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Dispatches and Catch-Ups

September 2, 2010
Dispatches and Catch-Ups

For someone who has an extraordinarily low tolerance for structure, I'm really missing my normal routine. It may not actually be the routine I'm missing, but the space? I miss my home. My jogs in the
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Northern Voice 2010: The Great, the Meh and the Ugly

May 10, 2010
Northern Voice 2010: The Great, the Meh and the Ugly

I didn't much enjoy attending the Northern Voice personal blogging conference last year, but I decided to give it another go this year, for several reasons. First and foremost, in the last fifteen
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Sister Diane Started a Video Blog

April 26, 2010
Sister Diane Started a Video Blog

And holy smokes, she's doing it right! I have some opinions about how-to/DIY-oriented video shows*. Some strong ones. And having just watched Diane's inaugural two-minute video, I'm compelled to sh
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Nearly Approved: Adoption Update

April 22, 2010
Nearly Approved: Adoption Update

I know, "nearly approved" is like "almost pregnant." Still, we really are nearly approved, and I'm itchy to talk about it. Over the last several weeks we completed the final major part of our ap
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Confirmation of Uncommonness

March 19, 2010
Confirmation of Uncommonness

We had our first home-study session for adoption yesterday. Contrary to what we've all seen on television — a social worker shows up to a home unannounced on the day the vacuum broke and the ne
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Adoption: Open Thread

January 25, 2010
Adoption: Open Thread

This weekend on Twitter I mentioned for the first time publicly that we're applying to adopt, and I was really psyched by the enthusiasm lots of people shared. Thank you! We started the complex
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Advice For the Weekend

September 11, 2009
Advice For the Weekend

Don't Mix 'Em, originally uploaded by pantufla.
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Sometimes A Font Will Do

May 29, 2009
Sometimes A Font Will Do

Greetings from Philadelphia, home of the founding of humidity, the cheesesteak, and where, as contrasted against the wee state to the south, everything is named after Ben Franklin instead of DuPont. I
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79% of Statistics Quoted Harm Puppies

May 22, 2009
79% of Statistics Quoted Harm Puppies

Image via Wikipedia You know about statistics, right? About how to judge whether the news you're hearing or reading is actually reflecting the numbers behind it? Because you really, really sho
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It’s My 20th Bat Mitzvahversary

May 13, 2009
It’s My 20th Bat Mitzvahversary

Twenty years ago today in the suburbs of Albany, NY, wearing a white frilly dress purchased from the store where one must purchase such things in Brooklyn, NY, I sang in public for the last time. As i
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