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Monthly Archives: December 2009

Agatha Christie, Queen of non-crime fiction?

Thursday, December 31, 2009

I once wrote a book report on an Agatha Christie mystery novel and mused, “I wonder if Agatha Christie ever wrote any other type of book?” Actually, yes, yes she did. She had the Hitchchockian curse of never being able to wander outside her genre under her own name so she adopted the psuedonym Mary [...]

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Surreal

Wednesday, December 30, 2009
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Beware the mighty housecat

Saturday, December 26, 2009
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I used to dream of walking on the ceiling. This is even better!

Friday, December 25, 2009
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Rowr

Thursday, December 24, 2009
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Mini-Me Does Christmas

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Wandering through my childhood computer files (yes, I’m young enough that every bit of writing I’ve ever done is on the computer), I’ve come across my rather interesting contributions to our family newsletters and since ’tis the season… I always found the ubiquitous family Christmas letter boring growing up, so I’d try to spice it [...]

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geeze louise, is that a monster-sized eel?

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Actually, it’s a shark, an extremely rare shark. So rare, in fact, it’s often called “a living fossil.” This poor sucker was found in 2007 and died soon after being photographed (I’ve known people who act like they’ll die if they get photographed, but this beastie actually did. heh. Though I doubt the photograph is [...]

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Quite the windblown look

Tuesday, December 22, 2009
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lucha vs ducha

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Two Spanish words I always get confused: lucha and ducha. One means fight and one means shower.  So, I’m never sure if I’m telling someone if I’m in a fight or in the shower.

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It IS called a thumb drive after all…

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Check out these funky thumb drives, for the geek in all of us.

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