Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 28, 2009, 4:13 pm
When I was in grade ten, I had an algebra class in the afternoon housed in this dim little classroom that was hemmed in by grey-brown brick walls. The teacher, Ms Whelan1, was cursed with half of our ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 27, 2009, 11:39 am
"Five Star Friday's Edition #81": This week's roundup of excellent weblog entries is brought to you by dancing, disability on Glee, memories of then and now, libraries, domestic violence, gri...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 26, 2009, 10:04 pm
I was in a shopping mall recently, picking over Hickory Farms cheeseballs, which are a terrible weakness of mine. I call it terrible, because one mound of that soft, cheesy goodness on a cracker invar...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 25, 2009, 11:02 pm
Even though I am utterly broke, I chose to spend a couple of hours trolling through Etsy, because there is nothing like window shopping when there's a recession on. Here's what I found in the ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 24, 2009, 12:56 pm
What do you do when you are writing a minimum of 50,000 words in November for NaNoWriMo and the main character that you so loved in the beginning has become an irritating Scrooge McDuck? You find ways...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 23, 2009, 10:48 pm
I was a guest on Karl Erikson's radio show, SecondHand Radio, tonight. Despite the fact that I drank coffee to wake up, wine to calm the hell down, and combined that mess with some possibly expire...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 23, 2009, 5:06 pm
I am going to be the guest on Karl Erikson's SecondHand Radio tonight! Tonight's episode of SecondHand Radio will air at 10 p.m. Eastern or 9 p.m. Central or 8 p.m. Mountain or 7 p.m. P...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 22, 2009, 11:40 pm
1. The therapist who sent me down this path 2. The Ning network for supporting Grace in Small Things 3. That well over one thousand members have made and will continue to make GiST one of the...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 22, 2009, 8:56 pm
I have always thought that the saying that goes "They're just like everybody else: they put their pants on one leg at a time" didn't make much sense. Then, I found out that most people actuall...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 21, 2009, 9:24 pm
1. König Ludwig Weissbier, which tastes a bit like rootbeer 2. People that initially look like they are wearing a ridiculous costume, but then you realize that that is just their personal st...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 20, 2009, 11:04 pm
1. Fake bacon bits 2. Long, warm conversations with the Palinode 3. Finally hitting over 25,000 words in NaNoWriMo! 4. When we come together to create a fabulous MamaPop Roundtable video ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 20, 2009, 10:47 am
"Five Star Friday's Edition #80": This week's roundup of good weblog reading is brought to you by a health crisis, loose ends, Top Chef Las Vegas, a bad movie, Oprah and porn, music, mannequi...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 19, 2009, 10:55 pm
1. Making sales on my first shift inside the actual store 2. Fudge sundaes 3. Smart birds 4. Take-out comfort food 5. Seeing a familiar object again for the first time Wage a b...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 19, 2009, 12:31 pm
"Sofía Vergara Makes a Rape Joke On The View, Crickets Ensue": Sofía Vergara, 37, was on ABC's The View yesterday morning to talk about her job with the show Modern Family and ended up further ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 18, 2009, 10:02 pm
1. The moon 2. Mozza burgers from A&W 3. That the Palinode came home to hang out with me at lunch 4. Waterproof mascara, because it keeps my greasy eyelashes from marking up the lenses of...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 18, 2009, 1:06 pm
"WTF Times Three: Johnny Depp Is the Sexiest Man Alive, Fish Are Being Eaten That Are Still Breathing, and Anissa Mayhew Had a Stroke": I woke up this morning to three pieces of news that made me jus...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 17, 2009, 9:44 pm
1. The golden light of evening on fall leaves 2. Remembering to breathe 3. Standing in a large public planter to get a photo 4. Photowalks 5. Reflections in puddles Wage a batt...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 16, 2009, 11:06 pm
1. Stuffed potatoes 2. A $50 gift card, which I will use to purchase more shoes 3. Free dinners 4. November nights that are still warm enough to not freeze your butt off 5. Radio inte...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 16, 2009, 2:50 pm
It walks! It talks! It's Chatty Schmutzie! Without any further ado or senseless exclaiming, here is my face and my voice all together for the first time ever on this website, thanks to the Pali...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 15, 2009, 11:27 pm
1. Cucumber slices so thin that you can almost see through them 2. These shoes, which feel fantastic on my feet 3. The delightful bonging noise my iPhone makes when I receive a text message ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 14, 2009, 11:04 pm
1. Chocolate fondu 2. When someone thinks I'm much younger than I am despite my rapidly greying hair 3. Meeting another blogger 4. Falling in love with a pair of shaw fit sateen trous...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 5, 2009, 10:56 am
As you may already know, I have been getting into iPhone photography lately. The camera apps I collect on my iPhone have become go-to tools for me when I find myself without my usual camera, and I hav...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 4, 2009, 10:18 pm
1. The sharp flavour of raw onions 2. The sound of wind through tall grass when you are lying beneath it 3. Sea glass 4. Someone else doing the dishes 5. Extra thin cut deli meat slic...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 4, 2009, 9:19 am
It is 8:27 a.m., and I have already made coffee, blipped some Lou Reed, read and put together some material ahead of time for Five Star Friday, written a couple of paragraphs for National Novel Writin...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 4, 2009, 9:17 am
"Speidi Transmogrify Themselves Into Jon and Kate Gosselin: How to Make Me Lose My Faith in Humanity in One Easy Step": Heidi and Spencer Pratt, aka Speidi, are one of two of the greatest traffic acc...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 3, 2009, 11:21 pm
