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Here’s a little something H.E. shared with me: five of our presidents used to be cheerleaders—FDR, Eisenhower, Reagan, and both Bushes. Hm. Maybe now cheerleaders will gain a little respect. But I doubt it. I’ve seen a few authors or bloggers tell very bitter tales about how the cheerleaders in their high schools used to treat them, and then they’d joke about how stupid those girls were and how low they’ve fallen since graduation. It sounds like every stereotypical cheerleader…

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We watched the first two episodes in the “John Adams” miniseries on HBO last night, and we watched the “Making Of John Adams” earlier today. I’ve always been relatively indifferent to history—relative, at least, to H.E.’s deep love for the subject, as I do love certain time periods as settings when reading certain novels or watching certain series shows or feature films—but this production of John Adams is simply amazing. Just amazing. It’s produced by Tom Hanks, who was also…

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[Rant] Delivery services are a pain in the butt. I’ve ordered everything from hardware, software, books, and CDs to equipment, yarn, clothes, and chocolate … and yet my percentage for delivery problems tends to be very high. When I lived on a second floor condo, a DHL delivery guy hurled—HURLED!—a stock photo CD I’d ordered up the flight of stairs directly outside my door. It banged against my door, and the CD case within the lightly padded package cracked, which…

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As I worked on a couple of print covers and some huge files today, I found myself thinking about where I was four or five years ago. I was on a computer with a 10GB hard drive and heaven knows how much RAM—I’m guessing 128MB, upgraded to 512MB. I could work on only one cover at a time, lest I run out of room before I could burn my work files to CD with an external CD burner that ran…

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I sometimes think I’m not really a woman. Not only am I not into shopping or cosmetics, but I simply don’t care whether or not a man leaves the toilet seat up or down. I know women are supposed to hate when a man leaves the seat up and are always complaining about it, but it just doesn’t bother me at all. I mean, H.E. has to lift the seat up every time he goes, so why shouldn’t I have…

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