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November 2009 Blog Posts (10)

The WTO post

I have a link to this in the Politics section, but just to be consistent:

photo by Eric Draper

"What the Oh?!"

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Added by Floor Pie on November 30, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

kid interview: Carolina Rollergirls match Nov.21st

What did you like about them?--I saw the black ones and the pink ones.

What did they have on their helmet?--stars

(the jammer has a star on her helmet)

How did they go fast/ what are those things on their feet?

I don't know.

Clearly this match had more impact on me than my kiddo. It was awesome to see a women's sport I could actually get into. Soccer and Basketball never did it for… Continue

Added by ferret on November 23, 2009 at 7:33am — 3 Comments

Keeping Thanksgiving Around

Poor Thanksgiving, always getting lost in the shuffle of holidays. You can jazz it up with Tofurky or turducken or a 30-quart fryer for your turkey . . . but brother, it ain’t Christmas. Even in my own family, where I’ve tried to maintain a purist November = Thanksgiving… Continue

Added by TykeGeist on November 19, 2009 at 11:18am — 11 Comments

Re-posted my Twilight piece on Open Salon

I'm sure some of you have seen this one on my blog, but I re-posted it on Open Salon in honor of New Moon opening this weekend. Hopefully there's a little something here for Twilight lovers and haters alike. Just watch out for the spoilers:

Confessions of a Feminist Twilight Fan

(please forgive the lame new… Continue

Added by Floor Pie on November 17, 2009 at 10:44pm — No Comments

Re-posted my Twilight piece on Open Salon

Added by Floor Pie on November 17, 2009 at 10:30pm — No Comments

How Exciting!

I'm going to be a published writer of patterns!... In Japan! One of my college friends met a married a guy whilst studying abroad in Japan. She has her own business (hand woven yarns) and has started a knitting magazine there.

Sailor and I opened up an etsy shop two months ago. It was started to give Sailor a reason to sit down and sew up some cool clothing ideas he's been tossing around. However I've been on a knitting and crocheting kick since… Continue

Added by MamatothaMax on November 15, 2009 at 6:43pm — 9 Comments

Shambling After Kerouac

In which I blog about the grad school angst of yesteryear and re-read On the Road. Enjoy...

Shambling After Kerouac

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Added by Floor Pie on November 14, 2009 at 1:24am — 2 Comments

Flu Shot Clinics Are This Year’s “Baby Loves Disco”

It was a dark and stormy afternoon, and the kids and I were haunting aisle after spooky aisle of Halloween displays at our local kick-ass holiday store. All manner of ghosts and ghouls adorned every corner, not to mention crowds of college students shopping for their last-minute sexy witch costumes. But the… Continue

Added by TykeGeist on November 9, 2009 at 12:00am — 12 Comments

A Computer Generated Christmas

I guess I just have to accept it, Christmas now starts on November 1st. Not only were stores immediately adorned in tinsel with carols playing over their loudspeakers the day after Halloween, but it’s not even a week into November and the holiday movie season has also begun.

This weekend brings us Disney’s A Christmas Carol. I think it’s worth noting that even though Dickens wrote this over 150 years ago, Disney has decided that it will now own this story, along with Snow… Continue

Added by Reeling on November 6, 2009 at 10:31am — 12 Comments

Mr. Clean

It was a typical Sunday morning for AJ and I. We sat on the couch, him with residual maple syrup smeared on his face, me downing my fourth or fifth cup of coffee. The NFL was on the big screen, the laptop was open to my various fantasy teams. We were screaming at the TV, as is our wont, basking in the pure spectacle of glorious gladiatorial mayhem.

Also, we were still in our underwear.