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Talking Trash
Published September 1st, 2006 in In My Life, Creative Efforts, Soapbox and Tha Hood. 1 CommentWe’re talking trash over at Down With Absolutes. To be more specific, we’ve been discussing RecycleBank, the pilot “recycling for incentives” program going on in Wilmington that I posted about recently. According to Mike’s post, some people are upset about having of their weekly trash collection days replaced with recycling collection, but dropping regular trash […]
Feeling (mis)fortunate?
Published July 26th, 2006 in They Said It, Creative Efforts, Didja Eat It? and Media. 0 CommentsI have always had a secret urge to replace the slips of paper inside fortune cookies, turning them into misfortune cookies. It’s vaguely comforting to know I’m not alone in that desire. In a somewhat ironic fashion, the fortune in the cookie I opened today said:
Awww, thanks! That’s the first time I’ve received one targeting […]
This flowery world
Published May 10th, 2006 in They Said It, Creative Efforts, Kerberosity and Tha Hood. 0 CommentsTo balance out all the complaining I’ve done about my neighborhood over the past seven months (I’ve intentionally refrained from posting about the inescapable ice cream truck music), I thought I’d list a few of the positive things about being here (and toss in some relevant haiku as well):
The flowering tree in the front yard […]
I’m still experiencing problems reaching the server when checking/sending mail and loading my site, as are other people I know whose sites are on the same server. Fortunately it has only been an intermittent problem rather than a complete lockout; if I keep trying, things eventually get through.
I can only assume it’s related […]
Ever eaten a Hairy Mexican?
Published April 28th, 2006 in In My Life, Creative Efforts and Didja Eat It?. 0 CommentsWell, I have! Now you can un-arch that eyebrow, it’s just the name of a sushi roll at my favorite local asian fusion restaurant. I was treated to another birthday dinner tonight by my generous and charmingly obnoxious friend, Mr. M. We don’t have a song (which is appropriate, as usually it’s with an […]
Although rare, occasionally things come together more easily than you planned. I found a new apartment that takes large dogs in a decent enough neighborhood! It’s a 2nd floor two bedroom in an old Victorian building downtown, with hardwood floors and a back porch. No fireplace, unfortunately, but the price was right. It’s also not […]
I know this is a cleverly conceived viral marketing ploy*, but it’s fun and they seem like cool folks. Go vote for my slogans if you feel like it, but most of them are Fipilele “in jokes” that all two or three of you who read this blog probably won’t get.
They also have a […]
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