Last week I was sort of a blogamist. I wrote a blog post for one of my secret other blogs. I don’t usually sneak around behind RH’s back like that to get my kicks, trust me. It’s just that RH doesn’t have video capabilities like Viropop does. I’ve been hooked on watching their podcast about [...]

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Inspired by the Top Chef show being here in Chicago, I set us forth a cooking challenge similar to one of theirs. We went to the winter farmer’s market today and picked out 5 ingredients we can make dinner out of, not including the use of spice and oils. I tried encouraging my other homeschooling [...]

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Some days are just meant to be taken over by a creative wind. Today was one of those days.The kids lept out of bed and instantly started making stuff, so I went with it. The first projects were entirely their own. Mail made his gromit hand armor shown here. Maybe we should call the [...]

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(Try to get a good picture of these little buggers flying! I dare you.)
Okay, I’ve been wanting to do one of these “Here’s my schedule” posts for ages now. I know, in my heart, that it would be of interest to absolutely no one. Probably not even the grandparents really want to know the details [...]

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How do you define a mellow holiday weekend? I guess for me it is characterized by the most stressful thing you did was hang out for several hours waiting for a steam powered train to come by your house, because some friends told you it would. It did. Eventually. It was cool to see. [...]

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(First off, if you like ever liked the Crass, Frank Zappa or, as my bro mentions, Primus, then you should go see this girl pictured above rock the Metro last weekend. If you want to know what that was like, visit Kids Ride Free over at Gaper’s Block for details!)
Yes, yes, I know, people [...]

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I’ve been so dang memey lately. This time I couldn’t resist playing the “Whats in your bag?” meme. Apparently, if you have flickr there is a feature where you can explain the items as you scroll over them. I am not so hight tech. [...]

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(You wouldn’t believe how big this leaf is)
Shit. It has been a crazy few days. I’ve been on a whirlwind tour, reconnecting with a bunch of pals. In fact, I just sent an email off to one this morning, asking how she was doing, explaining that my daughter was at a new gymnastics place [...]

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I’m so punk rock that I’m in Punk Planet. Not sure how this one snuck by me, but gawsh, I love Anne Elizabeth Moore. Too bad I have to login or register to fight the punky dogmatics who commented afterwards, or else I ‘d rip them a new one. Is that apathetic enough for [...]

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So many awards. So little time to whip a new award out of my own brain and make a cute button so I can feel the power. Oh wait, this is a circular award thingy! I can just pick my own thinking bloggers. Yes. Power at last! Now is really the pinnacle of my blogging [...]

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