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Groundhog Cruise
The Caribbean is all about two things: beaches and jewellery. If neither of those things rings your bell, then go to the Baltic. Or Europe. Wherever. On the other hand, if you fancy beaches...
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Groundhog Cruise Sees Its Shadow
I’m just gonna sit here and type some random thoughts while I wait for my Burrito Supreme. Having eaten breakfast at 7 a.m., and no lunch, I’m starving. It’s now 5:30 p.m. I can see the Legend...
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Testing the Tie That Binds
I reckon the non-profit foundation which is trying to recruit a couple to go on a “bare-bones,” 501 day trip to Mars and back — in a wee capsule with 600 cu feet of living space for the two of them –...
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It Was Entirely Blossom’s Fault
If it weren’t for Blossom, dearie, loitering on the nest all day, I wouldn’t have a flat tire. She seems to have gone broody, in an off-hand sort of way, and spends so much time dozing on the nest that...
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Does It Pop For You?
Forrest Gump was right, you know. Life is like a box of chocolates, and I’ll be dipped if I’m not getting one caramel after another. I’m chewing as fast as I can, but every now and then I run into a...
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MM Discovers Ebay — Oh, Lordy!
I know, I know. Ebay was discovered years ago, but just not by me. I’d been avoiding it, frankly. Well, not anymore. I fear a monster in the making. Australia Post is already hiring new workers to...
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Message in a Bottle
I’m wondering what the modern day equivalent of a message in a bottle might be? And whether people still do that–put messages in a bottles and toss them into the sea. I suppose it would be...
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Goodbye Rotten Penmanship!
My penmanship is so bad that if I’d been born before typewriters I could never have become a writer. I’ve always had rotten penmanship. So do my kids, so I’m guessing it’s genetic. I hate to have to...
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Navajo Star Wars and Wind Talkers
What a great idea! — the Navajo Nation is beginning work on a project to dub the 1977 movie, Star Wars, into Navajo as a means of helping to preserve its traditional language. It is believed that...
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How to Hug a Cow
Last week it was pigs getting the munchies; this week it’s hugging livestock. I hope you don’t get the idea that I have some sort of fixation on farm animals. The fact is, I don’t really know much...
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On the Move, But Homeless
I have to be out of my house in a couple weeks, but I don’t yet have anywhere to go. The guy from the moving company came on Monday to give me a quote. It will take two containers and three days to...
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The Black Hole Called Real Estate
Okay, this isn’t fun any more. I feel like I’ve been sucked into a black hole and I can’t find out how to get spat out again. I think I’ve sold my house, but there is apparently still a wee risk that...
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The Sound of Packing Tape
I’m sitting here contemplating the weirdness of things around me: the sound of packing tape being rippppped from it’s peaceful round spool, against the background of Don Mclean singing Bye-Bye, Miss...
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The Saga Continues…In The Wrong Direction
I’ve stopped asking ” What ELSE could possibly go wrong?” Because the answer is always right there waiting to leap out at me. This real estate caper has become a farce. Almost Keystone Cop-like,...
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Camping In
I feel like a squatter in my own home. But what else makes sense? I have power (heat), a gas stove to cook on, hot showers, and a dandy new blow-up bed. What else do I need? A buyer, maybe. But,...
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Roasted potato frittata with onions and peppers
Reblogged from Angies Grapevine: Roasted potato frittata with onions and peppers 1 large russet potato Olive oil to coat Sprinkle of salt, pepper and cayenne pepper 1 tbsp butter 1 onion, diced 1/4...
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A Recipe for Confusion
When is a review not a review? when it’s a total re-write. I don’t get it. I’ve been reading recipe reviews online, and have yet to find one that didn’t tweak the bejeezus out of the recipe being...
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Is This the Home Stretch?
I don’t really know…I’ve given up trying to predict what will happen next. But there have been some developments pointing in the right direction. I daren’t suggest that the developments are the start...
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Well, It’s About Time!
Yes, it’s about time I get out of this bloody hospital. Don’t get me wrong–it’s a perfectly good hospital, but frankly I’m sick of it. The trouble is, for most of the time I’ve felt fine. I just am...
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Sucky Bags Revisited
I’m road-testing a new sous vide machine. So naturally that means I’m also vacuum packing the food. Let me explain: for those of you who haven’t come across the sous vide style of cooking, it is...
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