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Enthusiasm vs. desperation

Where does one draw that line? The easiest way to meet people is to talk to them (I know, there’s a Nobel Prize in my future), and it is a lot more accepted in the South than it would be back in New Jersey (thank goodness!), but I still feel myself wondering when I’m being [...]

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Bolting Down to Baltimore

I am writing this on a bus! A Bolt bus, on my way back up to NYC, is a great place for blogging no? Typing on an iTouch is getting less annoying, I even answered an email in Chinese this morning! But I would not want this for my primary texting or typing needs. I [...]

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2,000 miles in 2 months

I got home yesterday from Philadelphia, leaving an hour later than I should have and arriving about 15 minutes ahead of my GPS’s schedule. That two hour trip, coupled with the 2,000+ miles I’ve driven this summer have yielded some gems of wisdom: After an hour of driving your ankle and knee will start to [...]

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Maps

This weekend was very nice. I had a lazy Saturday that resulted in clean laundry and some knitting and crocheting being done. My mother’s birthday gift WILL get done on her birthday, and that makes me very happy. But Saturday night I got to see Philadelphia at night when the lovely Miss Sarah came to [...]

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Pinkies Out

So it turns out that Germantown is thusly named because the first settlers were German. I know, you’re shocked. But look, YOU DON’T EXPECT LOS ANGELES TO BE FULL OF ANGLES NOW DO YOU?? Yeah, that’s what I thought. Never mind that the Pennsylvania Dutch are actually Pennsylvania Deutch and other obviously Germanic roots, like [...]

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