I’ve been reading a lot of decade wrap-ups online, of course, and some of them are about the best books and movies and television shows, and some of them are about what happened in the news and current events. There are lots of these out there. The AV Club did pretty well with the former, [...]
Entries from December 29th, 2009
My Decade Wrap-Up (or, What I Did in the Aughts)
December 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · In Summary, Past Life Experiences
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T-Minus and Counting
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · Holidays
Every year, I listen to the John Denver and the Muppets album, and I wonder who thought it up, and what kind of drugs they were on, and yet it is my favorite Christmas album, ever. I’ve had it since about 1983, too. Yes, you are listening to the Muppets sing Silent Night in German. [...]
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365 Project: More Holidaysical
December 23rd, 2009 · No Comments · 365
65/365: I bought this Advent wreath a few years ago because it was pretty and on sale, but I have rarely used it. I decided to shoot some pictures of it lit up, mostly because I want to put images like this on Getty, if I can. But I also like to set up shots [...]
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So Here It Is, Merry Christmas
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Holidays, Movies
Everybody’s having fun! I am having fun, ingesting far too many calories so far. Wonderful Christmas, with my coworker bringing cake balls (I LOVE CAKE BALLS!) at least twice in the past two weeks, and other coworkers bringing cookies and treats, and tins of popcorn, and I have some treats in my bag for everyone [...]
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Like a Social Butterfly Fluttering By
December 18th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Holidays, Movies
The holidays are making a lot of people lazy. I’ve noticed a major decrease in the number of blog postings in my RSS feeder in the past few days. I will try not to be one of those lazy bloggers. So here’s a post! This week has been uncharacteristically busy for me. I have been [...]
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365 Project: Holidays
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · 365
53/365: My Christmas cactus is blooming. 54/365: This is my roommate, and she’s probably the best roommate I’ve ever had. 55/365: I will have to try to take a better picture of these glasses sometime, but I just purchased one to complete the set that I have. I was pretty excited. 56/365: I spent the [...]
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Hanukkah Weekend
December 14th, 2009 · No Comments · Endless Blathering, Holidays, Photography
It’s been a long time since I left all my Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving, and I kind of like the holiday thing of gathering gifts together. I might not like it if some of these things don’t arrive in time, but right now it seems jolly. Had a great Hanukkah weekend. Tracy came into [...]
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December 9th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Endless Blathering
A cold and blustery day! All of my Facebook ‘friends’ (i.e., random people I haven’t seen in twenty years, and my best friends, and my family) are complaining, but I am happy! We got a trace amount of snow (that’s what the weather radio reports), but it is the first trace amount since last year [...]
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365 Project: Thanksgiving Vacation
December 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · 365
View my Thanksgiving vacation through my 365 photos! 39/365: Homemade rolls for my work Thanksgiving party, made in my vintage blue snowflake pattern Pyrex. This is the first time I’ve had success baking rolls in the vintage Pyrex, so it was something to celebrate. 40/365: This streetlight is outside my house and I can see [...]
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Marlon Brando Is Christmas-Shopping For Me This Year
December 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Holidays, Movies, Music
I highly recommend the Christmas Blues genre station on Pandora, if you’re looking for some new Christmas music. Lovely and lacking in sentimental schmaltz. I’m not a fan of schmaltz, as a general rule. I bought a new Christmas album, as I seem to do every year, but it hasn’t arrived despite the fact that [...]
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