like, in a real, actual book and stuff! I KNOW! It's like someone confused me -- a lowly child-exploiting pimp -- with a real writer! Oh, inverted world! I am (yawn) A PIMP! read more
Adsense is getting embarrassing!
My Private Thoughts | April 14th 2008 by me
Oh there’s nothing wrong with my Adsense earnings. I’m more than happy to achieve my monthly target of $100 a month so I can ensure a steady Adsense income every month. Why I say I’m embarrassed is because now that Adsense allows pa read more
The Mask!
My Private Thoughts | April 13th 2008 by me
No, not that kind of mask! I mean a facial mask. There isn’t much difference between the two except that a facial mask does wonders for your skin while a mask just hides your face. Nothing beats sitting around watching CSI with a cool mask on read more
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