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BLOGGER TALK
Scatterbrained
Submitted by Angelamaphone on 05.18.12 at 8:54am.
I scheduled Monday’s post for Sunday. I looked at the date four times (I wrote it on Saturday), and still scheduled it wrong. WHERE IS MY BRAIN?
Well, I’m trying to cram as much information into my brain at once for my courses: ethics and finance. Finance isn’t so bad, but ethics is dense.
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A 1st Blogoversary
Submitted by Food, je t'Aimée on 05.18.12 at 8:15am.
I knew this day was coming.
For weeks, I've had little fantasies about what decadent treat I'd bake or dinner I'd stew to celebrate the milestone. Would I time my Monthly Miette for today? Or something entirely new - a recipe I'd been meaning to make for months? Maybe - oooh - maybe I would fin...
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One Lovely Blog Award
Submitted by Susartandfood Blog on 05.18.12 at 8:02am.
One Lovely Blog Award
Thank you to Peri from Peri’s Spice Ladle for nominating my blog for the One Lovely Blog Award. Please take the time to visit her site and help yourself to some of her delicious Indian recipes with a “global appeal”.
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CONSTRUCTIONS OF MALE BEAUTY: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH
Submitted by The Newcomer on 05.18.12 at 7:48am.
We are all too familiar with the media hysterically analysing and discussing every inch of female celebrity “beauty” , with plenty of OMG THE CELLULITE!!!! and OMG NO MAKE-UP!!! pics to help the discussion along (witness the recent frenzy over Hillary Clinton’s non-made-up appearance).
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One sick momma...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 05.17.12 at 7:32am.
I remember when the kids started school... people telling me to prepare for the onslaught of runny noses and sore throats! It was true. They had everything from "Scarlet Fever" to "Foot and Mouth" making me realize why four boxes of kleenex was a requirement on their school supply list!
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walls of stink
Submitted by Days Go By on 05.16.12 at 7:36am.
I realized tonight my house is full of scent. Not the usual 'mmm what's for supper' stuff, but scent.
My dishwasher - and hence, the dishes - smell like lavender.
B bought new laundry detergent, Apple Mango (Madness?) Something, and it makes our clothes smell like bubble gum.
The kids' shampo...
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This and that.
Four days remain until the Blue Nose half-marathon. I ran eight miles Monday night. Maybe jogged would be a better word. Or "trotted unenthusiastically". It didn't feel very speedy and it certainly wasn't pain-free. My right knee is being a bee eye tee see aytch. Please, little knee, just hold ou...
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Open City...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 05.15.12 at 7:35am.
Coming up to this weekend... I saw all the tweets! One after the next of various local shops and restaurants I follow, tweeting about the "Open City" event in Halifax this weekend...
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MY MOM’S DAY PRESENT
Submitted by The Newcomer on 05.11.12 at 7:43am.
While mothers all over the world are busy receiving jewels, flowers, clothes, fancy meals, and so on and so on, I will take a moment to wallow in self-pity and share a picture of my Mother’s Day present with you, above.
No, Gentle Reader, it is not poo, for which I suppose I should be thankful.
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Somebody That I Used to Know: A Song We Now All Know All Too Well
Submitted by Crooked House on 05.11.12 at 6:47am.
So this Goyte "Somebody That I Used to Know" song and the Walk Off the Earth cover video are everywhere and those of us with kids are particularly familiar with both of them. (We happen to know a two-year-old who immediately dons a suffering expression and begins singing ALL THE WORDS every time ...
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LOOKS LIKE PAEDOPHILIA IS SUCH A FUN TOPIC- WHO KNEW?
Submitted by The Newcomer on 05.9.12 at 7:31am.
Translated from Persian from the blog: “Smoking Chewing Gum”: http://absurdgames.blogspot.ca/
We Iranians are so witty- maybe not all of us, but most of us! We just looove wit- it’s in our blood! Just as we are more beautiful, more artistic, more talented, more intelligent, and control NASA, and...
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Flying
Submitted by My Nova Scotia Home blog on 05.7.12 at 8:37am.
This week I managed to sit down and spend some time researching, planning and booking the hotel, flights and car for our trip to Victoria in August. Matthew will be competing in the Canadian Championships for Target and Field Archery and we figured that since it is in Victoria the whole family w...
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Time for a girl revolution
Submitted by Alison DeLory's blog on 05.7.12 at 7:36am.
