One of the many, many things that I enjoy about this back-to-school experience is finally trying sorting out public transport around Seattle. I actually really enjoy taking the bus – I like the views, the early morning at the bus stop, the view out the bus window (even in the pouring rain)… and I LOVE […]
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Scenes from a Bus Stop
scenes from back to school
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Boise Bound
This may be a repeat for some (which I had posted on Manas) so feel free to pass on by. OR read on for more details on Boise! A couple of months ago, we took an impromptu road trip to Boise, ID. Everyone kept asking, “Why Boise?” to which I could only say, “Why not?” […]
puppies!
Inaugural post should include a puppy, no? Meet our puppy, you’ll be seeing a lot of her. She’s a black/tan/silver German Shepherd from outside of Boise, ID. (Long story, but not really.) If you ever need to bring someone ’round to the love of dogs, this is the dog to do it.
Virgin
I have a ball of dough sitting in the oven, which is turned onto “warm,” with a red towel over it and it is absolutely killing me to not peek at it over the next hour. Today, I did two things that I have never done before. I clarifed butter and made something with yeast. […]
no fun for you, Mr. danger
I heart Engrish.
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I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters. – Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go. – Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh. – Voltaire (1694-1778) He is one […]
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If you can’t get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you’d best teach it to dance. – George Bernard Shaw Nothing is worth more than this day. – Goethe Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself. – Harvey Fierstein […]
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It isn’t what they say about you, it’s what they whisper. -Errol Flynn I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use. – Galileo Galilei The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield […]
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Fear less, hope more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Hate less, love more; And all good things are yours. -Swedish Proverb
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One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.- Andre Gide