adventures
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A Place in the Sun, aka SPF, WTF?
A short, powerful explanation of racial equality. Continue reading
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Otters vs Crocodile
12 otters take on a crocodile. Also, Snoop Dogg narrates the amazing adventure. Continue reading
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WordCamp US 2015
Here’s to all you wonderful WordPressers out there. May you never cease to amaze. Continue reading
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Painting Poppies
Yesterday I took a break and did one of those group painting classes. I’m a little over-precise at times, which you can see by my initial background work. Halfway down with the blue part, the lower left and lower right, all in very clear quadrants. I promise I tried to be a more casual… Continue reading
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Learning to Fail
Failure is inevitable for most of us. Throughout our primary and secondary education we are given no option but to get into situations where we are guaranteed to fail. Everything from debate classes to cheerleading tryouts and, if you were like me, all the way back to the monkey bars is designed to challenge you to the point… Continue reading
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Talking to Strangers: The Elevator
“May I call you Dental Claims Girl?” he asked, reaching around me to push the elevator button. “Only if I can call you 11th Floor Guy,” I replied, removing my gloves. “I have a name, you know,” he replied. I turned to look at him. “So do I.” He asked my name and said “Ah.… Continue reading
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Talking to Strangers: The Market
I got some Greek yogurt at the market this evening. I was just reading this morning how I could make some for myself and had gone to get the ingredients. Clearly I intended to make some for myself. I should mention that I do not, as a general rule, choose to make yogurt in my… Continue reading
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My Experience with Laughing Gas
“I’m nervous,” I said to the nurse as I went in. She had already taken my glasses so I couldn’t see anything and that’s probably for the best. I don’t really know why I made that particular announcement. It’s as though I thought I was the only one of sixteen people in the day who… Continue reading
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The Balanced Life
I’m doing badly at being balanced. I sort of feel like it’s leftover from before, really, as though I was already not doing the laundry so that fact that the laundry remains undone is just residual. However, this evening as I was being guilt-tripped quite effectively, I started to get that familiar feeling. “You’re just… Continue reading
