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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: June 2007
Real journalist refuses to cover Paris Hilton live, on-air – hallelujah!
Edited: Video placed behind a cut due to loading time… Also changed my wonderful hoard of misspellings of Ms. Brzezinski’s name… sorry I really hate to be contributing to the commentary on Ms. Paris “Who the Hell cares?” Hilton, but … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrity bullshit, journalism, media, Mika Brezezinski, Paris Hilton, responsible journalism
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Week 17: Oh, and by the way… it’s (probably) a…
16 weeks, 4 days, part II. Boy. 90% chance or so, give or take. We won’t take it to the bank (I didn’t see anything), but both the perinatologist and ultrasonographer tended to agree even though it’s pretty early, so … Continue reading
Week 17: And, the results are in…
16 weeks, 4 days.Wow… so we went to our genetics appointment today, and I think to say it went awesomely well would be an understatement. First, the geneticist tells us that our test results were good. Really good. So good … Continue reading
The Blog of Doom ™ in its new home…
Gone, I suspect, are the days of 200+ hits per day, since the post that caused that is still linked at this blog’s old home, but it appears that the move to my own site has gone otherwise flawlessly. If … Continue reading
Week 17: Good news on the tests…
16 weeks, 1 day. AFP4 results came back negative today Chances of Down’s, Trisomy 18, and open neural tube defects are, then, very low. (Not that a positive would have made it high – AFP4 has an annoyingly high rate … Continue reading
Pseudonymous comment posting…
(N.B. If you’re one of my regular posters, I promise this is not about you. Part of this content is directed at a specific poster who will have no doubt that it refers to him or her.) So today I … Continue reading
Go see SiCKO! No, really. Go see it.
Last night, the husband and I went to a special preview of Michael Moore’s new film, SiCKO. It doesn’t officially come out until next week, but when it does, go see it. I mean it. Now, I know, some of … Continue reading
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Tagged health, health care, Hillary Clinton, michael moore, SiCKO
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Week 17: Hydration
16 weeks. Ladies and gentlemen, it is hot here in Denver. As in currently 98°F (about 37°C) hot. I don’t mind my body being that temperature, but I do mind my backyard being that temperature. Or, say, the whole upstairs. … Continue reading
Week 16: To sleep, perchance, to dream…
15 weeks, 6 days. So we reconfigured the bedroom, and I’m now sleeping on the other side of the bed. This has the advantage that I can now be on my left side whilst snuggling, like all good pregnant women … Continue reading
Week 16: Sore and swollen. Heat sucks!
15 weeks, 5 days. Yesterday, like an idiot, I overdid it again. Cleaned like a fiend to get the bedroom organized… then did dishes, laundry, the works. I was a good girl, taking breaks and staying hydrated, but did that … Continue reading
