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Yesterday, on our way to a Super Bowl party… Mego: Who are you rooting for? Galen: I think I’m going for Green Bay, since they have two former Cal players on their team. You? M: That makes sense. I don’t … Continue reading →

A lexical gap is an absence of a word in a particular language.  Recently, I’ve been thinking of a few lexical gaps in English that need filling (or minding): 1. Getting a song stuck in someone else‘s head. 2. Running … Continue reading →

I lifted these photos from Galen’s sister’s blog… Thanks, Alayna! Here we are, looking a little flushed in front of this awesome fire: That brick in the middle of the flames is made of compressed sander dust from the mill … Continue reading →

In Purgatory, I bet everyone is: On hold with the insurance company on a phone that isn’t cordless, listening to bad Muzak. Sitting in traffic, moving about a car’s length every few minutes. Staring at their wrapped birthday presents, unable … Continue reading →

Internet, I’m embarrassed by how long it took me to figure out how to post a slideshow to my blog.  I’m only 27 and I think I need to hire some sort of tech-savvy teenager to help me with this … Continue reading →

My mom was in Washington, D.C., this week and today she sent me this email from her phone: From: Mom Date: Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 8:19 AM Subject: From the newseum in DC To: Me, Brother, Dad Tiled into … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since I showed you some of my recent knitting projects (which I know you’re DYING to see…).  Just before my family reunion, I made a couple of hats for my cousin’s two boys, Liam and Reid. … Continue reading →

Hi friends, It’s getting to be that season where the idea of hanging out at home and trying out a new recipe actually sounds somewhat interesting… even to those of us who are, um, culinarily-challenged.  Last year, my dad gave … Continue reading →

Have you missed me?  I admit, my blogging presence has been borderline pathetic recently… Which is why I need NaBloPoMo more than ever this year! The past few years, I’ve taken part in National Blog Posting Month in November.  It’s … Continue reading →

I recently got back into knitting… First to knit sweaters for two white teddy bears to give to my baby cousins Molly: And Eamon: (Eamon is not actually a teddy bear. I gave his bear to his parents after he’d … Continue reading →