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Sunday, 15 February 2009
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Change of Address
I think I may be done with Xanga...
I've recently acquired a home on Blogspot where you can find me--
thebaxter-rosecoloredglasses.blogspot.com
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House, M.D. - Season Two
By Hugh Laurie
see relatedHappy St. Patrick's Day!
As most of you are aware, for the past four years I have decided that, since I have no desire to recognize Feb. 14th as the feast day of St. Valentine, patron saint of chalky candy conversation hearts and cards reading, "I Choo-Choo-Choose You," I celebrate an extra St. Patrick's Day, patron saint of creepy leprechauns and green beer. To my way of thinking, it's a much more fun holiday.
Anyway, this year's festivities included a visit from Karen and Jeff (!) and the OU Club of Collin County, Texas. I tagged along with them to the OU vs. Texas Tech basketball game and had oodles of fun getting free food and swag for graduating from the university. See, I knew those diplomas would get me something! Pictures to follow.
Post-game, post-afternoon, post-slight breakdown, and post-Jo getting off work, Briton, Jo, and I had our traditional green beverages and watched that incredibly St. Patrick's Day appropriate movie, Dodgeball. I added a little too much green dye to the beverages, but really, can they be too green?
And now I have read that my good friend the Admiral celebrated St. Andrew's Day yesterday with a bottle of Glenlivet and hermit-like tendencies. Awesome.
Thursday, 05 February 2009
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Same Song, Second Verse
I'm not sure where it goes from here. One minute you have everything you wanted, the next minute it's lying in pieces somewhere on the ground, blowing away with every breeze that blows through. But, that's how life works. You grab the pieces that you can before they blow away and walk on. Where do I walk to? I don't know. I just start walking. At some point I figure it out.Until then, I can't help questioning myself. It may not be my fault, but that doesn't matter right now. What matters is eventually starting to walk.
Wednesday, 04 February 2009
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Milestones and Mile Markers
Just a short time ago, this great country of ours reach a watershed moment in its history. We inaugurated our first African-American president. I sat with my coworkers around our conference/lunch table to witness the historic moments leading up to President Obama attempting to take the oath of office from the Chief Justice. I experienced a historical moment, felt the pride of a nation gaining a sense of ownership, witnessed inspiring crowds, and, of course, saw IT.
The Hat.
Aretha Franklin's infamous hat--the hat that launched a thousand comments. I'm certain that the chapeau-designer in Detroit never thought that the design Ms. Franklin chose for her Inauguration Day serenade of President Obama would be in demand by the Smithsonian for its cultural impact on the day. Lest you think I'm being too dramatic, I give you:
The Aretha Franklin's Hat Flikr Page!
Found here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/957878@N25/pool/ , the page is a collection of PhotoShop-ped photos of regular people, celebrities, pets, etc. wearing the Aretha Franklin headwear. I, of course, am partial to the squirrel 
Saturday, 31 January 2009
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Like Spaghetti for Cats
Just look at that face. Slightly evil, huh? She's really not, but when she does mean things like, oh, I don't know, chew through my wireless router power cord, it's easy to see her has slightly evil. Don't get me wrong, I love my cat, I just wish she didn't view the power cords to my electronics as pasta. As many of you know, this is not the first time this has happened. She chewed through the power cord for my laptop a while back, causing many different and various issues. There was that brief moment of panic before I realized, "Oh yeah, I can just plug the cord into the back of my laptop and still get on the internet" when I thought I was going to be unable to get online, but once that moment passed I realized that this isn't so bad, just inconvenient. Nothing like her last electronic culinary adventure. I just have these visions of Christmas Vacation running through my head--someday I will have a fried cat. In fact, she chewed through the Christmas light cords at my parents' house while I was home for Christmas.
Which begs the question: Any ideas for controlling this problem? I think I'm going to have to coat my cords in some kind of icky substance to make her not want to chew them, a la thumbsucking little kids (not that I have any experience with that...). If anyone has a suggestion of what to use/do, please please please let me know!
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- Name: Elizabeth
- Country: United States
- State: Oklahoma
- Metro: Oklahoma City
- Gender: Female
- Member Since: 6/24/2004
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