365-92: let’s get together in the bathroom stall

Day 92 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Dead Milkmen, I Hate Myself
There are rules of etiquette for using the bathroom at work. Rule #1, in my book, is
DO NOT SPEAK TO ME WHILE I AM IN THE STALL.
Seriously. What makes you think I want to hear about your daughter’s dance recital while [...]

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365-91: got my one good eye on you

Day 91 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Go National, Indyanna
This is my sister, looking through an cardboard wrapping paper tube. I blew out the background and played with the colors because the background was messy and distracting, but I really like the way the eye came out.
Life lesson: If you ask a [...]

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365-90: happy birthday, happy birthday, we love you

Day 90 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Tom Chapin, Happy Birthday
Tomorrow is my son’s 15th birthday.
When my kids were very young, I started using this Tom Chapin song for their birthdays instead of the traditional birthday song:
Happy birthday, happy birthday we love you [...]

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i ate this so you don’t have to

If you ever thought to yourself “Gee, how good could a tamale bought in the frozen food section at Target be?”, wonder no more.
The answer is: not very.
Now, I’ve only had tamales twice before, both times at authentic Mexican restaurants, one of them where the owner/chef who learned how to make tamales from her [...]

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365-89: three is a magic number

Day 89 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Schoolhouse Rock (or Blind Melon, if you will), Three Is A Magic Number
I belong to a small photography google group with some friends. We have a bi-monthly theme that forces us all to go out and shoot something new. The current theme is “Three” and [...]

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i want to be emperor of something

I started reading You Suck, A Love Story on the way to California and just got around to finishing it yesterday. It was a good book and I probably would have read it quicker if I had the time. But it wasn’t a great book, so I didn’t make the time to [...]

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i want to be emperor of something

I started reading You Suck, A Love Story on the way to California and just got around to finishing it yesterday. It was a good book and I probably would have read it quicker if I had the time. But it wasn’t a great book, so I didn’t make the time to [...]

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speaking of sacramento

Jeff has started a series of posts about his hometown of Sacramento. He asked to use my photos for his posts and of course I said yes. The first is up here. I look forward to reading the rest.
Also, I did want to thank fellow Flickr-ite tspauld. Prior to my visit to Sacramento, I [...]

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365-88: there’s plenty of good things hangin’ round

Day 88 of 365: a year in songs and photosSong: Meat Puppets, Fruit
Just above meWithin my reachThere’s plenty ofgood things hanging’roundFruit on the vine
Blood oranges and tangerines, from Sacramento.
The tangerine came straight off the vine at Sacramento City Cemetery. So I’m sure that any moment I will be possessed by the spirit of some long [...]

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say cheese

We were in Walgreen’s last night, strolling down the Valentine aisle, when I spotted this chocolate fish. I said "Who the hell would give this to someone for Valentine’s Day?"
I got my answer an hour later when I found this on my desk, with the cheesiest inscription ever.
So of course I will head out today [...]

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