tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200099782011-04-21T21:40:03.527-07:00Shiny and useful. Doublewhammy.Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-82748300415585965582007-04-16T19:53:00.000-07:002007-04-16T20:00:01.621-07:00

Just finally got set up for new blogger. Have not yet noticed a special razzle-dazzle here. What's the difference?In other news: I've got a new address in the non-virtual world. At least, I will if the home inspection goes well on Thursday. And it will. The sellers have already had two inspections for various purposes, so I'll be shocked if too much turns up.

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As a little test, I just spent the last hour writing. In that hour, I wrote 940 words. At that rate, I would need to write for 53.19 hours to reach 50,000 words. In otherwords, I could write for two hours a day for 27 days, or 3 hours a day for 18 days. That almost seems do-able.How much time is realisticly available?...excluding Thanksgiving and the following day, and the bridesmaid-prep day,

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So, I'm thinking about writing a novel next month. NaNoWriMo. The goal is a 50,000 word novel, created entirely in November. If I wrote every day, I'd need to churn out about 1,700 words a day. Given that I wouldn't really do it everyday (e.g. on the days I put in 12-14 hours at work, wear a bridesmaid dress, give thanks for turkey, or otherwise make merry...)I figure my daily goal would have to

Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-1160787314735704922006-10-13T17:53:00.000-07:002006-10-13T17:55:55.763-07:00

Who am I kidding? Tin Foil went into the bar.Several bars, if I must be completely frank.

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Okay, so it was finished about a week ago. It was pretty terrible. I felt (surprisingly) okay after day 1. The essay topics were ugly but fair. The second day was horrendous. There were several known casualties, with more to surely follow in October. Here's hoping I'm not among those who fall when the Board of Law Examiners posts the list.The first week off has been good. I've been out with

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Hopefully a lot.I've been studying for the Bar. It's dreadful. Far worse than when I studied to work at a bar; I still don't know what's in a Manhattan. Or what vermouth is.No, this bar exam will put me and about 774 other fools together for two full days, and torture us with 14-19 different subjects. It drives me bananas that I can't even say with authority that there are x-number of subject

Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-1142981080552933512006-03-21T14:36:00.000-08:002006-03-21T14:44:40.553-08:00

As I recently reported, Cubis 2 has 20 levels. That seemed true until this weekend.Now--randomly--instead of congratulating me at 20, it occaisonally just starts over with Level One, renamed as Level 21. What's up Microsoft? Why, Bill, why? There's no thrill in completion if you just cycle through again.Give me new levels, or give me a sense of finality, completetion.If the game is infinite,

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Today is a snow day, and I've completely squandered it.I started the day with high hopes that being snow bound would encourage me to do the research that I've been putting off all semester, but somehow I have spent the day in other online pursuits. A few things I *have* learned:Cubis 2 only has 20 levels. Yes, I have mastered them all. Thank god I now have at least one marketable skill.Courtesy

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Husband and I have been planning a little trip to NY to celebrate a certain May accomplishment. I've made the arrangements via hotwire, and was initially ELATED--yes that's ELATED--at what I believed to be an awesome deal. But I'm beginning to think I've been sort of duped....We made reservations for the Paramount, which looks terrific on the website. It's in a prime location and has sort of a

Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-1138488311050472032006-01-28T14:24:00.000-08:002006-01-28T14:45:11.070-08:00

I've been thinking about creme brulee quite a lot lately. It's been coming up in more conversations than the average dessert for some reason. I recently had it at resort in Jamaica, where their "Asian twist on the classic dessert" added lychee fruit. Turns out, I am not a fan of lychee.My favorite recipe for the aforementioned classic dessert employs--what else?--tin foil. (While the custards are

Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-1135223681432664762005-12-21T19:37:00.000-08:002005-12-22T17:44:54.756-08:00

Not only is it shiny, tin foil may be more useful than originally proposed. Tin foil hats, anyone? This guy says no.

Faux Nombrehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17924088680031722984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20009978.post-1135031554180856492005-12-19T14:13:00.000-08:002005-12-19T14:32:34.186-08:00

I'm at a public library, pretending to study. (Pretending only for myself, it seems.) In front of me is a poster with the following quotes.Read at whim! Read at whim! Randall Jarrell.There is hardly any grief that an hour's reading will not dissipate. Montesquieu.Fiction is art and art is triumph over chaos...to celebrate a world that lies spread out around us like a bewildering snd stupendous

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Faux nombre has a fake blog? Go figure.Just wanted to test the waters.Time for lunch.....mmm, seasame chicken.

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