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Confirmation of Uncommonness

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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 neighbour's kids trashed the place and the dog's vomiting and there's Fruit Loops everywhere and one of said neighbour's kids...
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Adoption: Open Thread

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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 application process about six weeks ago, and although I don't anticipate sharing every detail here, I'm very much open to chat...
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Advice For the Weekend

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September 11, 2009
Advice For the Weekend

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

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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'll be on the road for the next couple of weeks, and will try to post some brief dispatches. I was pleased as all-natural,...
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79% of Statistics Quoted Harm Puppies

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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 should. (This post is inspired by the stats quoted at the end of this AdAge piece about the recent KFC grilled-chicken promotion...
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It’s My 20th Bat Mitzvahversary

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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 it was quite literally on the occasion of an honest-to-god rite of passage, nobody fell sick as...
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Northern Voice: Missing Big Conversation, Loving Small Example

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February 23, 2009
Northern Voice: Missing Big Conversation, Loving Small Example

This is take two of a post I started writing yesterday. I've tossed that post, but I'll sum up: I didn't love the Northern Voice blogging and social-media conference. I enjoyed hanging out with Carol Browne (who also crocheted her badge lanyard), and it rocked to bump into Zak Greant, with whom I'm already...
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Seven Is an Odd Number. Literally.

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February 11, 2009
Seven Is an Odd Number. Literally.

Sanskrit. (Image via Wikipedia) Several weeks ago Michael from over at Books on the Nightstand tagged me in a blog meme. I was so pleased that he tagged me! I only started reading book blogs a few months ago (it was around the time I started writing more about books here), and I've loved getting...
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2008 Yearly Round-Up, Looking Ahead

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December 31, 2008
2008 Yearly Round-Up, Looking Ahead

Happy New Year! Thank you all so much for participating on my blog, for chatting with me on Twitter, for being such talented and interesting people to work and play with. I wish you all the very best in 2009, and I look forward to sharing in many adventures with you. Unlike last year, when...
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Cleo = Found [formerly Help! Lost Dog]

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December 30, 2008
Cleo = Found [formerly Help! Lost Dog]

UPDATE (8:20PM): We're back from the vet, who cleared Cleo of any major injury. Phew! She's a bit banged up, but given her day that's hardly surprising. Around 3:30 this afternoon, my husband and brother-in-law tracked her to a location around 2 km north of where she ran off. She was about 200 metres...
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