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Miles Ago


Just got back from a quick weekend trip to Monterey/Santa Cruz with the girlz. Too exhausted for a proper update, but the husband has one over here.

Oh Happy Day


Flickr finally does prints! I love Shutterfly, and it’s what I have used for all my photo printing (I still believe outsourcing does a better job than home printing). But it’s probably about time they had some competition, especially in the price arena. I like Flickr’s cheaper prices and the fact they can print [...]

Buy a Pass


One way to feel good about that fucking Hummer you just bought.
Speaking of car choices…Bruce’s friend is visiting for the weekend and drove about 200 miles to get here…guess how much he spent on gas? FOURTEEN DOLLARS. He’s got one o’ them sweet newfangled Prius cars. They get about 50 miles to the gallon–sometimes even [...]

Hell Revisits


The bladder infection is back with a vengeance. I don’t know whether it was the tiny little sample of coffee I had at Trader Joe’s yesterday (it was the size of a baby’s fist), or that bowl of pinapple chunks, or just bad karma, but last night none of my drugs worked and I [...]

OpenOffice 2.0 Is Here


OpenOffice 2.0 has just been released, yay! Read why “Open Office 2.0 Kicks MS Office Around the Block.” Also exciting, the developer’s preview of Flock is out (ummm, okay, I’m still trying to figure out what it does exactly, but here’s a good review that explains. And here’s some screenshots of Flock in action). I’ve [...]

While I’m Still Kinda Cranky…


Sorry for the silence…I got a bladder infection last week, so I am behind in everything. If you’re lucky enough to have never had one, let me just say: they’re hellllllll. I don’t know how my mother and sister deal with it, because there were moments I wanted to hack my bladder out with a [...]