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Cellulitis. For me the highlight of the description linked above is “left untreated, the spreading bacterial infection may rapidly turn into a life-threatening condition.” I guess now’s not the time to get all hippie health food with the saline nasal … Continue reading
A Long Way Down
A Long Way Down, by Nick Hornby One interesting side effect of reading books that people give you for free is that you’re reading books that people didn’t particularly want to hold onto. Hence “A Long Way Down,” which I … Continue reading
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A Walk in the Woods
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson This time Bryson tackles the Appalachian Trail. Or, rather, doesn’t. Or, rather, the book tackles the subject of how bloody difficult and sometimes rewarding it is to attempt to walk 2,100 miles … Continue reading
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The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel
The Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel, by Alain de Botton For a novel about romance this was rather cool and scientific about examining the warm, wet nuts and bolts of a relationship. A surprisingly enjoyable antidote to the … Continue reading
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The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing
The Girl’s Guide to Hunting and Fishing, by Melissa Bank JenB sent this to me, I wouldn’t have bought it for myself because I always thought it was an actual hunting and fishing guide. Woo! Sorry marketing department! I found … Continue reading
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Prep
Prep, by Curtis Sittenfeld This was actually kind of a page-turner. Two thumbs up, Roger! Waiting for the inevitable movielization.
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FEEL THE MASSIVE, UNYIELDING EXTENT OF MY DORKITUDE!
My license plates got stolen last month, so it seemed like a good time to take another giant step toward merging what’s left of my identity with the Internet. I did learn something interesting by having my plates stolen, though, … Continue reading
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Let’s go over to Dave’s house!
As my template identity crisis continues I thought I’d share some photos from last week when we went over to Dave’s house to watch him work on his cars. This is The Bucket. Dave built this from spare parts from … Continue reading
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Look at me! I’m a Doggy Blogger
This past week just wiped me out, it was exhausting, emotionally. It made me realize that there’s like this emotional reservoir we have in our bodies and how exhausted you are depends on how big your reservoir is and what … Continue reading
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Vote for Mitch!
Jack and I were talking about how his dear friend Mitch is up for a W. C. Handy award this year, and how I ought to pimp him on my blog. Mitch is a fine musician and an upstanding citizen … Continue reading
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