InnerTeub

Update on Rock Paper Scissors: When rock paper scissoring for who was going to run Moose down for his final emptying last night (or, as we like to call it, “Checking the Perimeter”) (What? I live with two Germans), we went five rounds of us each throwing rock before I was finally felled by him [...]

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Back when @MooseTheDog was a puppy, Mike and I would play Rock, Paper, Scissors to see who had to respond to the 4am puppy whine of death. You know the one. It’s cute. It’s pathetic. It’s the sound of your puppy about to pee on your carpet. It’ll get you out of bed quickly, except [...]

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I was born in Texas. When I was 5, we moved to Minnesota. My parents both claim they could not, at the time, think of a single reason anyone would ever want to move to Minnesota, but the job was a good one and they were over Texas (… I mean, I’m assuming. I was [...]

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I didn’t like my last post very much, so I’m going to distract you all “Look! A Squirrel!” like over to my friend* TJ’s blog, where she shows you quite possibly the funniest craigslist ad for a refridgerator I’ve ever seen. I need her to start drafting the daily emails I have to send that [...]

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The minute we stepped inside the door of our future house, I said “I want this one.” My realtor asked if I wanted to look upstairs first, and I shrugged and said “Ok, but I still want this one.” The downstairs of my house is one big room. The kitchen and living room and dining [...]

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I’ve been on pick up and drop off duty for my stepdaughter’s camp. 8am we leave, drive her there, I get back to my desk by about 9:15, then I leave again at 3, pick her up, and get back to work around 4:15. The days where she has a performance at lunch (performing arts [...]

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I just read an article about a man who took a picture of his day, every day, for 18 years. You can check it out here. I think this idea. I don’t know if I could keep it going, but it can’t hurt to try. I love looking through my flickr feed and remembering different [...]

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One of my favorite jobs I’ve ever had was working at Barnes and Noble. If you have to work retail, this is the retail you want: you talk to people about books. All day. Your coworkers all love to read. Break rooms are scattered with books for the taking. Working 8 hour shifts on your [...]

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