Category Archives: Opinion

riding the ponies on my special day

I feel almost guilty about blogging my birthday. It was so amazingly perfect that I feel like a braggart sharing it. So let me preface this entry by noting that the weeks preceding my special day were filled with me … Continue reading

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perfect heart is pumping again!

Hell yeah! God bless the Merrill Brothers Three for carrying the heaviest of boxes in the epic Urban Honking server move. It was a dangerous endeavor that apparently involved Brazilian hackers, but they weathered it well and UrHo is up … Continue reading

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super mario brothers and home waxing debacles

Last weekend a few of us went to dinner at Veggie Chinese, and then to Ground Kontrol, this late night video game place. I must admit, I was snobby at first. I thought “late night video game place? NERDY!!” I … Continue reading

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win a date with mike merrill: #3 and #4

Okay, this is going to be mildly confusing for a minute, so bear with me. You may remember that Mikey and I made a bet on Thanksgiving resulting in my winning four “dates.” I agreed to blog about them to … Continue reading

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Impromptu MLK Lesson Goes Off Without a Hitch

Today I brought in a recording of Dr King’s “I Have a Dream” speech- well, the last five minutes of it anyway. I just wanted to have it on hand in case the other teachers needed it, but I ended … Continue reading

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“I was high, high, then I came down…

…you know me and how high I can be.” Well, I guess it was inevitable that I would eventually crash after the sort of feverish excitement that permeated the month surrounding the New Year. There was so much to be … Continue reading

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first fight and public urination

Well, HRS ARK ROYAL and I had our first fight on Saturday night. It’s funny, because Saturday morning we idly wondered what our first fight would be about, and then THAT VERY EVENING we found out. Spooky, right? It turns … Continue reading

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and while we’re making resolutions…

I’ve already blogged my driving resolution to death (and once my driving log template is complete I will add it to my sidebar and it can be blogged into the afterlife) but I also made a few other environmental resolutions … Continue reading

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biological clocks

In addition to not being ready to be married, I am also not ready to have babies. I love the children. I am a teacher and I live happily with twin almost-four year old boys. I adore every baby I … Continue reading

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hobnobbing

On Sunday HRS ARK ROYAL and I went to brunch at Besaw. We walked there, and it was pretty rainy and blowy, and I was dressed pretty grungy anyway, thanks to Adam Forkner and the awesome bright pink shirt he … Continue reading

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