1. Nice insurance company nurses who don't mind three cats crawling through all of her stuff 2. Baking soda's amazing ability to de-stinkify cat litter 3. Orange shoes 4. A surpri...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 2, 2009, 10:50 pm
1. The staff at CBC Radio, who were so nice to a radio newbie such as me 2. Finding the impetus to keep at NaNoWriMo 3. A clean kitchen 4. New socks 5. Peanut butter and honey sandwic...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 2, 2009, 12:35 pm
Do you want to know what I'm panicking about today? I AM GOING TO BE ON CBC RADIO THIS AFTERNOON. Do you want to know what else I'm panicking about? THEY ARE GOING TO USE MY REAL NAME...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 1, 2009, 10:02 pm
1. That my teeth have noticeably whitened on their own since I quit smoking 2. Freshly groomed standard poodles 3. The braces I had to wear when I was a kid 4. Cornball comedies from the ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Nov 1, 2009, 3:12 pm
Despite my grinchly attitude toward Halloween, I had a fantabulous time. At the bottom of the above photo, you'll notice that I signed a Bible wi...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 31, 2009, 4:44 pm
1. Pesto pasta primavera 2. Flickr 3. Babies dressed up as cute bugs 4. Vintage dresses 5. Fascinators Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Small Things. ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 30, 2009, 2:11 pm
When I was eight years old, my parents and I went to California and did a tour of Disneyland, Universal Studios, and other amusement park-like facilities. I liked it alright, despite the inherent hurr...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 30, 2009, 11:55 am
"Five Star Friday's Edition #77": Today's roundup of good weblog entries is brought to you by Planned Parenthood, cyber-dating, ex-wives, stalking Ralph Macchio, Generation Y, marriage counse...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 30, 2009, 12:13 am
1. Taking apart a hulking old television set to in order to be able to get it down the stairs 2. Barbecue pork steaks 3. Stainless steel wine goblets 4. Wire cutters 5. Implosions ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 29, 2009, 1:20 pm
A couple of Sundays ago, I had you ask me questions for me to answer. So far, I've answered your questions about place, the Palinode and I, music, and myself and blogging. For the final entry in t...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 29, 2009, 11:10 am
"Is That an Animal Humping the Back of Your Head, or Are You Just Wearing a Kate Gosselin Halloween Wig?": Kate Gosselin. Love to hate her or hate to love her, she and her progeny toddled into the pa...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 28, 2009, 1:06 pm
1. A completely scrubbed out refrigerator with new groceries inside it 2. Learning to bake cookies 3. Freshly baked cookies with a hot cup of coffee just after the sun has set 4. The weir...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 28, 2009, 12:17 pm
"Please Don't Let Grau Wal Hair Jewelry Be the Next Big Thing": Certain fashion trends need to die. The return of popped collars? Horribly reminiscent of America Psycho era high society serial ki...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 27, 2009, 3:46 pm
A couple of weeks ago, I sat down to write my Mondo Beyondo list. What is a Mondo Beyondo list, you ask? Andrea Scher, who has been making her own lists for years, describes the Mondo Beyondo list as ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 27, 2009, 1:34 pm
1. Fiddleheads 2. The sound of car tires splashing through slush outside my window 3. Morning coffee and a book in a cafe 4. Church bells 5. Corinthian pillars Wage a battle agains...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 26, 2009, 12:19 pm
I've been getting into taking photographs with my iPhone, because with the help of a few apps, they can turn out far moodier than you would think possible, like this one of a fall street I took a ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 16, 2009, 12:26 am
1. Canadian white cheddar and claret cheese 2. Friday afternoons having drinks with the ladies and the Palinode 3. The heat finally being on in our building! 4. Wooden buttons 5. Fireplaces ...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 15, 2009, 11:51 am
"At 35, Hello Kitty's Got Guts, And We Like It": Dr. Romanelli, Sanrio, and Medicom Toy have recently teamed up to create the ultra-most-awesome-special Hello Kitty anatomy toy, and, of course, ev...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 14, 2009, 6:40 pm
I started out today with the intention of talking about how this quitting smoking thing has been going now that I'm one month and almost six days in, how I got this far, how I have managed to avoi...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 14, 2009, 12:52 pm
1. Comic books 2. Warm towels 3. Those butterscotchy, peanutbuttery squares with the different coloured marshmallows in them 4. Salt and pepper shakers 5. Tweezers Wage a battle against embi...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 14, 2009, 12:07 pm
"Miss Homeless Belgium, In Which the Losers Remain Homeless": Central Europe really seems to get a kick out of singling out women who have already probably suffered a great amount of rejection and the...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 14, 2009, 12:22 am
1. Flannel sheets 2. My friend Gail's cabbage rolls leftover from Thanksgiving 3. Breaking open a fresh new set of knitting needles 4. Keeping at something something you love, even if it...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 13, 2009, 11:32 am
I have fallen into a horrible trap, and I am having an awful time pulling myself out of it. You see, once upon a time on the internet, people got their underwear all twisted into knots, because if th...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 13, 2009, 12:13 am
1. Stella Artois 2. The brave turkeys who give their lives so that we can thank them for it 3. The inky blackness of a country road at night 4. Public wooden benches 5. Empty streets on a fal...
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Schmutzie P. posted an article on Schmutzie's Milkmoney Or Not, Here I Come - Oct 12, 2009, 12:30 am
1. Enjoying doing a video interview with the Palinode 2. Exfoliating 3. Photographs 4. Grilled peppers 5. Getting over a troll Wage a battle against embitterment and take part in Grace in Sm...
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