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Archive for August 2004

a little different, a little better, sort of

Posted on 8/24/2004

I went back to work today, briefly, then went home with a cold (!) when C went to get his dad to help with some work on the kitchen. I’ll admit, I helped a little, inbetween sniffles. I learned some stuff, too, and dad was certainly a civilizing influence on the process.
it was […]

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everyone dies frustrated and sad and that is beautiful

Posted on 8/23/2004

I’m in a little different space than when I wrote a couple of days ago, I’m not sure if it’s better, but it’s different, anyway.
divorce is on hold for the time being…maybe if we can get the kitchen a lot further along this week, then it may go on hold indefinitely. I think that’s […]

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big d

Posted on 8/20/2004

I didn’t want to be writing this…I still don’t want to be writing this, and I may not publish it.
I feel numb and sick…today we had the fight (short but loud) that really ended it. we drove out to the family court in stony silence and picked up paperwork. I’m at the library […]

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by way of an announcement

Posted on 8/17/2004

How to get out of the audience and onto the stage
I’m going to be presenting a “showcase” at HighEdWebDev 2004 about our recent assessment project. (By then, our sexy new site design and info architecture will be in place!) I’m nervous, but in a good way. my main goal is to be […]

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it’s like pulling teeth…

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but I’m finally getting some things done. today a guy came out and relocated the gas pipe in our kitchen so it’s inside the wall, instead of sticking out in the room where it’s a perennial pain in the ass. talked to a contractor today, too, about putting an interior window in the […]

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wordpress: rocking my world.

Posted on 8/16/2004

I got struck a couple of days back with a comment spam attack…nothing got thru the moderation queue, and it was a few moments work to delete everything from the admin center.
I will say, though, that the attacker did include some clever comments: lots of quotes from Dune-related material, Dr. Who, Rocky Horror, etc. […]

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.