Need to work on a packing list, we always start gathering stuff, and then laying it out, and THEN making verbal lists. And we always forget something. It’s not possible to overstate the importance of actually creating a personal packing list, and using it regularly. Such a list serves two principal purposes. First (and foremost), it’s a sort of contract you make with yourself, an agreement (and ongoing reminder) that if it’s not on your list, it shouldn’t be in your bag (because all the necessary items are on your list); this defends against last-minute attacks of “I might need…
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Meh. Why isn’t the official WordPress app better than it is?
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Oh, my GOD what a brilliant song. Longtime lurker . . . But I was impelled to write a Hoarder’s song I hoped you folk (I love this board) might enjoy. It’s to be sung (with a broad Cockney accent) to the tune of the old music-hall song “Don’t Have Any More, Mrs. Moore” (you can follow along, bouncing-ball fashion, from this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0Oi8Z210Z4 . Hope you like! I hum it while dusting. And scrubbing. And vacuuming. Mrs. Moore, who lives next door, She never, ever cleans, She’s what you call a Hoarder— She’s got Collyer Brother genes. I don’t…
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Yeah, no one at work except the nerds will get it. Via: Flickr Title: My Punkin Pi’s Let Me Show Them By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 26 Oct ’10, 10.47pm CDT PST
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I still can’t figure out the link tag. My theme eats it.
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There’s some kind of “Click LIKE if you were a Crest kid” thing on Facebook today, but after giving it some thought, I realized that I was really more of a Stripe kid. I was always fascinated by the crisp, straight red lines (the new blue stuff really doesn’t do it for me) and I wondered how they did it. I did assume that there was something going on in the innards with different colored pastes, because when I looked at the tube opening closely, I could see the little openings around the rim. Chalk this one up to “Huh,…
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Cathleen Falsani’s piece in Huffington Post on the recent kerfuffle concerning the religion of cartoon characters struck a chord with me.
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My friend Katy made this! Via: Flickr Title: Offering Bread By: GinnyRED57 Originally uploaded: 24 Oct ’10, 10.17am CDT PST
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