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Entries from August 17th, 2009

Welcome to the Working Week

August 17th, 2009 1 Comment

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I’ve got a fun temporary full-time gig helping to launch a corporate web site, so blogging, which I try to save for evenings, has gotten squeezed lately. (Nights I’m trying to finish the other freelance projects due this month.)
Financially, I feel like a space alien. It’s been nearly a decade [...]

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Frugal Fail: Generic Foods Haiku

August 6th, 2009 No Comments

generic grape nuts
lack a certain flavoring
they used dust, I think
generic cheese of
the cottage type lacks body
but brims with water
off-label fruit cups
glow eerily neon bright
is this papaya?

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Cash For … Nevermind

August 3rd, 2009 2 Comments

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When word that the cash for clunkers rebate program had started, I emailed my husband:
“What if we took the $4,500 rebate on the truck and sold the Passat?” We’d like to get a hybrid. This would take us down to one car, but with HourCar coming to our neighborhood, and [...]

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