Archive for September, 2007

Gang of fairies captures baby, eats it tapas-style

Posted by stacy on September 25th, 2007 filed in Weird

Supposedly, this is a mosquito net for babies. You know, because Malaria is such a big problem here in Canada. But beyond the utter frivolity of the product, the photo is deeply disturbing.

If I were, say, an evil gnome or a sasquatch, this contraption would be ideal for deep-woods placement. [...]

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the list

Posted by stacy on September 20th, 2007 filed in Books

In (late) response to dan’s request,
10 Favorite Books, in no particular order other than I thought this arrangement looked pretty:
Watership Down – Richard Adams
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
The Silence of the Lambs – Richard Harris
Out of Africa – Isak Dinesen
The Hobbit – JRR Tolkien
The Saga of Eric the Viking – Terry Jones
Eleanor [...]

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slightly tart, but still good

Posted by stacy on September 9th, 2007 filed in Life, Work, Writing

Baked a pie today, 95% successfully. Lemon Meringue.
Have been revising a story, taking it from short to short-short. Mostly reworking dialogue so that the people aren’t witty all the time. Tragic, I know. Hopefully I’ll have this version done by the end of the week, a plan made a [...]

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thus far…

Posted by stacy on September 8th, 2007 filed in Life

Went out to the bar last night and drank substantially before retiring to the great Chalet of Swiss.
After partaking in a late breakfast this morning, I wandered downtown to pick up Dan’s birthday present - a gift certificate to Henry’s. Of course, I came back home and presented said gift certificate, [...]

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Rollin’ non Limp-Biscuit style

Posted by stacy on September 6th, 2007 filed in Uncategorized

The writing-centric update since last entry:
One rejection
One resubmission
One new submission

The life-centric update since last entry:

Mini golfing, sushi eating, driving, shower attending, working, MASHing, cooking, wii-ing and other general non-writing-based being.
The pie-centric update since last entry:
Still delicious.

So, all in all, it feels like I’ve gotten back on the horse. It’s not really a horse though, [...]

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