Category Archives: Miscellany

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Blogging from the hospital

I got home last night from work and noticed that my left ear felt all hot and a little tender. By 10p last night, like the whole left side of my head, from the top of my ear all the way down to my collar bone, felt swollen and it hurt to move my neck. […]...
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SES NY: Day 4

First off, you’re probably wondering what happened to Days 1-3, right? Well, it’s been a busy week, so you’ll have to cope 🙂 On the upside, I have been taking copious quantities of pictures which I shall be uploading to Flickr (set name is SES NY 07) as time permits later today. Right now, I’ve […]...
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Leaving for SES NY

I’m (finally) all packed (I think… though I’m sure I’ve forgotten something because I always do) and I’ll be leaving the office for O’Hare at 12:45p today. Flight should land at LGA at quarter to sevenish, and I’m hoping I can get to the hotel and then to the SES NY Charity Party before nine. […]...
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Google is NOT a spell checker

My daughter’s “computer class” teacher instructed the children to type words into Google when they weren’t sure about the correct spelling, and if Google doesn’t come back with a “Did you mean…” and offer an alternate spelling, then obviously the word was spelled correctly. I discovered this while I was proof reading my daughter’s essay. […]...
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Emergency Valentine’s Day Card Help

I realize this is late notice, and if it’s already too late for you, file this away for future reference because it’s really a neat trick for people who really hate to give those incredibly smarmy “omg this is so obnoxiously sweet I feel as though I need an insulin shot just for reading it” […]...