Monthly Archives: October 2007
Be Prepared for All Eventualities
This weekend I thought my brother Songbae was coming down for the whole weekend and I excitedly planned a BBQ to welcome him to our new house. He had after all given us the beautiful leather club sofa and chair … Continue reading
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Rowling Says Dumbledore is G…
That is not just a teasing post title, but all I could read on my Firefox tab as the Newsweek page loaded. Talk about suspense! Is Newsweek so web savvy that somebody could have actually planned such a loaded title … Continue reading
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My Weekend Starts Now!
A proper post needs containment, and sometimes I don’t have the presence of mind for all that corralling of my thoughts. Especially after two hours of TV (My Name is Earl, The New Sara Silverman Show, and Grey’s Anatomy). And … Continue reading
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Typical Night at Home
Chad looking through movies to find something we can all watch and Giselle sitting on my lap.
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Settling In
It’s been just over three months now since we’ve moved to Laguna Niguel and I finally feel like I’ve adjusted. We’ve started losing track of all our “firsts” – Bella’s gone out now several times to the mall (one of … Continue reading
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Vermi-composting
I am a big believer in vermi-composting; worms do an incredibly efficient job of eating our organic waste and turning it into rich fertilizer – and today for Blog Action Day I will explain the basics of keeping worms alive. … Continue reading
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Weekend Movie Recap
There was a surge of movie releases this weekend, a harbinger of all the many releases we’ll see for the holiday season. Chad was interested in three, just from the preliminary buzz: We Own the Night, Michael Clayton, and Elizabeth … Continue reading
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Blog Action Day is Coming, Blog Action is Coming!
Monday, October 15, 2007 is Blog Action Day and this year millions and millions of blogs will all be posting about the same topic: the environment. These are the suggested ways of participating: Post on your blog relating to the … Continue reading
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Art in Chinatown
I grabbed a list of Chinatown galleries culled from ArtForum’s Picks and Flavorpill’s “Back-to-School Gallery Opening Guide” and hoofed it up to LA today, after first dropping Bella off at school, my brother-in-law at his friend’s house, and my sister-in-law’s … Continue reading
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More Progress Towards Sumthin'
I had a moment of panic, or a couple weeks of contained crescendo-ing panic to be more accurate, when I did not hear back from iloveinns.com about more writing work. I sent an email asking whether more work would soon … Continue reading
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