It's not always easy being a girl, whether you live in Canada or Afghanistan.
This morning I spoke at a local junior high school on a "Girl Revolution" panel. (With Meghan Swim, pictured on the left, and April Macleod, right.) I'm not going to sugarcoat it—this was a tough crowd. The 100 or so k...
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Friday Favourites
Submitted by Angelamaphone on 05.4.12 at 9:01am.
TODAY IS THE DAY! A fantastic late birthday present to me – The Avengers movie is out! In honour of this fantastic event (and seeing Chris Hemsworth on the big screen again – yum!), this Friday Favourites will be the nerdiest yet!
First off, I’m loving these Batman drawings in Draw Something. If...
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a happy birthday round up
Submitted by Movita on 05.4.12 at 8:39am.
When you become terribly important and famous, like Ellen DeGeneres and myself, people do stuff for you on your birthday. Famous people want to be near you. They send you taped greetings from their movie sets, touching tribute emails, photos of themselves with you, and also, fancy prezzies. I kno...
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JASON CRIES
Submitted by The Newcomer on 05.4.12 at 7:50am.
So, apparently Jason has finally been persuaded to take acting classes, where they have taught him how to drop a real glistening tear at the mention of Sad Things. Or maybe the tears in the new Statham film “Safe” are just Hollywood smoke and mirrors.
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Friday Treats
Submitted by Rainy Saturday on 05.4.12 at 7:49am.
When I was small, our dad would sing a song every Friday morning at breakfast:
"Today is Friday and Friday is unique.
I've been waiting for Friday since the first of the week."
Over and over and over again ad nauseum. I think he probably still does it. Unfortunately he never quite took off l...
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purple, and on the mend
Submitted by Twenty-Two Pleasant on 05.3.12 at 9:13am.
It's Tuesday, but it feels like Monday. We all stayed home and had a very quiet day yesterday, as poor Thomas has a stomach bug and Phillip was fighting an ear infection. (It's always. something.) At several points during the day I thought I might be getting it, too, but so far, so good.
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Writer's Workshop: Inventions
Submitted by Rainy Saturday on 05.3.12 at 8:18am.
This week's Writer's Workshop prompt is to write about an invention you'd like to see created. Somebody get on these, please.
1. Something that allows babies to be born without having to actually be pushed out (or c-sectioned out, whatever the case may be). Osmosis? Teleportation? Straight-up ma...
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Like Me
Submitted by Ashley Eats blog on 05.2.12 at 8:21am.
Hey KIIIIIDS.
So the cool cool cool super fly people over at Trampoline Branding in Halifax have revved my engines (yes I have more than 1) in applying for an intern position. CV? Resume? Nahhh, just a solid amount of likes on a Facebook post. More-or-less a way to display your social media skil...
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May day.
Submitted by Halifax Broad on 05.2.12 at 6:51am.
The Little Bastard has been watching back to back episodes of Mayday, which can only mean one thing: We're going on an airplane.
It took 3 Lorazepams and a gin and tonic to get him on our flight to Peru last year, and that was just for me. The kid is a nervous flyer – who isn't? But he also loa...
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LIES, DAMN LIES
Submitted by The Newcomer on 04.30.12 at 7:57am.
We have all experienced that frisson of horror, when we see a book turned into a film and the characters are nothing like we imagined them. Indeed, such horrified reactions hit mainstream news only recently, when outraged racist viewers of The Hunger Games took to twitter to express their disgust...
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K&K Bargain Store... My New Favourite Place!
Submitted by Suzie The Foodie on 04.30.12 at 6:48am.
One of my favourite things to do in the foodie world is to go treasure hunting for pretty dishes and utensils at flea markets, garage sales and thrift stores. I really love unique items and sometimes I can get amazing deals.
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Thursday, 26 April, 2012
Submitted by My Nova Scotia Home blog on 04.27.12 at 8:14am.
Dartmouth has a new lotto winner! Someone local is holding a winning ticket for better than $15.7 million. How exciting. My congrats to the winner, whomever they turn out to be! The Hubby and I are in a couple lotto pools with our respective workplaces but I’m sure that if we had been the lu...
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NECTAR OF THE GODS
Submitted by The Newcomer on 04.26.12 at 8:09am.
This stuff is amazing. Since I discovered it I have been slurping it up by the gallon, limited only in my ability to purchase and wash fresh coriander.
