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Category Archives: Miscellaneous miscellany
The mystery of Griselda
Mabel’s been looking up information about the Flower Fairy illustrations by Cicely Mary Barker, and since my mom had just ordered a book about female illustrators, we went to look at it, and my mom ended up also pulling out … Continue reading
Not chosen for their covers. And yet . . .
A couple of weeks ago I noticed these two books on our counter. Both of them were ones Dean had been reading: I I guess Dean’s on a gold-bird-and-silver-lettering kick.
Surely I’m not the only one
Have you ever had that thing happen where you’re clicking through a big album of photos on Facebook, and between two photos the “next” and “previous” buttons shift slightly, so that where you mean to be clicking “next” you’re clicking … Continue reading
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More highbrow poetry for you
My mom just sent me some more vintage images of bunnies (she’s now given me so many it’s a gift I hardly have room to receive) and also this. Um, thanks, Mom.
Lots of people call their posts “random,” but this one really is
Two old cowboys are walking by a house. One of them points at a dog on the porch and says “I’m gonna put that dog out of its misery.” He draws his gun and shoots the dog in the head. … Continue reading
Follow the Mormon Pioneers on Twitter
I keep telling family members I’ll send them the link for this, but finally figured out which link to send them, so here it is. I think you can just click “Follow this list” instead of following the individual pioneer … Continue reading
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What lurks beneath
I spy a bracelet and a sporty car I spy a rattle and a paper Ninja star I spy a wrapper that’s yellow and red I spy a Lego that’s lost its head I took this photo last fall, but … Continue reading
A little update to my earlier rant
So it turns out that, yes, Windows does still make an email client–it’s called Windows Live Mail–that doesn’t come with Windows 7, but which is available as a free download. I feel unhip to be so loyal to Microsoft, but … Continue reading
Mmmm, dregs
As I said a couple of days ago, I’ve sort of stopped collecting my comments from elsewhere–for now–until the next time I change my mind. But I actually have some old (old, old) ones I’d already collected and was keeping … Continue reading
