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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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Adieu, Facebook, Adieu
I swore I was never going to get involved with Facebook. For a long time, I resisted. This was partly for privacy reasons (though ironically, one of the people who in the end convinced me to sign up through multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Tech drivel
Tagged A.D.D., Facebook, friends, Internet, privacy, social media
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Update on my behind… er, on being behind
Ok, so I did get two of the three e-mails out I intended to, albeit this morning rather than last night, so I think I’m going to work on the two-a-day proposition instead. Of course, this still means that one … Continue reading
Behind in every possible way…
Having fought a life-long battle against procrastination (and I blame educational mainstreaming for this – why start a report 8 weeks in advance if you can start writing it the evening beforehand, spend three hours on it, and still get … Continue reading
Quick congrats
Ok, I’m still in CELTA wonderland, but… Congrats to Sarah on the birth of her beautiful son Kees (a lovely Dutch name! Yay Dutch!) and to LaQuisha on her gorgeous daughter Madyson! Welcome to the world, little ones ) (Now … Continue reading
Short updates
NaNoWriMo – Ridiculously, I won. I told Karen – who deserves big congrats for finishing her novel days ahead of time, btw – that I had a great story for why I wasn’t going to finish, and then somehow, magically … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, breastfeeding, family, friends, good things, hospital, labor and delivery, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, sleep-impaired drivel, stress, Torsten, writing
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Thankful.
Ok, so my last post was full of snark, but seriously, it’s (in the U.S.) Thanksgiving, and so I’ll be serious for a moment before I go make the two of us a Thanksgiving dinner (not turkey this year – … Continue reading
Week 36: Beaten with a stick
35 weeks, 5 days. So I was just about to write a post whining about how the kid is currently making me feel like I’ve been beaten with a stick when I get out of bed in the morning (he’s … Continue reading
Week 35: Super Disco Monster!
34 weeks, 6 days. Small Monster can move. No really. The kid has some serious power in them thar little bones. I’ve never felt him move more in a single day, and I’ve certainly never seen so much of it. … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, baby preparations, evil husband, family, friends, hospital, Life, pregnancy
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To my NaNoWriMo peeps:
Hello fellow sufferers novelists! So far, if you’ve been looking at my word counts, you’ll see that I officially have bupkus to show. That’s not entirely accurate – I did write some today, but haven’t posted the word count yet … Continue reading
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Tagged friends, LaTeX, Life, NaNoWriMo, novels, pregnancy, writing
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