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Future Debaters
March 31, 2005 15:38
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Conversation overheard between my four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter:

Adam: Stop chattering.
Kayla: You’re not the daddy or the mama, so don’t worry about me, worry about yourself.
Adam: Sometimes I can’t.
Kayla: Sometimes you can.
No Bible in the Jury Room
March 29, 2005 15:39
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This story is an outrage.

Ruling that juries cannot turn to the Bible for advice during deliberations, a divided Colorado Supreme Court threw out the death penalty for a convicted murderer because jurors discussed Bible verses.


What? The? Fuck?

Now, let’s be clear. I am not a Christian. I do not believe the Bible is The Truth (though, like most religious texts, I believe it does contain some truth). I do not believe that elected or appointed government officials should refer to the Bible (or the Koran, or the Torah, or the Psalms, or the Book of Mormon, or the Lotus Sutra, or ANY other religious text) as a basis of their opinions. But we are the product of our teaching. We cannot separate who we are from what we know. We CAN’T. And we simply cannot limit what jurors may or may not consider in deciding punishment for convicted criminals.

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How many shoes is too many?
March 28, 2005 15:43
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Tags: quotes jokes

I was just chatting with Mike about my in-laws’ upcoming 50th anniversary party, and the clothing and shoes I’d need for it.

Dana: SexyHusband just told me he can’t believe I need more shoes.
Mike: Well, they do have to match the dress. Besides, I have a formula… a woman needs her age squared in shoes…
Dana: Her age squared?? So 900 shoes for me?
Mike: Yeah.
Dana: And Kayla gets 4 shoes?
Mike: Yup. See, it’s math.
Dana: OK, so she has 28 years to buy 896 shoes. That’s…32 shoes a year. 16 pair. Or about one every 3.25 weeks. That’s do-able.
Mike: Yeah. That’s why I’m against polygamy…. no single house can contain that many shoes.
Truth
March 28, 2005 14:45
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Tags: marriage

The longer I live, and the more people I meet, the more I become convinced that when it comes to disputes – especially marital disputes – there are always, always three sides to every story: his side, her side, and the truth. Unfortunately, it’s that third side that no one ever hears.
The Interview Game: Questions for Daisha of Where’s the Love?
March 26, 2005 15:51
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Another day, another interview. These questions are for Daisha of Where’s the Love?

1. If you had to be reincarnated as a bird, what kind would you be?
2. Describe your favorite meal.
3. Have you ever tried to take your two kids to a country club? If so, how did that go?
4. Which invention do you think the world would have been better off without?
5. Did Forest Gump have it right? Is life like a box of chocolates?

Now just post your answers to your blog, and I’ll update this post with a link to it. Don’t forget to post the rules, and solicit five other people to be interviewed. Thanks for playing!

Update: Daisha has posted her answers to these questions and is soliciting interviewees.
The Interview Game: Questions for Rose of Miniature Rose
March 25, 2005 15:52
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Tags: parenting

Time for my first victim interviewee for The Interview Game (March 23rd entry). The first respondent was Rose of Miniature Rose.

1. Exactly how many ponchos do you think you’ll end up making before the obsession runs out?
2. Your son is seven years old now. What has been the hardest age so far, and why?
3. What did your family think of your moving to the United States?
4. What is your most embarrassing addiction?
5. Which children’s song did you hear and/or sing TOO MANY TIMES when your son was little? You know, the one that if you heard it just once more you’d lose it.

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New Purse
March 24, 2005 15:57
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Tags: guns

I heart e-commerce. Mommy’s new toy arrived today. w00t!!


The Interview Game
March 23, 2005 16:02
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Margi decided to play “The Interview Game” that’s been going around, and she answered some questions posed to her by Jim. She then invited others to be interviewed, and I hopped on board. My answers to HER questions asked of me (all of which, she warns, are Harv Bait) are below, and now it’s my turn to interview others. So, first, the rules:

Leave me a comment saying “interview me”. The first five commenters will be the participants. I will respond by asking you five questions. You will update your blog/site with the answers to the questions. You will include this explanation and an offer to interview someone else in the same post. When others comment asking to be interviewed, you will ask them five questions. (Write your own questions or borrow some.)

Okley-dokley, now on with the answeravatin’.

1. What sens...
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Quote of the Day
March 16, 2005 16:15
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Tags: diet and exercise food

A first, I’m going to “quote of the day” myself, in a conversation I recently had with Mike about my latest shopping trip.

