In which we learn just how sleep-deprived I am

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My WakeMate came in the mail yesterday.* What is a WakeMate, you ask? Well. It’s this thing, you see, and you wear it while you sleep, and in the morning you can see exactly how restful your sleep actually was. Also it keeps track of your sleep patterns and the idea is that it can [...]

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TechLove

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I’ve been searching for a way to carry around my iPad without looking like a complete tool, and I think I’ve finally found a solution that’s both practical and freaking adorable: the iPad Clutch from Happy Owl Studio. Looks like a cute little purse, right? BUT THEN: AND ALSO: *Happy Owl Studio is not in [...]

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This is my resolved face

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Usually my New Year’s resolutions are sort of cribbed together at the last minute and comprised of various levels of wishful thinking. Not this year! This year, I’m taking All The Reasons 2010 Sucked (TM) and using them as a base for some make-my-life-better resolutions. Not unlike a roux. A roux of suck. Life-related: 1. [...]

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iPad

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Yes yes, rotting my child’s brain, tech taking over the world, gamma radiation turning us all into spiders. I KNOW. I’m beginning to think raising a techie kid is as controversial as raising him atheist. Which we are also doing. Wanna talk about how we co-slept?

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NaNoWriMo: Week 2

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So here’s the stats, for those of you playing along at home: Word count as of yesterday: 19,087 I’m still ahead of schedule, but the last couple of days have been slooooow going. It’s not that I’m getting bored or anything, but I think I need to do a little bit more work on my [...]

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Writing for writers

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So I’m doing NaNoWriMo again this year. Oh, did I forget to mention that? Here’s a fun fact about me: I go a little crazy when I don’t write. And I haven’t been writing for a while, so you go ahead and do the math on that one. The last three days I’ve been writing [...]

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‘Bumped’ by Megan McCafferty

I don’t know if there are words to express how excited I am about Megan McCafferty’s new book. Her Jessica Darling series kick-started my YA love, and this one looks like even more fun (if that’s possible). Young adult future dystopia? Yes please!

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