Just Stuff

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I know I do the Random Dozen (randomly), but I haven't done a "traditional" meme in quite some time. I ran into this one over at Still Altering Habits and thought to myself, "Self? That might be kind of fun!"

What's different about this meme? Well, instead of just answering the questions on your blog, you write your answers on a sheet of paper and post a picture of them on your blog. I've talked about the intimacy of a hand-written note/card and how I miss that feeling in electronic media. This is as close as I can get to that on the blog, but it does kind of put a different twist on things, doesn't it?

The questions ...

1) Your name/blog name?

2) Right-handed, left-handed, or ambidextrous?

3) Favorite letters to write?

4) Least favorite letters to write?

5) Write “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.”

6) Write the following words in capital letters:
- CRAB
- HUMOR
- KALEIDOSCOPE
- PAJAMAS
- GAZILLION

7) Write your favorite song lyric.

8) Tag people!

9) Any special note or picture.

... and the answers ...

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My Dad came across this photo this weekend and posted it on FaceBook. I thought I'd share it with all of you because ... well ... just because!

Funny, when I first looked at the photo I didn't look at me. I noticed the tree on the right - a live Christmas tree from the previous year that we planted in our front yard that spring. And I noticed the Rhododendrons on the left - a flowering shrub my dad bought for my mom on Mother's Day and one that flowered every Mother's Day.

My parents had a rocky, ROCKY marriage - one that impacted my life and my view on relationships in some extremely negative ways. But you know what? When I look at this photo I don't see any of that. Instead, I see the love they shared and the good memories they attempted to create. It makes me smile ...

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Blago, Ballet, Bears and Baby

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What do you do when you have a few random thoughts that need to be eliminated from your head, but that don't quite make up enough for a post? Well, you find some random pictures to go with the random thoughts and post it on a Saturday when no one reads anyway!

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Is anyone surprised that this man:



Who had an ego so big he spent $15,000 EACH on 40 signs announcing his success in his pay-for-play contracting to complete the new open road tolling plazas



Would do something like put state jobs, state contracts and regulatory favors up for sale? Or that he would attempt to get critical editorial writers from the Chicago Tribune fired in exchange for helping parent Tribune Co. with a state plan to finance the purchase of Wrigley Field?

Blago called the Senate seat "a fucking valuable thing. You just don't give it away for nothing." Among the prizes Blago considered were a position in Obama's Cabinet, an ambassadorship, a $300,000 job with a union-backed group--even a highly paid position for his wife. In fact, evidence suggests that Blago gave serious consideration to appointing himself to the Senate seat (something he could legally do), because he felt "stuck" in his job as governor. Illinois politics at its finest! Amazing ...

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Husband and I have a "date" Sunday. Husband will be fantasizing about watching petite women with amazing flexibility while I watch gay men with nice asses in tights listen to the orchestra.

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See these? These are the prototypes for the Christmas card and dated Christmas ornament I'll be making this year. No, I haven't started yet. Yes, I realize that Christmas in in 12 days and that if I don't get these in the mail soon they'll be Valentine's Day cards and ornaments, but I work better under pressure - really I do!

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I had to scan a baby photo of Cam for a class project of his and figured this was as good a day as any to post a random baby photo. He is 4 months old in this picture, and just the cutest little thing (in my oh-so-humble opinion).

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