Anyone know what this is?* We keep spotting this guy (maybe more than one of them) in the back yard. When it moves it looks like a snake, but it has legs. In other backyard news, the vegetables have grown quite a bit since they were planted a month ago… The biggest tomato plant (back […]
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I’m not much of a gardener, but last summer I discovered that growing vegetables is a lot of fun. (And yummy!) This week Geoff’s mom helped me pick out and plant veggies for a second round. This year’s garden includes three types of tomatoes: one plant each of Juliet grape and “brown berry” tomatoes, plus […]
Recently someone found my blog via a Google search for “chihuahua Italian greyhound mix dogs.” I thought that was strange because up until now, I’ve assumed that Rosy was the result of a forbidden rendezvous between an unlikely pair of star-crossed lovers who hopped over a fence—or climbed under one, as the case may be. […]
Last spring Geoff and I had the pleasure of sharing our yard with a couple of uninvited guests. They were a pair of mallards who enjoyed paddling around our pool (which meant lots of duck poop to clean up) and who made a nest in the ivy, very close to the edge of the retaining […]
I love looking at Google Analytics to see what search terms people type in to land on my site. The keywords are usually pretty obvious (“emily morganti blog” for example), or have something to do with dollhouses (“tomy dollhouse” and “christmas roombox” crop up a lot). Back when I was complaining about my crappy experience […]
Before getting Rosy, I wondered how much it cost to get a dog. Well, now I know. In our first month of dog ownership, we have spent $850.23. Wow, you must be thinking. You must really be spoiling your dog. Actually, not so much. Of course a lot of this expense is made up of […]
Am I going to turn into one of those people who shows off pictures of her dog at every opportunity? Yes, it would appear that I am. It’s rained almost constantly since we brought Rosy home, but yesterday during a few rare hours of sunlight, we brought her outside for a warm nap. This dog […]
I just noticed this in Gmail and thought it was funny… And that’s not the only one! If you hit refresh, the recipes keep coming. Spam primavera is particularly intriguing. Three cheers for targeted advertising. Or maybe not.
Haven’t felt much like blogging lately. I blame it on having a furry friend to play with. Here are a few new pictures. I figured out how to make the demon eyes go away in Photoshop, thanks to this tutorial…
I’ve wanted a dog for a really, really long time. And now that I work from home, I’m able to have one. Ignore her funky left eye. Apparently Photoshop’s red eye reduction doesn’t work on dogs. Her name is Rosy, and we think she’s a Chihuahua / Italian Greyhound mix. She’s about a year old, […]
My friend Heather Logas is a game designer. We worked together at Telltale. Like me, she’s now her own boss… and also like me, she has big, creative dreams. In my case, that creativity is generally channeled into fiction. In Heather’s case, it comes through in games, and they happen to be the types of […]
This morning I was flipping through old notebooks as part of a writing exercise, and came across this snippet of dialogue: -Where has she moved to? -Guatemala. -Oh, what a pity. I mean, good for her, but I’ll miss seeing her around. But I’m not sure that’s safe? -Oh, I think where she is is […]
For several months, I was focused on revising my novel. Then I participated in NaNoWriMo, which was exhilarating and empowering and exhausting. I let myself take a little break from creative writing in December, with the goal of revisiting my NaNoWriMo novel in the new year. But now that January is here, I’m not sure […]
First he was an uneducated mother. Now he’s a California driver, apparently named Harold. Why is this guy following me around the internet? WHY?!! (At least he’s an organ donor.)
Maybe I picked the wrong time to get into this business. Freelance Writing’s Unfortunate New Model was printed in the LA Times yesterday, taking a look at the current state of freelance writing. It talks about how well-paying journalism jobs are scarce and all people want to pay for these days are short, SEO-friendly articles […]
This is a house around the corner from ours. These people take Christmas lights to a crazy extreme. The past few weeks, whenever I’m driving home in the dark, I’m so dazzled by these lights I almost miss the turn. A crazy and very festive show of holiday spirit. Here it is from a few […]
Yahoo keeps showing me this ad when I check my email. I don’t get it. What does the creepy hair guy have to do with moms going back to school? (I realize I’ve already put more thought into this than it deserves…)
Logitech’s S-120 speakers. Don’t buy them. They’ll only break your heart. In September, with my trusty Dell (circa 2002) on its last legs, Geoff built me a new computer. We bought all of the components from NewEgg, including a pair of Logitech S-120 speakers that cost $14.99. I use my PC for gaming, but my […]
Back in November I picked the rest of my tomatoes and attempted to pickle them. Turns out I kind of screwed it up. For anyone who decides to try pickling at home, don’t mess around with the ingredients. As I learned from some nice people at the GardenWeb forums, when you’re pickling, as a rule […]
Hey, thank you to whoever Stumbled my website a few days ago. On Saturday my Google Analytics stats went up about a zillion percent. (Many of those visitors quickly departed, but whatever. They were here for a fleeting moment, or two…)
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