Monthly Archives: July 2006

cranky monkey

July 30, 2006 – 8:08 pm

I just added some new swag to my Zazzle store: namely the Cranky Monkey tee shirt! Check it:

He’s my new mascot. I like him very much. Yay, Illustrator doodles!

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Blogged with Flock

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yoga? noga.

July 30, 2006 – 6:12 pm

I had this idea yesterday. The idea involved losing twenty pounds, gaining muscle definition and becoming slender and willowy, but the short term version was: ha! I will do my yoga DVD! So what if it’s post-natal yoga? I am post-natal!
My body was not pleased about the whole thing, but gamely played along. My hamstrings [...]

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BlogHer in spirit: saturday's workshops

July 29, 2006 – 11:45 am

BlogHer in Spirit for Saturday:
Workshop Topic #1: Identity and Obligation:

How do you decide what aspects of your identity you will reveal in your blog: culture, sexual orientation, political ideology, religion?
I decided when I started this blog that I wanted it to have a specific focus: parenting and random geekery. While I discuss anxiety issues and [...]

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BlogHer in spirit

July 29, 2006 – 11:13 am

Shannon at Phat Mommy had the world’s greatest idea: posting topics from the workshops at BlogHer so that those of us who couldn’t attend can take part virtually! She calls it BlogHer in Spirit. I love this. I have huge BlogHer envy, and this goes a long way to making me feel like one of [...]

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best buy relies on feedback. and eats babies.

July 28, 2006 – 11:40 am

Here’s the reply I got from Best Buy:
I apologize we did not meet your expectations with your order for the desk. Best Buy strives to make each experience you have with us positive and as fun as possible, and we are disappointed if we don’t live up to that expectation. Best Buy relies [...]

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causing trouble

July 28, 2006 – 11:25 am

Thanks to Not So’s suggestion, I sent the following message via the PBS feedback form:
Thumbs down to PBS’ decision to fire Melanie Martinez over some old satirical commercials. The spots were obviously spoofs and had nothing to do with Melanie’s role as a children’s show host. Preschoolers aren’t exactly scouring YouTube for videos. Given the [...]

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best buy loses a customer

July 27, 2006 – 3:42 pm

So we ordered a desk for the new office from Best Buy at the end of June. It’s an oversize item, so delivery was scheduled through the Best Buy home delivery service. We’ve dealt with them before (when we got the massive TV of doom in 2003) and I remembered the service as being prompt [...]

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