Monthly Archives: January 2015

Lord help me, I read the comments…

Posted on January 29, 2015 by A Dreamer

I know, I know – never read the comments on the internet.  Our local radio news station just posted an article on Facebook about someone who used to live here and is now wanted by the FBI on terrorism charges.  … Continue reading →

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Grace Hopper Documentary comes out today!

Posted on January 29, 2015 by A Dreamer

The Queen of Code. If you’ve never heard of Grace Hopper, she was a brilliant programmer and a Commodore in the US Navy.  This documentary is long overdue. I will never forget seeing an interview that 60 Minutes did with her in 1983 – I was … Continue reading →

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Finally did it – Patreon.com

Posted on January 28, 2015 by A Dreamer

You can check out my page at http://patreon.com/cafechatnoir Wish me luck!

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Hurrah for kind neighbors with snowblowers!

Posted on January 27, 2015 by A Dreamer

We only ended up getting a couple inches of snow – not too hard to shovel, but lets face it, shoveling snow absolutely sucks.  Now, I was up way too late last night, because I had to keep looking at the snow, … Continue reading →

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I am so glad I don’t live any farther north than I do.

Posted on January 26, 2015 by A Dreamer

Because it looks like y’all are about to get your butts handed to you by Mother Nature. Right now we’ve just got rain that should be changing over to snow shortly, probably topping out at about 3 inches.  Which is nothing … Continue reading →

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Please use the word “football”

Posted on January 25, 2015 by A Dreamer

I have SportsCenter on my daily TiVo schedule.  At other times, if there is nothing else on TV, I usually have ESPN on in the background. That being said – I AM REALLY TIRED OF LISTENING TO BRADY AND BELICHICK TALKING ABOUT … Continue reading →

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It’s been that kind of a day…

Posted on January 23, 2015 by A Dreamer

If I’d read my horoscope first thing this morning, I might have just gone back to bed.  The first line was: Instinctively you’re able to deal with any situation or crisis talks.  Honestly, I didn’t want to deal with any situations … Continue reading →

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Snow Day!

Posted on January 21, 2015 by A Dreamer
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Well, at least I’m getting *something* right…

Posted on January 21, 2015 by A Dreamer

So, today we went off to the vet for the AwesomeDog’s annual checkup.  I was already feeling a bit fail-tastic because it should have been November/December, but I blinked and it was January.  And then I found a tick on his … Continue reading →

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Washington Post: Majority of U.S. public school students are in poverty

Posted on January 17, 2015 by A Dreamer

From the Washington Post last night. For the first time in at least 50 years, a majority of U.S. public school students come from low-income families, according to a new analysis of 2013 federal data, a statistic that has profound … Continue reading →

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