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Entries from February 2008

The dreaded fat loss plateau.

February 28th, 2008 · 10 Comments

(Warning: long post ahead.)
Aaargh!
This has never happened to me before. The dreaded fat loss plateau. I’ve been stuck at the same weight for two weeks.
I know: at least I’m not gaining weight, right? Yes, for that I am grateful. And yes, possibly there is some body-composition changing going [...]

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Tags: Fitness · Food

Michael Nesmith – Rio

February 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Because it’s something to do with the night.

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Tags: Music

Talent is stronger than ever? Compared to what???

February 19th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Watching Idol right now. Possibly the worst performance, pitch-wise, I have ever heard. Anywhere. Garrett Haley.
That sucked.
About half of them have. I’d send at least five home right now.
Luke Menard sucked too.? MAJOR pitch issues. And people, don’t “Boo” when the judges say it was off pitch. It is [...]

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Tags: Fun · Music

Hairspray

February 18th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We watched the movie of the musical of Hairspray last night.? I loved it.? Of course, I really love the original movie.? I haven’t seen the musical on stage, so it was nice to see and hear how they put it to music.? I thought they captured the spirit of the original movie very well.
I [...]

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Tags: Uncategorized

The Church Year: What it is not.

February 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Andy Jones reported on this article on another blog which is very critical of observance of the Church Year (Christian Year, Liturgical Year)–you can tell he’s going to be critical from the second sentence, as the author feels the need to put Ash Wednesday in scare quotes. The author’s chief point is a familiar [...]

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Tags: Bible · Church · Holy Days · Liturgy · Theology

Information you may need to know one day.

February 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment

If you’re making matzo balls for chicken soup, and you’re using chicken stock in them instead of water, reduce the amount of salt from 1 teaspoon to 3/4 teaspoon and they will be just perfect.? Harry gobbled them up just now at lunch, and the very ill-in-bed wife (for whom I made the chicken soup, [...]

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Tags: Family · Food · Fun

123 meme

February 1st, 2008 · No Comments

the SmockLady tagged me with this meme.
The rules of this game:

Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
(No cheating!) Find Page 123.
Find the first 5 sentences.
Post the next 3 sentences.
Tag 5 people

Here?s the quote:
Susannah Stone’s first encounter with a zealous sanitary inspector occurred when production moved out of the family bath and [...]

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Tags: Books · Fun