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Monthly Archives: March 2009
Back on the surface after a bad case of the bends…
Whew. No, I haven’t been diving. Aside from being too buoyant, who has time to go diving? But anyway… It shouldn’t be that difficult to understand that everyone I know who’s had a baby seems to descend into an abyss … Continue reading
Posted in Life
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Torsten/picture catchup #3: 10 months – Movin’ on up!
(N.B. Although this is being written nearly 6 months after-the-fact, this post is made up from snippets of drafts I tried to write at the time he was actually 10 months. Also, as usual, click on the pictures to see … Continue reading
Facebook users beware! Trying to block someone can end up sending them a friend request
N.B. Edited as a favor, just this once-and-only-once. Nothing to be read into that. So I recently found that I could block someone I didn’t really want reading my stuff on Facebook, and even though my privacy settings are pretty … Continue reading
Now on tour!
Here I was thinking the possibility of going to see Elmo Live was exciting (see what parenting does to you), when all of a sudden, I notice this on last.fm: Will this be an open casket concert? Um… yeah. That … Continue reading
Posted in Silliness
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New feature: Ask GoogledKrista – for when The Google ™ just doesn’t cut it
Ok, so I’m going to try something, just for fun (for me – it probably will not amuse anyone else and I don’t care). I’ve said several times before that the search terms that provide me with hits cause me … Continue reading
Posted in Silliness
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Torsten/Picture Catchup #2: 15 Months – Our hilarious little helper dude
N.B. Because I am so far behind with these – 6 whole months! – and I’m having to rely on pictures to refresh my memory as to what happened, I’m going to be posting pictures a bit out of order. … Continue reading