“There is nothing like a room full of full-length mirrors and unforgiving fluorescent lighting to get your fat ass off the Doritos.”

And with that, I am back on my diet.
Armchair Television Producer
March 16, 2005 15:15
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Tags: tv military

I have a great idea for a television show. In fact, it came to me quite literally in my sleep.

A sitcom centered around a traditional military family!

You know, Dad’s in the military, Mom stays home with a few kids*. Dad could get deployed from time to time and Mom has to deal with raising kids alone, he has to deal with missing them. Then when he comes back, they all have to deal with re-integration. Think of the storyline possibilities! Military balls, shopping at the commissary, frustration with long deployments, etc. Military families would identify with it, so THEY’D watch it. Non-military families are (I think) fascinated with all things military, so THEY’D watch it (I know I would!).

Alright, so all you television executives who regularly read Note-It Posts, get busy on that, k?

* Before the femi-Nazis come out of the woodwork screaming at me for assuming the Dad would be the one in the military, YES
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Massage
March 15, 2005 16:17
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I have a massage scheduled for 10:30 tomorrow morning, my first (by a professional) in over ten years. I am long overdue. The past two weeks have been very difficult, and this week won’t be better. But for one, glorious hour tomorrow, I am determined to let it all go.
Unproductive
March 12, 2005 16:17
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Tags: parenting

Sometimes I wonder why it is that I never seem to get anything done. I feel like I’m always doing something, so it would seem I would accomplish a lot, right? Wrong! Today I identified the problem: interruptions. Example: part of my business is to send a daily mailing to a subscriber database on behalf of an advertiser, then bill said advertiser for the mailing. That used to go like this:

11am: Start mailing.
11:03am: Mailing ends.
11:04am: Run credit card for cost of mailing.
11:05am: Address envelope and mail receipt for cost of mailing.

Today, it went something like this:

11am: Start mailing.
11:03am: Mailing ends.
11:04am: Change diaper for child #2.
11:06am: Rescue child #3 from the plastic bucket on his head.
11:07am: Start a load of laundry.
11:10am: Right upturned bag of garbage, retrieve spilled cupcake wrappers.
11:11am: Wash hands, notice mountains of dir...
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Robots: A Review
March 12, 2005 15:20
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I took Adam and Kayla to see Robots last night. Another Disney/Pixar animated movie, and (if you ask me) the best one so far. Turns out this one’s a Blue Sky/20th Century Fox collaboration. No wonder it’s so awesome! The story is kind of over-the-top anti-corporate “fight the man” empowerment bullshit (ironic, considering the merchandising and marketing of this movie), but even though I think the message is a load, the storytelling is pretty damned impressive. Robin Williams, as usual, steals the show, but the other characters are still well-acted, well-animated, and engaging. The action scenes (like the “Midtown Express” sequence) was jaw-droppingly masterful.

Loved it. Buying it. Go see it.
Goodbye, Vicki
March 10, 2005 16:29
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A very dear friend of mine died today. The world is a poorer place without her. I’m ambivalent about the existence of an after-life, but on the off chance that there is one: Vicki, I love you. I miss you. My life will never be the same without you. God blessed me with the knowing of you, and with being witness to your strength, courage, and grace. May your soul rest in peace and eternal bliss, and may your sons know your presence, even in your absence.
Cupcakes, apples, and…?
March 08, 2005 16:30
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Tags: food mike

It’s our turn to bring snack again this Thursday. Normally, this means Mike (over-)cooks for the “moms” (he’s the token Dad), and I cook for whatever class we have. This time, it’s the 2- and 3-year-olds, Kayla’s class. I had planned to make them Blue’s Clues cupcakes, and peeled apples. The snack coordinator (yep, our preschool has an official “snack coordinator") called today and tells me that class has 19 kids in it, and that they tend to eat through all of their snack. I don’t want these kids to be hungry – it’s important to me that they are all full and satisfied. I have enough “gear” to make 27 Blue’s Clues cupcakes, and I have seven or eight apples. I need to make something else, preferably from things I already have here at home so I won’t have to make another trip into town tomorrow. I have a pretty fully-stocked pantry, but specialty items and packaged crap isn’t readily available.

