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Borrowed or Swiped, You Decide

May 29th, 2004 · Comments Off · Books

I borrowed this book from my MIL the other day when we went down to see their new place: The Nine Parts of Desire. I couldn’t put it down while I was there, and it’s one of “those books.” You know the kind I mean - books you heard about a long time ago, wanted [...]

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The Long Nightmare is Over

May 29th, 2004 · Comments Off · Home Truths, Moblog, The Never-Ending Bloga

Well, I’ve put an 8-hour day into screwing around trying to get something to work again.
So now, let’s talk about the house again, shall we? The “kitty garden” is growing fairly well, except that the lawn service guys keep cutting the hell out of it with their big string trimmer. I keep [...]

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I am SO smart, S - M - R - T!

May 29th, 2004 · Comments Off · The Never-Ending Bloga

Oh my GOD!
Amazon links are finally working right. Thank you, Silverberry!
I never could get Brad Choate’s version (slightly different, similar effect) working; I ran across a reference that it had to do with smart quotes replacing dumb quotes (guess what I have?)
The “complex” macro uses overLIB, process tags, and I suspect there’s something I [...]

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Alooooha, Grammy!

May 29th, 2004 · Comments Off · Music... Shall All Your Cares Beguile

HONOLULU - Hawaiian music is doing swimmingly with listeners, and now it’s is ready to catch the big one: the Grammy. The genre will have its own category for the first time next year if the National Academy of Arts & Sciences approves.
Great news, long time coming. If you’ve ever wondered “who sings that [...]

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