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Archive for “January, 2007”

In which I edit out the word “random” seven times.

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

The great thing about NaBloPoMo was that it encouraged me to actually publish the stray ideas for blog posts. (Because it’s important that The World be aware of every passing droll thought.) This one, for instance, has been bouncing around in my head since Tuesday. We got our first wedding gift from the registry today [...]


Keep Berkeley Weird

Thursday, January 18th, 2007

I love living in a town where I bump into harmless bits of crazy every time I leave the apartment. My previous anecdote for this included me feeling slightly self-conscious running errands downtown in my sweaty gym clothes, and then strolling past a guy wearing leopard-print stretch pants. This morning I was walking to work [...]


Worth the life of our blender

Tuesday, January 16th, 2007

Fans of mushrooms and soup must try this recipe. I forced myself to freeze half of it before I tilted back my head and poured the entire pot down my throat. We came up a little short after our blender, drunk on the glory of the mushrooms, flung itself off the counter and shattered on [...]


New Years Projects

Saturday, January 13th, 2007

2007 is The Year of Crafts. Add my random projects to the absurd number of DIY tasks my mother and I have taken on for the wedding (Oh, we can make the dress. And the invitations. And table runners! And every single flower, by hand, out of paper!), and I’m afraid Bryan has four months [...]