http://laurenisms.com Wed, 13 Aug 2008 04:05:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I do intend to put these back on my list at the library and finish them someday. The stuff of thought : language as a window into human nature / by Pinker, Steven, 1954- Interesting, but for some reason I cannot pay attention for more than a couple of pages at a ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/285 I’ve been partially succeeding in my efforts to become frugal (since we will soon have only one steady income due to G being laid off) but the past few days have pretty much been a failure. Saturday night we met up with Buck and Shan at Txori, my new favorite ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/08/284 I probably should spell it “re-embootened” but I love spelling & grammar pedantry so much. I finally went in to the doctor on Thursday for the fantastic sprawling injury of 4 weeks ago, and all I had to say was, “I was running for the bus in THOSE shoes [pointing ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/07/283 I have been busy trying to get going with farm blog, and even more so, of course, with chores and work, and so neglecting this blog (again). But I have just started a new knitting project so I will be keeping notes on it here! I have long meant to ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/06/282 I got dropped off at the market today, fortuitously! Co-workers were going downtown to see Iron Man (I was jealous but too busy to attend) and they pointed out at 5:45 that if they drove me to the ferry, they wouldn’t have to pay for the 15 minutes of parking they ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/05/281 Updates to the farm blog about last weekend’s weather, chickens, ducks, seedlings, etc. Click on over there to read; too long to reproduce here. Updates to this blog, just so stupid shoe angst isn’t at the top of the page anymore. I work from home on Thursdays, which I probably don’t ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/04/280 Last night we had eventual-local-celebrity friends C. & T. over for dinner. They are vegetarian, and she is pregnant, so I appreciated the challenge of making something that did not include wine, sausage, bacon, bacon fat, or the frozen cubes of condensed beef/turkey/chicken stock that we make when we get ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/03/279 Cross-posted from our temporary farm blog. (Not everything will be cross-posted; farm blog RSS is here. Eventually will move to a real domain, but we’ll let you know.) ______ Just yesterday, we were telling Garth’s mom what a relief it was that the chickens are old enough to require less work now. We ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/03/278 Today is the first day in a long time that I have been able to wake up, look around, and decide what I feel like doing. I have plenty of projects and chores and things that need to be done, of course, but I don’t have somewhere to be, and ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/03/277 Today the chickens graduated from their 17-gallon galvanized washtub into the bottom half of a large dog crate. Now they have much more room in which to stand around all huddled together. They have been very busy growing new body parts, including combs on their heads, and shoulder feathers, and ... http://laurenisms.com/2008/03/276