Category Archives: miscellaneous
All the other bits.
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YARD SALE!July 5, 2009
Finally put a page together for the big stuff I need to sell: http://www.justforfancy.com/YardSale/. I’m especially concerned about getting my plants into new situations before I leave, so if you (or someone you know) is interested (and local), let me know!
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Long Weekend & Mixed FeelingsJuly 5, 2009
It’s been gorgeous, weather-wise, in Los Angeles this weekend, which makes my extended leave-taking a little bitter-sweet. If only the June-Gloom had infiltrated July too, it would have been a bit easier to kiss this city goodbye. But as it is, the promise of sunny+75 has been fulfilled to the letter lately, and [...]
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Back in the SaddleJune 21, 2009
I gave up on the last design, and the idea of the thematic child-theme. A few weeks ago I came across the Carrington family of themes, most notably Carrington JAM (Just Add Markup), which is pretty much exactly what I’ve been looking for in terms of a truly blank slate on which to hang [...]
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Myth busted.May 15, 2009
So, a few months ago I went on a little rant about how there is not one single solitary Dunkin Donuts shop in all of the greater-Los Angeles area, despite several false leads on Google Maps, and in defiance of what would seem to be a wide open market for the chain here in LA. [...]
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fluidity vs liquidityMay 12, 2009
Still hating the new design. Purely aesthetic reasons. Don’t have the concentrated time to work up anything brand new, so I’ll just tweak a few things and just hope that it isn’t causing the violent aversion in other people that it seems to in me.
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PetalMay 9, 2009
So you’re looking at my first attempt at a custom WordPress theme (I’m calling it Petal, if that’s not too precious). I’m sure there’s elements I’ve completely missed/ignored, but I’m sure I’ll find them (or have them pointed out to me) as I go along…
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Simple Is as Simple DoesApril 15, 2009
It was about 9:30pm last night, and I was sitting there watching Dancing with the Stars and eating garlic-roasted pistachios (totally worth the salmonella risk) when I remembered that my taxes weren’t done yet — or, for that matter, even begun, really — and that I only had one day left.
After contemplating the idea of [...] -
Crastination — Pro or Con?April 13, 2009
I’m feeling extremely pro right now. I’ve got a lot on my plate, so much that it’s getting to that point when none of it is remotely appealing — no matter how important or trivial, difficult or easily accomplished, titillating or dull. I just don’t wanna. Any of it. Meh.
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New Beginnings.April 2, 2009
Yes, I know I’ve done it again — it’s been two months (give or take) since I wrote anything here, and it’s not like I didn’t think of something new to post almost every day, sometimes more than once a day, but with one thing and another I either A) genuinely did not have the [...]
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Sometimes, wishes do come true.February 3, 2009
Former Senator Tom Daschle has removed himself from consideration for the HHS cabinet seat, and to that I say: thanks god.
I used to be a Daschle fan. Well, fan might be overstating it, since it’s not like a spent a lot of time thinking about him, and since I’ve never been to either of [...] -
The day some music was born, and some music died.February 3, 2009
200 years ago today, Felix Mendelssohn was born, and thus the world could enjoy music like this:
Meanwhile, it’s interesting to wonder what the world might have been like if things had gone differently in the snowy sky over Iowa 50 years ago.
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Helloooooo, Mr. President…!December 22, 2008
Hot damn — someone’s been working out.
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‘Tis the SeasonDecember 16, 2008
Also, the Bennyhillifier, which has just guaranteed that I will get nothing else done today…
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How I’ve Spent My DayDecember 11, 2008
…Getting my latest freelance job online (way to go, Jim & Shelby!).
….Wondering how “authentic Japanese ramen” restaurants get away with charging more than $0.99 for their noodles (I’m looking at YOU Chabuya).
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Cool.December 7, 2008
Fred Armisen of SNL has been practicing his Barack Obama impersonation. I vote him 75% improved:
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In-Active SoothingDecember 3, 2008
I have shampoo issues. Actually (and anyone who knows me with any degree of familial intimacy knows this) I have scalp issues, but for the purposes of this post, there’s not a lot of difference. I’ve had dry-scalp problems pretty much since infancy, when my chronic flakiness was called “cradle cap.” Now [...]
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December? Already???December 2, 2008
So, here we are with 92% of the year gone already — just when I’d finally trained myself to write 2008 on checks — and the holiday season is in full swing. Had a great thanksgiving here in LA, with Andrew & Lindsay down from Oakland for some turkey and trimmings. I remain [...]
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you don’t look a day over 70.November 19, 2008
Happy birthday to Steamboat Willie (aka Mickey Mouse), who is 80 today.
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Sometimes, life is just cruel.November 3, 2008
Barack Obama’s beloved grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, died early this morning. She was 86.
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And Now for Something Completely DifferentOctober 27, 2008
Ode to Sean Hannity
by John CleeseAping urbanity
Oozing with vanity
Plump as a manatee
Faking humanity
Journalistic calamity
Intellectual inanity
Fox Noise insanity
You’re a profanity
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A Big To-DoOctober 26, 2008
I’ve been so busy this last two weeks, I’ve neglected the blog pretty woefully, but I plan to get up to date today. I’ve got a serious dust-bunny infestation to deal with before I can sit down and tell my legions of fans what I’ve been up to this month, but I do promise [...]
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Well, at least it’s not “My friends”October 8, 2008
Yeah, I’m on a bit of a tear today. I just saw this, though, and couldn’t not post it. McCain addressing his audience as “My fellow prisoners.” Really. Really? What on earth can he have meant to say? How did he mix up “Americans” or whatever with “prisoners”? [...]
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Shoppin’ Sarah 6-PackOctober 8, 2008
Earlier today, a friend shared with me the latest nonsense to come out of Fox News, this time regarding the continued liberal elitist bashing of poor every-woman, Sarah Palin. This time Newsweek (that bastion of elitist sentiment and liberal ire) is to blame for — horror of horrors — putting an un-retouched photo [...]
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One more thing –October 3, 2008
The friend I watched the debate with last night just sent me this, and I couldn’t resist: