Margaret A.

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Goat Thing of the Day: The Class Dweeb

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 25, 2009, 1:45 pm
Alert readers Lorie (The Shewbridges of Celebration, FL) and Ilsa pointed me to a goat picture from Cute Overload. I will quote the accompanying dialogue as I find it pairs well with the picture,...
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Indian Outlaw Spotted in Indian Casino...Or Was He?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 23, 2009, 12:21 pm
So there we were, at the casino, mesmerized by one-armed bandits, losing next week's groceries, when the nearby country music band's lead singer says, "Tim McGraw! Come on up here!" I'...
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Goat Thing of the Day: A 1927 Cutie in Los Angeles

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 21, 2009, 1:08 pm
There I was, at Iron Steaks bar, just off Broadway in Sacramento. It was a gathering of writer types. When from out of the sea of people my new friend Russell who has a website called SugarLump or The...
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How Do You Pronounce the Year "2010"?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 6:36 pm
Debate about how to pronounce the upcoming years is heating up. I mean, we've been chugging along since the new millenium with "Two Thousand, Two Thousand One, etc." and all of a sudden some peopl...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Baby Goats Hop on Bus

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 18, 2009, 12:22 pm
Last week, two baby goats hopped on a bus in Vancouver, Washington. They broke out of their pen and followed two woman to the bus stop. And tried to board a bus with the two women. And knowing how fru...
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Have You Ever Faked It?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 16, 2009, 10:11 am
Today I am celebrating my 503rd post. Why? Because everyone else celebrates on multiples of a hundred and I'm a rebel, man. Also? What if you announce and make a big deal out of the fact tha...
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Goat Thing of the Day: It's a Sign

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 14, 2009, 1:36 pm
I don't know if any of you remember when I showed you the Billy Goat Tavern when I was in Chicago this last summer. The Cheezeborger Cheezeborger! place. I understand if you don'...
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The Berlin Wall? Yeah, I Tapped That

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 12, 2009, 2:24 am
It was the summer of 1990. Backpacks and youth hostels and Eurail passes. I'd just graduated college at the age of 24 (I know, I know, what took me so long -- that's another story). Anyway, my...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Live Goatcam of Nick and Molly

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 1:59 pm
Not that you're some sick voyeuristic ruminant weirdo or anything, but... You can watch Nick and Molly 24/7 on Debbie's Goat Cam. I mean... if you're into that sort of thing. Sicko. Y...
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Censorship Schmensorship, WTF?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 9, 2009, 4:29 pm
We here at Nanny Goats in Panties -- and when I say "we", I am of course referring to me and my lion slippers: Rawr! Anyway, at NGIP, we take great care in bringing you fabulous content,...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Yelling and Fair Buddies

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 7, 2009, 3:41 pm
A Facebook friend of mine, who has the same name as me (first and last), pointed me to a video of a goat whose quality is less than stellar (the video, not the goat), but it's the audio that's...
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Maybe I Just Have a Hole in My Lip

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 5:20 pm
Have you ever had the feeling that any minute now, love will find a way? That the answer is just blowing in the wind? That bananas will remain yellow for more than 28 hours in the fruit bowl on the ki...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Thunderboxes

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 4, 2009, 1:51 pm
You know, for the life of me, I can't figure out why an outhouse would be called a Thunderbox, but here you go. (via Sparky of My Thoughts Exactly) Somebody said seeing this one m...
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It's Not Easy Being Green

Margaret A. posted an article on - Nov 2, 2009, 5:43 pm
I can't stand it when I order a single pea pod by mail and Peas Pods R Us insist on sending it a box the size of a small rhino. It's so wasteful. Earlier this year in Hawaii, I arrived at...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Haiti

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 31, 2009, 10:12 pm
Sometimes I just drown in the goat stuff you guys send me. So while I did save this first photo, I can't for the life of me find its source link, although I do know that it was in some Florida new...
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Of Grandmas and Chocolate

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 4:44 pm
I was born with a plastic spoon in my mouth. So my palate wasn't exactly...evolved. When I was a kid I hated German chocolate cake. Actually, I didn't like chocolate at all, but add that funky...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Leavenworth

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 28, 2009, 1:35 pm
Mt Forest Pictures shows a picture from their trip to Leavenworth, Washington. (via CashJockey and The Old Salt) Ever been to Leavenworth? As in Leavenworth, Washington? Not as in Leavenw...
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Lacy, NGIP Mascot, Makes her Las Vegas Debut

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 25, 2009, 11:21 pm
Hello! And welcome to the scrollfest that is the rundown on my (er, Lacy's) trip to Vegas for SITScation, a blogger's conference last weekend. While the rest of the world was at Blog World Exp...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Taking Billy for a Ride

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 12:29 pm
So Echidne of the Snakes found this picture in her family photos and posted it recently on her blog... picture lifted from Echidne of the Snakes (via Elmlish) I asked her for the story bu...
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Interview with Uma Thurman. Yes THAT Uma Thurman

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 6:16 pm
When is someone going to expose the fact that Hillary Swank and Matt Damon are the same person? Have you ever seen them in the same room togther? Have they both ever starred in the same film? Als...
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It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 12:32 pm
Why yes, it was a little windy here the other day. Why do you ask? On the side of our house In front of our house My husband walked outside during the storm and I watched one of t...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Dressing Up Your Goat

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 14, 2009, 10:09 am
So, alert NGIP fan Alaine sent me a picture of this leopard print goat coat from someone's Etsy site. Etsy, if you don't know, if a sort of store front for people's homemade ite...
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Unconventional Movie Review: The Boys Are Back

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 12, 2009, 12:50 pm
My motto is: If it's free, it's for me. So when I was invited to a movie screening for The Boys are Back, starring Clive Owen, I jumped on it. Oh, excuse me: a FILM. I was going to see a FILM...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Sidehacking and a Street Sign

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 10, 2009, 3:38 pm
OK, but what is SHE riding? Is that a razor scooter? By the way, I looked up "sidehacking" in the dictionary and I apologize for the double entendre. Sort of. My thanks to Israel of El...
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Tacky Weddings

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 8, 2009, 3:33 pm
Do you ever go to a wedding and judge everything about it? Suddenly you're an event planner, criticizing everything, knowing you could have done it better. You look at the stringed popcorn hanging...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Give Us a Kiss

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 1:02 pm
For some reason I hear the voice of Pepe Le Pew... smoochie-smoochie! Thanks to Andy from Andy Megawan's Blog for showing me this photo seen on Break Media.
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If Solvang Isn't Dutch, Then What Is It?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 5, 2009, 3:47 pm
Last Friday I ignorantly wrote the following on my Facebook status... ...because somewhere in my online traipsing for maps of Solvang, CA, I read that it's a Dutch village. Well, i...
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Goat Thing of the Day: The Sacred and the Crazy

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 3, 2009, 2:00 pm
NGIP correspondent Mike of Mike's Mixed Memories sent in this picture of the Temple of Sacred Goats in Israel: And how do I know it's the Temple of the Sacred Goats? Because it says...
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Marrying George Clooney With a Free Lunch

Margaret A. posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 12:41 am
Someone once said that if you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair. What they don't tell you is that if you do put flowers in your hair and they are two dozen l...
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Goat Things of the Day: DC Wagon Pullers and a Rather Good Video

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 30, 2009, 2:04 pm
Alert NGIP fan Israel from the Elmlish blog showed me this picture the other day from the Shorpy website. The photo was taken in Washington D.C. about 1917. So that would make the goats about....uhhhh...
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Interview With Anthony Edwards

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 1:48 pm
A bunch of women bloggers and I sat together in our respective homes, cars, water closets, etc., on a conference call the other day, waiting for the television and film star to come onto the proverbia...
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Goat Thing of the Day: The Eponymous Blog Post

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 26, 2009, 1:20 pm
Well, it had to happen eventually. Patty, who serves as the publicist for the The Maaaaa of Pricilla blog sent me a picture of Emily, one of the new kids on the block. And now...for the first time on ...
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Hello, I'm T-Mach, Superhero.

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 24, 2009, 2:01 am
If I were a superhero, my super power would be the ability to travel in time. And my superhero name would be T-Mach (pronounced "Tee-Mock". It's a derivative of Time Machine, get it?). Then, ...
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Goat Thing of the Day: The Underground Railroad and The Lush

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 23, 2009, 1:47 pm
Goats such as this little guy have been found roaming the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx. Supposedly keeping goats in your backyard in New York City is illegal (for those people who even h...
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Are Starbucks' Arms Like Pinocchio's Nose?

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 10:04 am
In our delusion of self-importance, yet outlandish abuse of power wielded over the masses, we bloggers must hold ourselves to the highest standards of journalism. If our children say the darndes...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Goat Tears as a Remedy

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 19, 2009, 2:19 pm
And in the interest of continuing my FREE advertising for any company that uses a goat in a commercial, we give you ..... THIS! If the video above does not work, you can watch the goat com...
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Germaphobes Unite: You Can't Lick Just Any Floor

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 17, 2009, 2:09 pm
Look, I realize that maybe I'm the quirky one here, but when the hubs and I closed down a Chinese Restaurant in L.A., and they put the chairs up for the night, they put said chairs up like this: ...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Jumping Goat Commercial

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 16, 2009, 12:37 pm
Today's post is providing FREE advertising to a particular company. How am I supposed to make money off my blog if I GIVE away ad space like this? Anyway, my sister found this one and sent i...
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Putting the "Boom" Back Into Baby Boomers: El Camino's 50-Year High School Reunion.

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 4:59 pm
I went to a 50-Year High School reunion over the weekend. Right now, you are probably thinking, "What??? Man, you are one old goat. What does that make you...67...68 years old?" ACK! The heck you...
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Goat Thing of the Day: A Brawl at the Fair

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 13, 2009, 1:45 pm
You can't do anything these days without someone else butting in. Thanks to Lorie Shewbridge for showing NGIP this photo from Mom Talk Blog where. It was taken during a visit to this year...
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What I Did For Love, Or: How I Learned to Be a Pipe Cleaner

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 11, 2009, 1:38 pm
My husband asked me to go up in the attic today. I thought he had some "spice up the marriage" ideas. Doesn't the phrase, "and then he had his way with me amongst the rafters" sound awesome to you...
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Goat Thing of the Day: The Goats of Walmart

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 1:42 pm
You may have already been exposed to the viral website known as People of Walmart, but thanks to alert NGIP readers Suebob of Red Stapler and Kerry K., we can enjoy the Goats of Walmart:
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That Could Have Been Me! But Not Really.

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 8, 2009, 1:43 pm
Did you all have a nice Labor Day Weekend? Good. Now, let's talk about me and how I almost died. My friend Erin drove into Sacramento on Saturday with her mom to lollygagging around the ...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Labor Day Goat

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 5, 2009, 12:51 pm
I thought Labor Day in the U.S. was like Memorial Day and Veterans Day and Independence Day, where we had parades to celebrate something American and patriotic. You know, three cheers for the red, whi...
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Wanna Flick My Bic? I Got a Million of 'Em

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 3, 2009, 3:46 pm
I sprung up from the chair and bounced to the door barking like crazy, nearly peeing on the tile entryway when the FedEx gal rang my bell yesterday. I wanted to knock her down and lick her face when s...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Goat Photobomb

Margaret A. posted an article on - Sep 2, 2009, 1:57 pm
If you don't know what a photobomb is, it's when somebody poses in other people's pictures. Some say the photograph is ruined when a random yahoo crashes in on their photograph. In some ca...
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What Are You, Blind? Then I'm Blogging for YOU Too.

Margaret A. posted an article on - Aug 31, 2009, 12:36 pm
I'm going to start blogging for the deaf: FIRST OF ALL I'D LIKE TO THANK MY DEAF READERS FOR COMING TODAY. WE LOVE OUR FELLOW DEAF PEOPLE AND THINK THEY ARE JUST LIKE REGULAR PEOPLE ONLY....
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Goat Thing of the Day: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Margaret A. posted an article on - Aug 29, 2009, 3:29 pm
A new movie comes out November 6th starring George Clooney (also Kevin Spacey, Ewan MacGregor and Jeff Bridges) called The Men Who Stare at Goats. It is based on a 2005 nonfiction book by UK j...
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How Disco Can Save Your Life

Margaret A. posted an article on - Aug 27, 2009, 2:45 pm
So this man-eating squirrel attacked me while I was rooting around in his nut stash (whatever THAT means) the other day. He came at me squealing like a banshee and by merely trying to defend myself, I...
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Goat Thing of the Day: Amish Mowing Machine

Margaret A. posted an article on - Aug 26, 2009, 12:41 pm
Sharon of Sweet Repose captured this picture of an Amish Mowing Machine (or an Amish Fertilizing machine - your choice).  Via Rita from Cash Jockey and the "Old Salt"
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