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Entries from January 2004

Birthing and beyond

January 9th, 2004 · Comments Off on Birthing and beyond

Wow, it seems I’ve been reading a lot about babies in blogs this week…whether it’s been a celebrity on CNN news or a local blogger who’s going to be an uncle or another blogger writing about how his life changed – and techno-lust died – through his children’s births. Via makeoutcity earlier this week, I […]

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Tags: family

Safe to eat salmon?

January 9th, 2004 · Comments Off on Safe to eat salmon?

As a Northwest native and salmon fanatic I appreciated Enoch’s post yesterday Salmon is not definitely harmful . While doing chores, I had heard about the Science piece on the radio yesterday and I felt concerned. Although I have not studied a lot about salmon, I became aware of some of the salmon controversy about […]

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snow criminals at school

January 9th, 2004 · Comments Off on snow criminals at school

Today’s Seattle Times has an article on snow criminalization including how schools penalize students for snowball fights: In Snoqualmie Valley School District, where school grounds still had 4 inches of snow yesterday, there is a specific rule against the “picking up and making of a snowball,” said Superintendent Richard McCullough. In the discipline code, it […]

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Grateful for garbagemen…

January 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Grateful for garbagemen…

The slush, gray skies and a bit of cabin fever this week made me myopic. Getting out today, feeling fresh air and buying fresh food, reading a fresh newspaper, all helped me realize many reasons I have to be grateful, even in the midst of this storm. 1) We didn’t lose our power (yet). Bainbridge […]

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Visitors!

January 8th, 2004 · Comments Off on Visitors!

Trying to hear more snow updates the other morning, I turned on the radio and ended up listening to a Weekday on KUOW (9 am hour) program all about Rats! Hearing about all these rodents in urban areas, climbing up pipes in search of garbage disposal tidbits and other adventures… and after my own experiences […]

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