But let’s begin at the beginning. It started, like so many things, in the aisles of the local superstore, looking for things to change the samen...
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Flying solo...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 04.25.12 at 7:26am.
At one point today... all three of my children will be in the air!
The Tall Blonde is headed on a "trip of a lifetime" to Shanghai while Bones and Spiderman are on their way home from a ten day trip to Florida... overnighting in Jersey before I'll see them tomorrow.
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How I Spent My Weekend!
Submitted by Beauty Obsessed on 04.23.12 at 8:18am.
Hey-o everyone! I feel like I was a bit of a slacker on the posts last week, still getting back into the groove I guess! I have some pretty things to show you this week though so never fear :D I’d hoped to get an Earth Day post up today but I was pretty busy all weekend. Let’s recap what I g...
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The Love Boat
Submitted by Blogger on 04.23.12 at 7:49am.
“Food preferences are so gendered” I explained to my friend and my daughter. I am high on sake. “Look around you here, you only ever see women in a sushi bar, or women obviously on a date. Now if you want to see men…” I knew my friend would like to see some men, but this being Halifax, never ever...
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Day 113 - 22nd April 2012 - Gloves, Tulips and Leaves
Submitted by Here and There blog on 04.22.12 at 8:12am.
Daylight is slow coming this morning, I can hear the rain on the kitchen window. The temperature is way up there at +12.8, guess that's what you call balmy! Today is definitely an indoor, work around the house kind of day. There are lots of things to do before I head back to work tomorrow and th...
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Transcending Procrastination
Submitted by Life By The Sea blog on 04.19.12 at 8:28am.
Internally committing to something is one thing. Publicly committing to something is entirely different for now there’s a heightened sense of accountability. Your actions are measured, tallied. Your inaction noticed for the void of activity it occupies. Your ideas, your dreams, your goals are now...
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The Versatile Blogger Award
Submitted by Susartandfood Blog on 04.19.12 at 7:56am.
Amy at Afternoon Popcorn Snack was so kind as to nominate me for the Versatile Blogger Award. Amy brings to the table (argh, just can’t help myself) lots of great recipes from the midwestern section of the U.S, Oklahoma specifically. Please check in with her and see what she’s got on the stove.
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What's your drink?
Submitted by Rainy Saturday on 04.19.12 at 7:31am.
I did a happy dance this morning when I found my Starbucks card for a free birthday drink in my mailbox. My birthday is a week and a half away (APRIL 29 SO PLEASE DON'T DELAY WITH THE PRESENTS) so I still have a few days to figure out what my free drink will be.
Here's the thing. I want to go al...
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Old Buildings, Birds and Blooms
Submitted by Here and There blog on 04.19.12 at 7:17am.
Another mild morning, temperature is +5.2. So I got up 45 minutes earlier than the rest of the house just to have my first cup of coffee in peace and a bit of quiet time. Yes I am truly a morning person, but I like a little bit of that on my own. I like getting up early, enjoying watching the sun...
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THE MUFFIN OF DOOM
Submitted by The Newcomer on 04.18.12 at 7:42am.
I stared at the chocolate chip muffin wrapped severely in plastic wrap, which I had just unearthed from the depth of my cavernous backpack. I knew it had been there only a couple of days. I had just picked up the kids from daycare, and as usual, they were as hungry as a pair of hyenas living unde...
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april 16
Submitted by Twenty-Two Pleasant on 04.17.12 at 9:14am.
Thanks for your sweet comments yesterday. I woke up this morning feeling decidedly like myself again. I hope that you're feeling like your favourite kind of self today.
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No relation.
Submitted by Halifax Broad on 04.17.12 at 7:23am.
Nothing like being elbow to elbow with my boy, eating ribs, and watching the game. I was so happy.
"Mom, what don't you sit over there?" The Little Bastard said, pointing his saucy finger at the chair across from him.
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My un-anniversary...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 04.16.12 at 7:29am.
It's always there... the divorce.
Much as I've moved on and like the person I've become... from time to time, I hit a snag.
Friends and family can usually see it coming... like Christmas... and New Years... and the dreaded Valentines Day. But once divorced, no one remembers the day you were mar...
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There's no place like Home.
Submitted by Halifax Broad on 04.16.12 at 6:43am.
Semi-personal trainer.
Sport psychologist.
Sport physiotherapist.
Math tutor.
Chemistry tutor.
Nutrition coach.
