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Professional computer geek and linguist living in Germany, doing infosec stuff and being the freakiest mother ever.
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Monthly Archives: May 2007
Week 13: Drama sucks! And other stuff…
12 weeks, 4 days. It’s been a not-particularly-great week. As I’ve alluded to in the past, there was drama coming from one quarter in my life (marginally dealt with using my patented To Hell With That Shit ™ system – … Continue reading
A response to a search query… A comment on privacy on the Internet and personal relationships
So one of the nifty benefits of WordPress is that I can see at least some of the search terms people use to get to my blog. Often they’re amusing, most of them are predictable, and some of them are … Continue reading
Week 13: Now with more bees!
12 weeks. So I woke up this morning in a really bizarre way – my hand stung like Hell, and I wondered if I’d smacked it against something. Nope, stung when I moved my thumb around too. I have to … Continue reading
Week 12: The little Monster moves around… (on screen, anyway…)
11 weeks, 6 days. So yesterday was my 12-week appointment. I don’t think they normally do an ultrasound then, but my OB pulled in the machine and said he thought he’d give us one just to make us feel better … Continue reading
Week 12: Sick, or sick?
11 weeks, 2 days. Well, yesterday I was sick as all Hell by mid-afternoon. I didn’t have a fever, but felt pretty crappy, like someone had removed all of my blood or something hideous like that. Fortunately, my evil husband … Continue reading
Disturbing things about German, #62
So I was reading the introduction to this baby book in German. Part of the reason for this is that while my German is passable (depending on the phase of the moon), I know absolutely no baby vocabulary, which could … Continue reading
Week 12: Oh, now I get symptoms?!?!?!!?
11 weeks, 1 day. Ok, maybe these aren’t symptoms. Maybe I have some sort of a virus. Seems doubtful, though. Guess what decided to show up last night? That’s right. Morning sickness. Well, evening sickness. As in, “Get out of … Continue reading
Week 12: Anyone home?
11 weeks. So I have a little more belly than usual and I get tired a lot. And some other symptoms that don’t bear blogging about. What sucks is that this early, there’s really no other way to know I’m … Continue reading
Fun with liquids and gels…
Snagged from Bruce Schneier’s blog – great SNL skit about the TSA:
Week 11: We hates the dreamses… (apologies to Smeagol)
10 weeks, 5 days. Ok, I’m getting really sick of these dreams. Yes, I know my body is riddled with hormones, but really… Brain, I have news for you. There are some new rules: All dreams, from now on, will … Continue reading
