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mind: boggled!
Some of my coworkers were standing out in the hall earlier today when Steven observed that Matt had gotten a haircut. “Flowbee?” he joked, and the other three people laughed. “Wait, what’s a Flowbee?”...
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Old-Timey Tuesday: high school musical
Kellett Theatre green room, Atlanta, Georgia, Fall 2000 While I’m on the topic of Oktoberfest, I thought I’d pull out this beaut from my senior year of high school, since my buddies and I are all...
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I’ve got a golden… turkey?
Look what those clever Germans have come up with now: Edible spray paint! Hamburg’s Deli Garage Food Cooperative will hook you up for € 24,80 per 100-ml can of gold, silver, red or blue. Here’s the...
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champagne wishes, pageant dreams
Pageant watching is a favorite pastime of the ladies in my immediate family, so we were all excited for the Miss America pageant, which took place this past Saturday night. My dad has even been sucked...
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Intro to Etiquette
At left is another gem of yesteryear that I rediscovered at mom and dad’s house last weekend: a social etiquette primer from my freshman year of high school. The Pink Book, as it was called, was neatly...
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business + pleasure = university beauty pageant
Over the weekend I attended my first beauty pageant ever at the university where I work. Yes, my place of employ has its very own pageant that feeds into Miss Georgia, which feeds into Miss America! My...
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for the record…
I just want to note that the weather this week — uncharacteristically warm and polleny (and lovely, it must be said) for this time of year, even in Atlanta — is pretty much exactly the same as it was...
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Political hits of YouTube
If it seems like a random time to be posting things about Sarah Palin, it is. I was just reminded of this video by a post on Alex Ross‘ blog and feel compelled to share it, because it is the best...
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Old-Timey Tuesday: Tubby
Atlanta, at home after my brother’s McDonald’s birthday party, November 1984 I don’t even know what to say.
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OTT: Crazy Cat Lady, 1970s edition
My parents’ first house in Atlanta, 1975 or 1976 Needless to say, mom and dad didn’t have kids yet.
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