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gnurpleBlog 2.0
Friday the 13th of October, 2006
using the nifty WordPress blogmaker

I managed to import all my old blogs thanks to a mostly successful yoinker tool (do you suppose “Yank my Blog” T-Shirts would sell? Me neither). Certain formatting didn’t survive the migration so I am going back, reviewing all the old posts, […]

From the photoblog department:
I try to go to the cottage for at least a day, if not the whole weekend, on Thanksgiving. I figure if I have anything to be thankful for, it’s this special place where I can go to enjoy a life as removed from the city as I can get it.
This […]

From the departments-are-like-points-on-whose-line department:
This was such a silly conversation that I had with Wartbag Smith (not his real name) that I had to share it with AZROLB. Names are changed to protect the innocent:

(20:20:38) NorMMonkeY: I had a cool idea today at lunch
(20:20:43) WartBag: do tell..
(20:20:56) NorMMonkeY: I went to Wendy’s and I brought […]

Holy crap! Three posts in one day! I guess this means I won’t post again for what… three months?
From the hella-heli-fun department:
A few weeks ago, I gave a cow orker a ride to the local hobby shop where he bought himself a remote-controlled helicopter. The crucial, defining moment was when he brought […]

From the inane-ramblings department:
Lunch has become my favourite meal of the day.
I’ve always enjoyed reading and eating at the same time. Ever since I was a kid who got yelled at a lot for reading at the table.
There’s something complementary about the two activities. Maybe eating by itself has […]

From the social-studies department:
Have you ever noticed what happens after you go see a movie at the theatre with a group of friends? I’m talking about the post-movie discussion. For it oft seems, at least with the people I accompany, that the conversation’s usually critical.
“Everyone’s a critic” goes the old expression. I […]