Digger: When's Blogfest 2009? 51
We really need to get a date set for BlogFest so I can design the new T-Shirts. And get the date set on my calendar - I'm sure many others would like to as well. It can't be the 14th due to the lover's holiday,…
MONDAY, DEC. 22, 2008
TT: Going To The Inauguration 25
Transplanted Texan: I jjust got a call from the office of Rep. Paul Hodes (D-NH), my college congressman - I got inauguration tickets!!Sisyphus: You bastard! I'm jealous. But as I understand it the tickets aren't that difficult thing. Its the lodgingBent: TT, I had tickets…
Sis: NIdaho Feasts On Bailout Pie, Too 3
Here's news of a local bank that will be a recipient of the federal bailout proceeds. Nathaniel Hoffman is using his hound like senses to root out the fact that Intermountain Community Bancorp applied and got approval for $27 million of the free, newly printed…
HBO Comments, CindyH, Gift Wrapping 13
ere is my confession. While I excel in many of the domestic/and or womanly arts, I am an utter failure at gift wrapping. I've spent the better part of the afternoon wrestling with gift wrap, scotch tape, self-adhesive gift tags, ribbons and bows. I know…
IE: Dealing w/Bad Days 5
dread bad days. Trouble is, I can't see ahead to know when they're gonna happen. I usually don't realize I'm having a bad day until I'm about 2/3's of the way thru it, preceded by perhaps just a tad more anxiety than usual which turns…
Vacation Wild Card No. 3 91
I have some treats for you below, for those who are waiting for the old HBO blog rolls to be switched to the new, improved version. You'll find posts from A Butterfly Moment, Slight Detour, Dogwalk Musings and others to launch the conversation today. Above,…
Detour: Get Thee Behind Me, Dec. 20 3
Dec. 20 is a significant day in our family. Every year I'm always glad when it has ended---safely for all we know and love. As I mentioned yesterday, this is the 24th anniversary of the day we watched our house burn down. As I read…
TUBOB: 3,897 Ways To Make Me Cry
Here is what is pissing me off this morning. I have been observing, with some deep trepidation and gut curdling fear, the rapid growth of a volcanic cone on Mt. Krapatoa, our kitchen garbage can. The proud spawn of my loins, or is that the…
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