Year: 2010
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20 Weeks: A Rambling Pregnancy Update
I’m halfway through my pregnancy and I’m celebrating with a doctor’s appointment, which I would have canceled if it weren’t for the drugs. Say what? You see, next Wednesday I have my anatomy scan, which means we’ll find out the sex of Gangsta baby. We’ll also hopefully hear that he or she is healthy and…
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Tuesdays With Murray (Chapter 140) A Question About My Boy.
My boy is starting to look like a grownup! I have a question for all you cat lovers out there. Murray seems to have flare-ups of ringworm. He had ringworm as a kitten and I figured it was gone for good. But it’s come back three times since. And it’s always in the same place—above…
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Mom it Down! Creme Anglaise (ICE CREAM!)
Last weekend we had our practical in school. I did well. Granted, I practiced a great deal ahead of time and failed once or twice as well. Our practical included a written test; we also had to create a flourless chocolate soufflé as well as creme anglaise, which is the base for french ice cream.…
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8.4 Million New Yorkers Suddenly Realize New York City A Horrible Place To Live
Y’all, it’s just me and the kid these days, so time has been limited, hence the lack of updates. I’ll be back shortly. (He starts school soon!) In the meantime, I just had to share this amazing article with you. It’s hysterical on so many levels, I don’t even know where to begin. Enjoy! 8.4…
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Stop Shredding Your Youth!
A couple of months ago, I was digging through some junk and stumbled upon several teenage diaries. Only they aren’t really diaries in the true sense of the word. I didn’t use them to write down my darkest, most inner thoughts. These are spiral bound notebooks I once shared with friends. Do they have a…
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Blah Blah Vampire Emergency Blah
Sometime last year, I was hanging out with my friend Gerry and I brought up the topic of vampires. I was being cynical (and bitchy) making fun of the strange, new teenage craze for all things vampire. I lumped together every vampire show, movie, and book out there. They were all the same to me,…
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A Pregnancy Update: 15 Weeks and TMI.
This pregnancy has been a lot different than the one I had with Emory. For starters, I’m wearing my fat a lot higher. Did this happen to anyone else? I’ve heard that second pregnancies tend to show faster, but this is silly. It’s as if all of my body fat got evicted and migrated north,…
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The Twit Network
I cant get enough of this video. If you haven’t already seen it, you simply must. And it’s a lot funnier after you’ve seen the original. (And yes, The Social Network is a real movie.) It just gets funnier and funnier every time I watch it.
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Tuesdays With Murray (Chapter 139) Mom It Down! Roasted Myrtle
Today we’re going to explore a very rare delicacy called Roasted Myrtle. What you will need Roasting pan Ingredients One strange cat Kisses Mom it Down! Leave roasting pan out for optimal “new stuff” opportunity. Walk away. Wait. Find cat in pan. Yell to toddler. Ask him or her if they want “Roasted Myrtle” for…
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Divinity and Peanut Brittle
We’ve been studying sugar for the past several weeks, which has been particularly awesome for me since I’m a lollipop maker. I’ve learned a great deal more about how to deal with molten sugar. I’m sure I’ll have more to report about that after this weekend, whenever we cover a few more key desserts. In…
