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Entries from May 2006

The Dreaded Escalator Vertigo

May 17th, 2006 · No Comments · Blogs Wot I Read, Uncategorical Weirdness

London Underground Tube Diary - Going Underground’s Blog
Yesterday when coming home, I noticed there was something weird about the people coming up the escalators at Leicester Square (they weren’t dressed as Santas - that’s the best escalator picture I could find for this chilly time of year in London - I was freezing at work [...]

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*&!#@!! Papparazzi

May 15th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

Riley was so frickin’ cute just now.
His favorite bag is starting to get pretty battered - I’ve been sort of helping that tear in the bottom corner, hoping that he’d start playing with it. Tonight, my wish was granted.
Sometimes he likes to just sit on the flattened bag, but tonight when I opened [...]

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This is a test of Ecto 2… is this thing on?

May 15th, 2006 · 2 Comments · The Never-Ending Bloga

Was this a good idea or not? I was tinkering around with that last, big post and realized that ecto had announced that the latest version was available. There are some updates I’ve been waiting for in the new version, so I was all set to download it and give it a whirl.
A caveat: [...]

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Adventures in Paradise, Part 1

May 14th, 2006 · No Comments · Geocaching, Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

All the obvious hints aside, yes, we were gearing up for a return trip to our second spiritual home, Maui. This time we're staying in Napili, an area north of the Ka'anapali area that's s supposed to have good snorkeling. We had an uneventful flight, although a cramped one - it was absolutely jammed full [...]

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My Husband, The Brolly-Napper

May 13th, 2006 · No Comments · Uncategorical Weirdness

It seems my husband David has fallen into a life of crime; he sent an email to his mom just now telling her that she had left her red umbrella in our car, and he was holding it hostage for some mushroom barley soup.
Red Brolly Hostage Crisis, Day One
David’s parents had heard good things [...]

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