Orthodontist.
Goaltending coach.
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Those who can teach... do...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 04.12.12 at 7:06am.
Have I mentioned my amazing instructors? But not because I have outstanding marks (when I say outstanding I mean they aren't in yet... not that I'm "outstanding".) They truly are awesome... again, instructors... not marks!!
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No calls in 14 years
Submitted by Contrarian on 04.10.12 at 6:45am.
The management of Simeon’s Family Restaurant in Sydney attached a makeshift sign to the venerable but non-functioning Bell-Aliant pay phone in the restaurant’s vestibule.
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Lego Shell for Hermit Crab
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.10.12 at 6:34am.
Harry the Hermit Crab, who lives in Legoland, Windsor, UK, chose a shell of Lego bricks. Of course.
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Your Words Are My Words
Submitted by Field Notes From Cumberland County blog on 04.4.12 at 8:14am.
Among my responsibilities at this newspaper are the Classifieds. Every week, I compile the In Memoriam announcements and the Cards of Thanks, but it wasn’t until my father’s 70th birthday was days away that I truly appreciated this part of my work.
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A SKETCH OF A NAKED WOMAN!
Submitted by The Newcomer on 04.4.12 at 7:43am.
In 1997 or whenever it was, I was working at my first job, a translator, in an export-import company affiliated to the state-owned Iranian Railways. I had landed this job because my boss, the Director of Business Affairs, was the son-in-law of my mom’s old friend from teaching college.
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I took this...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 04.2.12 at 7:19am.
It's an.... ummmmm.... a thingamajig doo-hickey! (Click on it... it'll get bigger!)
Yesterday, we ran around the school taking pictures and I found myself in the Print Lab with some of my favourite classmates... taking pictures of stuff I can neither name nor use!
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The break up.
Submitted by Halifax Broad on 04.2.12 at 6:49am.
It's not you it's me.
We don't laugh the way we used to.
I think we should see other people.
Can we still be friends?
The break up was inevitable. Two people thrown together by circumstance, clinging together for survival through thick and thin. Although, had that been us on the Titanic – you...
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Updated Weather Maxims for the Age of Global Warming
Submitted by Crooked House on 04.2.12 at 6:36am.
Traditional Maxim: If March comes in like a lion, it'll go out like a lamb. If it comes in like a lamb, it'll go out like a lion.
Update: If March comes in like a lion, it'll suddenly turn into a lizard, then briefly into a Labrador retriever, then back again into a lizard before it goes back ou...
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A Pretty Egg and a Midweek Update
Submitted by Little Homestead in the Valley on 03.30.12 at 8:47am.
My lone easter egger hen finally laid an egg today. Hopefully the rest of the hens in the coop will get the hint.
It's been a busy week full of tax filing and curriculum writing. Limey's also got me back on to writing my novel. The last time I worked on it was over 2 years ago.
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Cute Blog Award! Thankyouverymuch :)
Submitted by Beauty Obsessed on 03.30.12 at 8:27am.
Lately I have been in a bit of a makeup funk, since my skin has been rashy, flaking and dry for about a week and everything just makes me feel self-conscious. Because of that, I just am not ‘feeling’ makeup and cosmetics lately, sadly. In the interim while I let my face heal, here’s a post to l...
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It's Nice Just To Be Nominated!
Submitted by Field Notes From Cumberland County blog on 03.30.12 at 8:25am.
I've written eight articles for Saltscapes magazine over the past few years (under my original name of Sara Jewell) and twice, the editor, Heather White, selected one of my articles to submit to the Atlantic Journalism Awards. This year, my Fall 2011 story about our experience with the ospreys wh...
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Laughter... the best medicine.
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 03.30.12 at 7:36am.
It's probably too early to be making fun of the cone around Zuke's neck... but it's been eight months since The Tall Blonde lost then regained her eyesight... so she's fair game!
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Curve ball...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 03.29.12 at 7:30am.
Being a single mom at school is nuts!
I've been in front of my computer since last Wednesday with multiple hours of homework still ahead that until yesterday... I'd planned out perfectly while still managing to feed my children and fit in every kid activity imaginable.
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The Case of The Missing Sock
Submitted by Ask Rosie Beaucoup blog on 03.28.12 at 8:57am.
2.0 is much perturbed because he is missing a sock - not just any sock - but a Mighty Fine Sock, hand knit just this past January with Lang Jawoll Solid navy sock yarn in the Thuja pattern.
