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What the hell hap­pened to BeaLog? Where did Bea go? I went to her site and the blog is gone! The whole site is gone! All that’s there is a park­ing page at Go Daddy!

beat​riz​dominguez​.com — This page is parked FREE»

I took an unplanned nap ear­lier with Strawberry Blonde. We love nap­ping together. However, now I’m awake (of sorts) and full of undi­rected energy. I had in mind sev­eral blog posts and arti­cles I wanted to write, but in the process … »

Friday I made a bold move pro­fes­sion­ally. I can’t dis­cuss it–no, it doesn’t involve me chang­ing careers or even jobs. I can’t dis­cuss the details. Just wish me luck, ok?… »

This relates directly to my blog­ging lack­tiv­ity the last few weeks.

It’s become more and more obvi­ous to me of late the trade­off one makes when blog­ging under one’s own name. Perhaps I shouldn’t be so gen­eral and write instead in the … »

5ive Minute Stories

FICTION: Topic: Crying

There was the tini­est of plops from the tear break­ing the dark, cold sur­face of the cof­fee, which had until then been occu­py­ing itself merely with stain­ing the inte­rior of the paper cup. A … »

Unconscious Mutterings Week 13

  1. Nanny:: “…nanny, nanny you’re on my mind / folks are gone and the place’ll be mine / nanny, nanny wanna be with you-ooh / and this is what we’re gonna do…”
  2. Weight:: Watcher
  3. Deep:: Feeling
  4. Sock:: Rock ‘Em Sock
  5. »

Saturday-8: “Your Best Friend.”

Do you have a one spe­cific best friend?
No. I am extremely lucky to have two, Anna and Chris.

Is your best friend of the same gen­der you are?
One is (a true rarety for me) and … »

The water main broke, but they’re work­ing to fix it as soon as pos­si­ble,” a dap­per young man informed me after flag­ging down my car as it pulled into my apart­ment com­plex this evening. “The water pres­sure is gone. If … »

Wednesday What-Ifs for 12 March 2003

1. What if you could have one super-human power — what would it be?

2. What if you had the abil­ity to change one thing about the past — what would it be?

3. What if you could … »

This-or-That Tuesday: Potpourri

1. Married or sin­gle? I’ll take either. The sin­gle ones are bet­ter for long-term rela­tion­ships and going out and doing things, but with the mar­ried ones you get the extra excite­ment of occas­sion­ally grab­bing your clothes and leap­ing … »

Looking for a meme for Monday? How about Thursday? There are plenty of Tuesdays. Did you know there are also sev­eral for Friday?

There’s a meme for every­day of the week–more than one, actu­ally. I had the tough­est time finding them!

So, … »

melanie’s mon­day memories

Do you have a mem­ory of injur­ing your­self and hav­ing to go to hos­pi­tal and/or have stitches? Have you ever bro­ken any bones? Were you accident-prone as a child? Share your mem­o­ries of injury and recuperation.

When I … »

Unconscious Mutterings Week V

I say .….….…… and you think .….….…… ?

  1. Guilt :: Trip
  2. Pearl :: Necklace
  3. First :: Kiss
  4. Work :: Related
  5. Record :: Breaker
  6. Drunk :: ‘en Idiot
  7. Sexy :: Lips
  8. DMV :: Blows
  9. Stapler:: Fight
  10. Toy:: Lego

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