news from the onion

news from the onion

I thought I would pass on a few links from a reliable news source, The Onion. Because of my career field, this one struck me as being especially important: Extra-Slanty Italics Introduced For Extremely Important Words Paul appreciated this one. He wrote on his website, “[It] really highlights the absurdity that sometimes occurs when 24/7 News agencies (such as CNN) are reporting a breaking news story especially when the story is still quite fluid.” Breaking News: Something Happening In Haiti…

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another show cancelled

another show cancelled

Although this time I’m not upset. The CW announced today that Gilmore Girls has officially been cancelled, after a successful 7-season run. While this is my favorite show, I am not all that sad at the news, though I will miss it! My only hope is that they tie up all the loose ends in the last two episodes. The creators always said that they intended to end the series after Rory’s graduation from Yale, so I was a little…

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aliens on earth

aliens on earth

*Note: I am going to be reprinting some of my favorite posts from Onward & Upward blog, mostly because I want to be able to back them up in one place for future safekeeping. So I hope you enjoy the rereads. :-) Originally published on July 20th, 2006 at Onward & Upward. “…And they admitted that they were aliens and strangers on earth. People who say such things show that they are looking for a country of their own. If…

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well that was fun

well that was fun

I am exhausted, y’all. But happy. We both had a really, really good time. We got to the campground around 7pm on Saturday night – about an hour and a half later than we should have thanks to construction on I-75 and a wrong turn (lesson learned: Google maps sometimes gives you the wrong directions). Jera did extremely well in the car – she slept the entire time and we kept forgetting she was even there! I hope this means…

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we're going camping now, we're on our way!

we're going camping now, we're on our way!

* Title courtesy of Psalty’s Kids Praise! 5… A little piece of my childhood :-) So, the car is packed… the checklisted is all checked… and I have a few minutes to spare until I need to leave. I’m going to pick Paul up from work and then we’re going to head to Rising Fawn, Georgia to go camping! I’m really excited. This is our first camping trip together. I grew up camping when I was a girl, so I’m…

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