No Accent Yet

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368Sun, 26 May 2013 03:59:43 +0000comfortpestilencehouse paintgood legscountry fairslinguiniinfundibulumnose gristsmauganthropomorphismwinternougatthunderstormeasterpruritusspectral phnomenabus shrapnelgeekerysportshigh schoolfrenulumgeneral weepinessThingsHomefarty mcfartersonfloating headsrecipesfahk itaccentssandersvocabularypiplupwhippingspiffysingingaccidentsparasitic twinboobsfrankensteinlava lampssenselesscookiespoliticsdesecrationpuritanspollackpatron saints of irelanddelusional hallucinationshateblatherskatecat poopsea creaturesfancy wordsthe f bombpuppypaso doubleterroristswordsmithsmercaptoethanoltriumphweeble bottomsFloodformatting woesonychomycosisswimmingclostridiumgrampa chairanxiety avertedanthraxfestering boilsnihilismraging yellow zonkersdyngusinsane ramblingmusingsNo Accent Yethttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (tiff)Blogger1414125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-7675638599091791687Sun, 26 May 2013 02:06:00 +00002013-05-25T22:06:59.371-04:00In responseI sit here, another stupid crisis averted, listening to music picked from a long-loved playlist by the one I love, reeling from being human and from being here, now. My life rocks, that's the mantra. But dayum, how it throws for a loop once a while. As in, today. Let's jus say my blood pressure is now in check, meds are ordered, the panic and pressure that has gripped me for months straight http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/05/in-response.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-4550850433366555153Fri, 10 May 2013 17:35:00 +00002013-05-10T13:35:16.135-04:00I think I'll have another. guess who? This whole notion of 'getting back to writing' is tougher than I thought. One day goes by without committing thought to electron, then another, and then a week, and there you go creating a wasteland of nothing but nothing. 'Nothing' isn't very entertaining or informative. 'Nothing' is what teens and angry spouses say when asked 'what's wrong?' You KNOW that 'nothing' isn't the http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/05/i-think-ill-have-another.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-5877455525855816653Fri, 03 May 2013 17:55:00 +00002013-05-03T13:55:02.253-04:00It's a fun place, really.     During one of my mental health breaks at work today I did a little online tour of the college campus where I spent many a happy year back in the Stone Age. http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/03/its-all-very-odd.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-2968435326704014676Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:46:00 +00002013-02-28T14:46:52.569-05:00Still don't care for sock monkeys My HS yearbook photo* I was inspired to do something different with my hair today after spending way too much time looking at YouTube videos of how ladies with long hair style it so it looks like something other than a sad mop. Because, my hair? She is a sad mop, mostly. One thing I noticed in these videos is that most of them are for gals with long STRAIGHT hair. Hair that's easy to brushhttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/still-dont-care-for-sock-monkeys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-3552431311971962255Mon, 25 Feb 2013 21:03:00 +00002013-02-25T16:14:52.113-05:00Nose is back in working order I opted to work from home today; it's something I do as often as possible because there's no commute involved, I don't have to listen to people doing things like eating or gossiping, and we have way better snacks at the Tiny House than in the corporate vending machines. Oh, and I can hang out in my PJs as long as I want, which is a fabulous productivity booster. Sometimes, though, working at http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/nose-is-back-in-working-order.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-703906443112862932Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:43:00 +00002013-02-24T16:43:46.094-05:00I might not really be so brilliant.I was peering at my blog feed thingie a few moments ago, and had the most amazing epiphany - and it is this: because just about nobody writes personal blogs anymore, that means that the rest of us are competing for readers in a much smaller pond! Wait - that didn't come out quite right. What I mean is that with the dearth of personal blogs, and the growing number of internet-capable people in http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/i-might-not-really-be-so-brilliant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-520240272587625330Sun, 24 Feb 2013 00:32:00 +00002013-02-23T19:35:12.378-05:00An afternoon of firsts Via http://www.creativesparksceramics.com/ Today was going to include a family activity, dagnabbit! Something we could all do equally, with some creativity thrown in, and it had better not be outdoors because today's weather featured the word "Miserable" front and center, and we're not talking the