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    tv via dvd – 13 hours in one week

    .Mr. M and I just finished watching DAMAGES: Season 1 on DVD last night. It was a trek we started this summer in Pennsylvania, but were unable to finish until now. We’d look for the DVD set everytime we went…

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    the elements of clean

    [full screen PDF version] .Back in 2005, I ripped out “The Elements of Clean” from the pages of my Real Simple magazine… knowing that I had finally found the answer to the mystery of cleaning. With my ever-smaller apartments in…

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    an afternoon with Woody, Wall-E and Carl

    On Saturday afternoon, Mr. M and I trekked to Emeryville for yet another one of our silly adventures… this time we were off to hang around PIXAR Studios for the annual Cartoon Art Museum fundraiser. Getting inside the gates at…

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    voting on behalf of the ultimate fan

    My cousin Brad is Rickey Henderson’s biggest fan. No seriously, he is. Need proof… just check out his blog that is devoted to the “Man of Steal.” I used to think it was just a fluke when we were kids…