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Small Adventures: Snow!!
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. This photo shows what passes for "snow" in Houston. The little dusting barely registered on the snow-meters, but it certainly caused havoc on the roads. . The flurries started in earnest around 3:30 yesterday, or at least that's when the gal from the neighboring office ran into mine and said, "It's SNOWING! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. Crumbs from the Food Lady. Digital Thoughts of a Digital Guy.
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Small Adventures: December 2007
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. Got up at the usual hour, dragged my sorry self out of bed, got ready for work, let the dog out into the backyard. Everything is normal, and then I see the naked guy. Either way, I wonder exactly what I'm supposed to do. I figure running out into my yard and yelling, "Hey, you pervert, get away from that door! Is probably not a good choice. I can't really see far enough, well enough, to decide whether he is a threat. However, b...That ...
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Small Adventures: Failure is not an option
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. Failure is not an option. This cartoon by Hugh MacLeod smacked me on the nose when I saw it on his blog. Last week. . I'm a big fan of Hugh, especially his ideas about " How to Be Creative. And " Social Objects as the Future of Marketing. But this cartoon hit a nerve. My exuberance was borne of 10 years in the daily newspaper business, whereas my colleagues' pessimistic frowns were products of life in the monthly magazine world. To...
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Small Adventures: November 2008
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. Failure is not an option. This cartoon by Hugh MacLeod smacked me on the nose when I saw it on his blog. Last week. . I'm a big fan of Hugh, especially his ideas about " How to Be Creative. And " Social Objects as the Future of Marketing. But this cartoon hit a nerve. My exuberance was borne of 10 years in the daily newspaper business, whereas my colleagues' pessimistic frowns were products of life in the monthly magazine world. To...
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Small Adventures: Helicopter Dunking
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. This week's work adventure has been getting certifications so I can go offshore to shoot and observe my employer's technology "in action.". I have some thoughts on what made this training particularly successful - hint: the instructor was passionate about safety and teaching! However, I'm only going to write the *story* tonight because my sinus cavity is killing me after today's little activity. . Naturally I was in the very last pair ...
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Small Adventures: Covering Hurricanes
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. The image on the right is Ike around 7 pm Friday. The red words on the green map say "Houston" and "Me." The arrow shows where Ike is heading. He will probably go just a little bit east of "Me." But you get the idea. Back then, if you needed to know what's happening now, you had your TV on, or, after the power went out, you turned your portable ratio to KTRH. [OK, some things have not changed; I bet most of us will *still* tun our ...
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Small Adventures: March 2008
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. On the right, meet Big Daddy, the biggest tree in my tree-filled but otherwise ugly backyard. He's a big booger of a tree, 90 inches in circumference at the base. (Yeah, I just ran out and measured.). Anyway, I love my trees. But I do not love my backyard. As mentioned in a previous entry. I am pretty sure grass will grow in a lot of that dirt space if the landscaper can do some grading to prevent Lake Smukke from forming out there aft...
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Small Adventures: He's heeee-ere
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. We're just getting the edge of Ike and he is already a huge pest. . Am glad to see, via your Twitter site, that you have survived personally unscathed. No do be careful during the ensuing clean-up. Hope all is well with your folks - it wasn't clear if you'd heard from them yet or not. I was in Woodlands last November during torrential rains, so I do sympathize with the conditions you are currently encountering. View my complete profile.
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Small Adventures: October 2008
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Essays about a 40-something woman's life in Texas - and in the world. New rules for debates. The 'town hall debate' and watching on CNN. I came up with two new important rules for political debates. . Rule #1: Answers are limited, Twitter-style, to 140 characters. If you need more than that, then you can blog it later. Rule #2: If you do not answer a question, you don't get to answer the next one(s). So if someone asks, "If Iran attacks Israel, will you smack them back? That One, my friend, he voted for ...