musical by almost the same name. So, the Things were told to be ready to leave the house at 1http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/an-afternoon-of-firsts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-2915067793832781635Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:10:00 +00002013-02-22T14:10:32.054-05:00Notice anything? I got so freaking sick and tired of dealing with the stupid comments thing that I finally, FINALLY, booted the 7-year-old inscrutable template, replacing it with one of Blogger's 'out of the box' models, which I then promptly started messing with to 'personalize' this page a little. Bonus - the posts now roll up by year, showing very very clearly just how much I used to post and how much I http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/notice-anything.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-8008009919424836974Thu, 14 Feb 2013 23:22:00 +00002013-02-14T18:22:15.919-05:00For the BHE My heart, fairly predictably, pumps a steady rhythm day in and out, a slow counting out of moments, but for those moments when he draws near and somehow the heart knows and quickens its pace, thrilled by the nearness of his heart to it. There is no explanation for this phenomenon, except perhaps that the racing pulse is calling out loudly to his heart to hear it and come closer to share a http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/for-bhe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-902672953589112025Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:32:00 +00002013-02-12T08:32:53.088-05:00This is progress? Letter came in the mail not too long ago: 'Dear Customer, Just a lil' FYI, but we, your mortgage servicer, are filing for bankruptcy, so we sold your loan servicing to another company and hope that's OK. Bye!' Um, OK. Guess there's not much I can do about it anyhow, right? Send a sternly worded letter to Giant Corporation telling them how very disgruntled I am and they should not have donehttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/02/this-is-progress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-9196734694549590454Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:13:00 +00002013-02-11T13:13:15.046-05:00One more for the pizza  <!--[if gte mso 9]> http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/01/oh-just-coughing-up-lung-lobe-or-2-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-3934333636204523310Wed, 23 Jan 2013 13:38:00 +00002013-01-23T08:38:30.841-05:00For someone smarter than me Y'all know my blog is written in Sanskrit on a clay tablet, right? The design was done FOREVER ago and it's not exactly user-friendly. When Haloscan, my preferred and much-loved commenting widget, went belly up and Echo took over, the comments portion of this blog stayed reasonably useable, but once Echo went and I was left on my own I managed to bork up the comments beyond anything I thoughthttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/01/for-someone-smarter-than-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-8979381032250172410Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:04:00 +00002013-01-22T09:04:36.126-05:00Seatbelt not optional Whoopsie! My mom goes to Florida every winter, has done for about as long as she's known my stepdad. They have a lovely condo right on the beach, a 2-bedroom affair that he's had for years and years, and they live in a building where they have gobs of friends. As you can imagine (condo, Florida, all winter), the building is full of 'people of a certain age,' which I think is great because ithttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/01/seatbelt-not-optional.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-3812986930255468380Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:08:00 +00002013-01-03T11:08:00.337-05:00It's becoming a regular thing The third of January rolls around once again, and once again the Biffster and I celebrate another anniversary. This is our fourth (FOURTH!), which seems impossible, but the calendar does not lie. Hard to believe that 4 years ago we were looking forward to welcoming friends and family into our home to help us celebrate gittin' hitched. It wasn't a big crowd, but it filled the Tiny House and http://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2013/01/its-becoming-regular-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18280368.post-5391180083685223060Tue, 01 Jan 2013 03:29:00 +00002012-12-31T22:29:04.079-05:00A New SeasonThings are new, then they age. All things created get old, wear out, and must eventually make way for a replacement. All things. Thus it is with paramecia, land masses, people, solar systems, and years. As it was, 2012 wasn't so bad for us at the Tiny House. We had some good times, made memories, were (generally) patient with each other and made progress in many ways. It was a good calm yearhttp://noaccentyet.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-new-season.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (tiff)0