UltraNurdage

Year: 2013

  • Alanna: The First Adventure

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    Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce My rating: 3 of 5 stars What surprised me most about this book, selected for a YA book club, is that I had never heard of it, any of the other Tortall books, or the author, Tamora Pierce, before. This is strange to me because this sort of…

  • Easily Entertained

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    Ooo, shiny.

  • Netflix Ratings Import/Export

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    Andrle and I each used to have our own Netflix accounts. For a time, after we got married, we kept both; mine was used for disc rentals, and hers for streaming. Eventually we realized we were mostly just streaming, so we canceled my account and went to a single shared account. Sadly, this meant I…

  • Pancake

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    I wonder if counting the rings tells you its age? Either way, it won’t live long.

  • Feeding my Kobold

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    Having some delicious leftover Cajun BBQ baby wings. All Hail King Torg!

  • Wave Cloud

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    A sculpture by George Sherwood on the Christian Science Plaza. Part of the Convergence exhibit.

  • Baby Not Included

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    Yesterday I tried on the new baby carrier. The manual is of course full of warnings about how improper use will make your baby fall and die.

  • Cassini

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    It may be hard to make out, but just above that tree and about 1.446 billion kilometers away the Cassini spacecraft is taking a picture of me taking a picture of it, as part of a project to produce a new Pale Blue Dot image.

  • Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner

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    Andrle has been hitting it out of the park with tasty skillet recipes this week.

  • Meat Spies

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    My god, the NSA is in our turkey! America’s bird! Is nothing sacred??