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the weather outside is frightful

the weather outside is frightful

To the person who cut me off this morning: I know you probably passed your driver’s test, but I just wanted to remind you that when the roads are slick and icy, it’s probably not a good idea to just pull out IN FRONT OF SOMEONE… especially when there is NO ONE BEHIND THEM and you could have waited just a few more seconds. The reason why I honked at you was because I was terrified to hit my breaks…

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silly ashley

silly ashley

So I deleted my ashleydesign blog. Actually, I deleted the twentysixcats blog accidentally instead. Oops! Fortunately, I still had the files so I just uploaded them again, and the database wasn’t touched. Phew. I gave myself a little scare there for a moment. I also updated my “About Me” page. It is now 100 things about me. It’s rather stream-of-consciousness and hopefully not too boring. :-) I enjoyed writing it. I will probably take the less interesting ones and update…

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other things to note

other things to note

Originally published on January 18th, 2007 at Onward & Upward A few snippets from blog readings today… Shannon at “Rocks in My Dryer” needs your help! She is trying to collect 675 comments on her blog of people letting her know where they live. Shannon and her boys will then mark the locations on a map. (This is their pass-the-time-while-icebound game. :-)) As of now, she has over 400 comments so head over there and add your input! (Besides, it’s…

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I Have A Dream…

I Have A Dream…

Today, as most of you know, is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Here in Atlanta, it’s a big deal (although both Paul and I are working today *sigh*). I don’t have many thoughts on the subject right now, but I did find this very interesting. Do you think that we will ever successfully erase diversity barriers?

more about commenting

more about commenting

You may notice a new feature in my commenting form that requires you to add two numbers. I’m hoping this will help in the spam. I turned off Akismet (my spam filter) again, and this morning had a million spam comments waiting for moderation. Hmm… Anyone have ideas as to how they are able to bypass this? I turned Akismet back on. Please email me if you leave a comment and it doesn’t appear. Paul and I spent the weekend…

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