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Month: September 2010

Starbucks and Art

Posted on September 29, 2010September 29, 2010 by Whitney

TheBoy was running late from work and wasn’t answering his phone. This wouldn’t normally be a problem, but right now- we share a car. Normally I’d have been tearing out my hair wondering how I was going to get my kids to school, but my mother-in-law hadn’t driven her SUV to work, and that has…

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I’d forget my head if it weren’t attached…

Posted on September 28, 2010 by Whitney

I used to be organized. Amidst the clutter of my desk, I always knew where everything was. I would remember everything- my phone, keys, etc. etc. After the Oldest was born, not much changed. After the Youngest Kidlet was born, everything changed- especially once he was diagnosed with allergies. Suddenly I had two sets of…

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Quick little post

Posted on September 28, 2010September 28, 2010 by Whitney

Just a quick post before we head out to start our day. I’m told it won’t be as hot as yesterday. Which would be welcome. It was horrible. The Guardian had this lovely story: This is a news website article about a scientific paper. As someone who reads about science news on the internet, this…

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Isn’t it ironic?

Posted on September 27, 2010 by Whitney

So, the man who owned the company that makes Segway died in a freak Segway accident. While it isn’t ironic, Alanis, it’s tragic. And sadly, it is a little funny. Just like discovering what feels like the missing piece to the puzzle that is a novel when I know I don’t have any free time…

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You’re kidding right?

Posted on September 25, 2010September 26, 2010 by Whitney

It can’t be Saturday already. It seems like it was just Monday, even though that was one of the longest weeks I’ve had in ages. The rundown- my oldest started the week with a cough, after a total of 7 days at preschool. It seems like it should be a record. He never spiked a…

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Midweek blahs.

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Whitney

Well, it was bound to happen. The oldest kidlet has started preschool, and he has a cold. He’s coughed his voice into oblivion- not because there’s a drip or anything, but because he starts trying to clear his throat, which irritates it and makes him cough more. So he clears his throat. Seriously, he seem…

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Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

Posted on September 21, 2010September 21, 2010 by Whitney

The latest effort to end Don’t Ask Don’t Tell stalled in Congress today. Conservatives and anti-gay groups will tell you that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is vital to the safety of our troops. Gay soldiers isn’t the biggest threat that our soldiers face- politicians are. They want you to believe that gay people are inherently…

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Guilty Confession time

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Whitney

My youngest son still uses a bottle. Yeah, he’s had teeth for awhile and yeah… I know we should have gotten him from it. But he’s out and out refused every cup we’ve tried with him. Every couple months we try. But today, he bit through the last nipple we’d had, so I’m forcing him….

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Fire, no sleep, and someone needs to get fired.

Posted on September 17, 2010September 17, 2010 by Whitney

Right now there’s a fire burning up in the hills between Whittier and Hacienda Heights (they’ve dubbed it the Colima Incident). It started yesterday afternoon and is apparently contained- of course, I had to wait until this morning to find that out. I wish that local news would keep up with these things around the…

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It’s Tuesday already?

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Whitney

You know, nothing makes me laugh more than comment spam. Seriously! Sometimes it’s the typos, sometimes it’s that it was obviously translated from Russian to some other language and then English. But mostly, it’s that my blog has plenty of posts that these comments might apply to- but not on the post it was submitted…

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Whitney Drake

I am a writer, artist, mother, and geek. I write about what catches my attention- whether it's fandom, politics, hockey, life as a Latina, or life with Crohns disease. Sometimes I write about marriage and kids, but that's not very often these days.


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