So, got any ideas? All I can come up with are graham crackers (yawn!...
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Who should be ashamed?
March 07, 2005 16:33
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Tags: media military

Certainly, by now, everyone has heard about the Italian journalist Giuliana Sgrena, whose car was fired upon when it tried to rush a coalition checkpoint in Iraq. Sgrena and another occupant were wounded, and Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed. When I first saw this story, it was as a CNN headline: “US fires on Italian journalist” and my reaction was “Oh, shit.” Then I read the article (since scrolled off CNN’s site), which stated that the car was part of a motorcade that was speeding toward a coalition checkpoint. Soldiers manning the checkpoint apparently tried to use hand and arm gestures, flashing white lights, and even warning shots to get the car to slow down, and it didn’t. That’s the US version of events, anyway. Sgrena, naturally, disputes that account.

I listened to BBC on the radio the other night, and the announcer declared, “And, of course, at the very least, this is a cause for embarr...
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Building Lessons
March 05, 2005 16:35
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So I’m back to work on the re-construction project. You (8/25) remember (1/9) that (11/16) project (11/9), right (8/30)? Thought so. Anyway, today I framed the wall. Got it all done, except the door (I need more wood). I have come to the conclusion that, while I am a bright girl and a quick study, the rules of architecture will not naturally come to me. Either I need to be explicitly told by Mike that something needs to be done (like a notch cut out of a stud to carry electrical over from an existing wall), or it MUST be in the book. Otherwise, I’ll just have to figure it out when I screw something up. Since there are probably lots of others out there in the same boat, I thought I’d share a few tidbits of varying importance I learned the hard way.

1) Two nails should go in each e...
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What About My Swatch(tm) Watch?
March 03, 2005 16:40
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Tags: tv

Got an email from a friend, entitled “You were a little girl in the 70’s if…” I was born in 74, so I was a very little girl. My comments are in italics.

1. You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other.
Gawd, I think that’s the shirt I was wearing at my 10th birthday party.

2. You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
Cherry snow cones, no less. And those fudge chocolate cakes were the bomb! But those light bulbs could give you a third degree burn if you weren’t careful.

3. You had that Fisher Price Doctor’s Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
For some value of “worked", anyway.

4. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
Banana seat, yes. Plastic flowery basket, no.
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A new favorite thing
March 03, 2005 15:43
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Tags: shopping

This stuff is yummy, nummy. Expensive, but worth it!

Just gimme the clippers! - UPDATED
March 02, 2005 16:44
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Tags: kayla

I went today to get my hair cut. I wanted something semi-radical, but without coloring (too much maintenance). My stylist chopped off over 6", layered, and “end snipped” it, making it look pretty darn different than I had before. I like it.

I came home. My family’s reaction.

crickets chirping

They didn’t even notice. Honestly, I could be bald as the Mr. Clean man, and SexyHusband would notice no difference. sigh

UPDATE: As requested, a picture of the new ‘do (as well as the FunDip-covered face of my beautiful daughter, and various scrapbooking paraphernalia) in the extended entry.


Quote of the Day
March 01, 2005 16:49
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“I used to think I was serving humanity … and I pleasured in the thought. Then I discovered that humanity does not want to be served; on the contrary it resents any attempt to serve it.” – Jubal Harshaw in Stranger in a Strange Land
Rebuffed
March 01, 2005 15:51
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You know, it’s very stressful to make an offer of help to someone, then to have it rebuffed in such a way as to make you feel you’re imposing by even making the offer. But that helpless, I-know-what’s-best-for-you feeling is pretty damned awful, too.

sigh
Long, Slow Kisses
March 01, 2005 14:52
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Tags: music

Newest country music singing obsession: Jeff Bates. With that voice, I could just close my eyes, but he’s purty to look at, too!


Legalized Baby Crack
March 01, 2005 13:53
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Tags: food


These things should only be sold with a prescription.
I Do
March 01, 2005 11:54
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SexyHusband doesn’t dance. Doesn’t like it, doesn’t miss it. But for me, he agreed to a “First Dance” at our wedding. I even got to pick the song! I chose I Do by Mark Wills. The words are as true today as they were almost six years ago. I love you, baby.
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All I am, all I’ll be
Everything in this world, all that I’ll ever need
Is in your eyes, shining at me
When you smile I can feel all my passion unfolding

Your hand brushes mine
And a thousand sensations seduce me ‘cause I

I do, cherish you.
For the rest of my life
You don’t have to think twice.
I will, love you still, from the depths of my soul
It’s beyond my control.
I’ve waited so long to say this to you
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