2.0 loves his hand knitted socks and he is lamenting the loss.
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Kreativ Blogger Award
Submitted by Susartandfood Blog on 03.28.12 at 8:12am.
One of my readers was kind enough to shine a light in my direction and passed on the Kreativ Blogger Award to me. In turn, I am to pass it on as follows.
The rules for this award are:
* Thank the blogger who gave me the award and provide a link. My thanks go out to Carol Anne across the pond i...
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Meet Our Co-op Student
Submitted by Field Notes From Cumberland County blog on 03.27.12 at 8:21am.
We are fortunate to have a co-op student with us this spring, from Oxford Regional Education Centre. Emily Truesdale is in Grade 11 and already knows she wants to be a journalist. So her first job, right off the top, is to produce an article each week about what's going on at the high school.
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SHE MOANS AT PUBLIC EVENTS
Submitted by The Newcomer on 03.27.12 at 7:55am.
For professional reasons, I have attended a gazillion public events over the past years, and if all goes to plan, I will probably attend another boatload in the upcoming years.
So I have developed a neat classification of the type of people who attend these type of worthy and informative events,...
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sprung
Submitted by Days Go By blog on 03.26.12 at 8:09am.
Yesterday was scrumptious.
I can't really think of any other way to put it - summer temperatures in March??
The weather was talked about like juicy small-town gossip -
'Can you believe?' Shocked faces. 'No, I never...'
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CHANGING IDEALS OF MALE BEAUTY: BATMAN
Submitted by The Newcomer on 03.22.12 at 7:35am.
That beauty standards are socially constructed and change according to time and place is well-accepted, and nowhere are these changes in recent times for men more apparent than in Batman and Batman Beyond. Yes, I have been watching an unholy amount of both these cartoons.
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Things I'm Looking Forward To: Spring 2012 Edition
Submitted by Rainy Saturday on 03.21.12 at 7:47am.
Happy Spring! I woke up grinning like a simpleton today. I adore the first day of spring. Even though there's a pretty solid chance, as in 100%, that we haven't seen the last of the winter weather, just knowing that winter is officially over and there's an end to that foolishness in sight makes m...
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THE BLOGGER AT WORK
Submitted by The Newcomer on 03.20.12 at 7:48am.
False binaries. Are you familiar with the concept, Gentle Reader? Apparently we, not unlike computers, like to think in dual opposed concepts- black and white, good and bad, yes or no. False binaries trick and simplify our thought and actions.
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First Impressions
Submitted by Here in Halifax on 03.20.12 at 7:22am.
I’ve always prided myself on being a great judge of character.
In fact, my track record has only one stain in it, where someone has won me over and then in the end turned out to be a complete tool.
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rested up
Submitted by Twenty-Two Pleasant on 03.19.12 at 8:23am.
I'm back!
We've been in beautiful New Brunswick for the past week (March Break, yipee!) visiting family and friends, and generally having a fine time. This is a shelf at my dear, sweet, wonderful & lovely friend Jen's house; can you see why we get along?
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word filled wednesday: a writing prompt
Submitted by The Cheeky Goat on 03.7.12 at 8:22am.
Last night I wrote on the importance of using writing prompts to shake loose the cobwebs and fog. Before you go looking for it, you won’t find it on this blog. It’s over at my writing blog and you can find that post here. So, for all of that I have a goal. It’s not a big one, usually the goals th...
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2012 Chevy Equinox...
Submitted by Curtains Are Open blog on 02.28.12 at 7:18am.
Remember the 80's "Fancy Ass" jeans! High waisted pants requiring pliers and coat hangers to help you squeeze into them? Laces on the sides, zippers on the bottom, buttons up the legs, ribbons on the pockets... washed in acid, darkest dark or pin striped...
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Big Day Downtown
Submitted by Wth Bite on 10.31.11 at 8:19am.
My Big Day Downtown started off like any other: I got up, brushed my teeth and hopped on an amphibious vehicle that rolled through the streets of Halifax and then plunged into the harbour. Well, I guess that’s not really the ‘usual’ morning for me, so let me tell you how it really happened.
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The game’s afoot
Submitted by To Halifax and Gone on 10.7.09 at 6:30am.
Today was the first of the season in which I leave in the dark and return in the dark. The way back was darker than the way out, and my route a bit less well lit and along the east side of Victoria Park.
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