Cool Chick: Nancy Drew

Posted by on Sep 19, 2008 in dish | 1 comment In our eyes, she is forever eighteen, resourceful, and smart. She is Nancy Drew, and she is the ultimate Cool Chick.Nancy had boatloads of freedom and resources while those of us sucked between her yellow covers (this was, after all, the 70s) ached for them. She had Ned, a hot boyfriend, but didn’t suffer by the phone praying for him to call. She had a kicky blue convertible. She had her...
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Reviewer Fun

Posted by on Sep 17, 2008 in dish | 0 comments Clever, clever spoofage going on at Amazon.com.uk. Check out the reviews for Bic Crystal pens sometime. Good Lord, that’s some funny stuff. Some excerpts:I Look Like an IdiotBy Janille ParryI thought I would add one of these to my order because it was so cheap. I received it and took it to work with me. Unfortunately, I was not prepared for the consequences of my actions. The pen itself is...
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Time for Some Campaignin’!

Posted by on Sep 5, 2008 in dish | 0 comments I love the folks at JibJab. They really can stick it to the man. In this case, they’re stickin’ it to two men, a couple of women, and a whole bunch of Washington types. Brilliant!Try JibJab Sendables® eCards today!
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10 Favorite Olympic Athletes of All Time

Posted by on Aug 19, 2008 in dish | 0 comments We’re home from school today (scary storm out there not raining on us right now, but oh well), so let’s catch up on some blog stuff. Bruce Jenner – Decathlons are for badasses.Jackie Joyner-Kersee – Heptathlons are for female badasses. And she won three Olympic medals (two golds, one silver) in it!Edwin Moses – Do you have any idea how hard it is to run the 400...
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Mmm…New Pencil Smell

Posted by on Aug 11, 2008 in dish | 1 comment Teachers go back to school today for pre-planning (which is kind of a redundancy, since “planning” implies something you do ahead of time, but I digress). The first week of school where teachers are back but students aren’t are kind of the back bar of teaching. It’s all the inner workings without all that messy teaching and grading going on. Just the adults, doing their...
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