Today's random obsession: Heirloom Seeds

google results -
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds
Victory Seeds - They have a .pdf catalog
Seed Savers Exchange
Heirloom Seeds - also has a .pdf catalog
gardenfairy.com - seed catalog links
containerseeds.com
Seeds Trust
greenpeople.org - seed links
Hirt's Greenhouse and Flowers


unrelated to seeds - Khaki Campbell Ducks

today's obession - plastic water bottles are bad, mmkay?

how sigg's are made at sigg's english website

sigg water bottle at www.reusablebags.com

reusablebags.com FAQs, the problem with leaching plastic bottles

safer plastic baby bottles

things to keep in mind - not all home water filters filter out fluoride; i consider that a good thing.

Tap Water and Water Filtration Systems - an overly hippie viewpoint, I think

Brita FAQ - Does BRITA reduce / remove fluoride ? The BRITA Water Filter System does not remove fluoride from tap water. Fluoride is a negatively charged ion and does not react with the components of the BRITA Filter Cartridge. - Well, that's pretty definitive.

Q. How do the units affect fluoride?
A. The PUR Self-Monitoring Water Filters do not signifigantly reduce the level of fluoride in the water source. - Pur. Well, that's less definitive.

Guide to Home Tap Water Filtration - www.foodandwaterwatch.org

natural (including Fluoride free) toothpaste

soup pistou recipe

quenelle of dark chocolate mousse

keckler's butternut squash recipes

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online to to lists:

http://www.rememberthemilk.com/tour/
http://www.backpackit.com/
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boot-cut, belly panel, plus-sized maternity jeans

that gum you like is going to come back into style...(or that pink dress you want will be on sale. you know, whatever.)

jcpenney dresses

motherhood's plus size maternity clothes

peanut butter layer bars

S'more Peanut Butter Bars

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0010-0994(199001)52%3A1%3C43%3AWGIITB%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q

http://hippygoth.fotopages.com/

http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=jennifer+vickery&btnG=Search+Images

I know a lot of people consider it a scary stalker song, but I really like "Every Breath You Take." I've liked it since I was little.

I was saying to clio214 and ladygwyn the other day that 2006 was a really big year for me, musically. It pretty much started with discovering She Wants Revenge, and going to NiN in February.

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music

http://www.last.fm/music/Interpol/_/Green+Eyes
Find lyrics to Dangerous - lyrics tag?
http://www.thursdayplantation.com/cmsv1/index.php
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpol_(band)

age tofu
http://japanesefood.about.com/cs/tofu/a/tofu_deepfried.htm
http://www.theblackmoon.com/Jfood/ftofu.html
http://www.christinacooks.com/recipes/t/tofuage5.html
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20070104215549AADbxtu

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today's new obsession: Apartment composting

http://journeytoforever.org/compost_indoor.html
http://www.toronto.ca/compost/balcony.htm
MarthaStewart.com composting article
http://www.perc.ca/PEN/1994-07-08/king.html

PUL fabric - cat mat idea

christmas?
* search ebay for LL yarn for Jackie
(yarnela on ebay)

my wishlist

things to embroider? looking for tea towels and cocktail napkins
hankerchief

tea towels
random
organic plus-sized clothes

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you may be right, i may be crazy

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Carrots
soft batch cookies (320/14/1)
2 servs popcorn cakes
grape juice, 16 oz

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The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved - by Hunter S. Thompson

4/6/06

Eucalan Sample
9861 Holland-Glenwood Rd.
Glenwood, NY
14069


How to Write a Thank-you note

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From a "Supernatural" recap on TWOP:
If these people are "teenagers" then I'm a twice-baked potato.

another TWOP quote, this time from a GG recap:
Watching this clip from The Polar Express makes me want to hit the X button on my Playstation controller to skip ahead the badly acted, oddly soulless, dead-eyed actors in the skits between the actual videogame and go back to the real fun.


GG recaps

Supernatural recap

GRANOLA BAR (SWEET AND SALTY NUT, ALMOND)
160/7/2

YOPLAIT SMOOTHIE (STRAWBERRY)
190/2.5/3

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She Wants Revenge interview on mp3.com

pads & sponges
pads/sponges

Quote of the day from a little old lady:

"I don't like this Medicare part D, it's so complicated...oh well, he won't be around much longer, thank goodness, this Bush."

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http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/91507.html

tiny bit of rollergirls in the overexposed NASCAR commercial?


MN roller girls article (and another one)

blog linked from harlot, making pomotous socks, too

Jenn,
Today is a highly charged day with the potential for intense focus, so setting a steady work pace early will keep you on track. Having too much to do at work could bring up feelings of deep resentment. You could become overwhelmed and just give up if you fall behind the busy pace. Stay strong and things will lighten up soon enough.

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Last night I dreamt about a very nice apartment with two big bedrooms and a huge closet and a small room that would be a good computer (or yarn) room. I also dreamt that I was in a video game - it went back and forth between being live action and action on a screen. I never killed anything in live action, just onscreen. When characters talked, it was in live action. It was a very interesting dream.

Today I am sleepy, sleepy, sleepy.

I'm so tired today. I pushed myself rollerskating last night, which is good, but then I ended up staying up later than I wanted. Tonight's plan is to go to bed very, very early.

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ROLLERDERBY APPROPRIATE KNITTING PATTERNS

Lolita Legs pattern
Skating Queen Skirt pattern
Hot Tamale Skirt pattern (the yarn for hot tamale)
Zaftig Bra
Vintage Bathing Cap
leg warmers
Becky Sharper - fishnet fingerless gloves
Marnie McClean leg warmers
Fishnet Shirt
ChicKnits Leg Warmers
another leg warmer pattern

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knitting blogs/magazines
knitting fog
whip it up
rebecca
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BOOGER BLOG

about sweden (which is where i want to move if Roe v. Wade is overturned):

The Local - Sweden's news in English

Sweden travel info - from The Lonely Planet

Sweden's official tourism site

Wikipedia article

the CIA's World Factbook article on Sweden

The official gateway to Sweden

Smorgasbord - the shortcut to Sweden

wikipedia article on yoiking - traditional Sami music

Introduction to Swedish

Learn Swedish

Bjorn Engdahl's Swedish Course

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http://www.spellingtuesday.com/

"Pinnar eller bestick?" the girl behind the counter asked, and I held up the line for a minute, unable to decide whether to go for chopsticks or regular utensils (there, you've got your Swedish phrase for the day). from How to Learn Swedish in 1000 difficult lessons

Firefly movie recap on TWOP!!

http://www.metamorphosism.com/

Best. Description. of. Mal. Reynolds. EVER.

"He loves his ship more than anything, but like with anything else he loves, he has no idea what's going on inside her."

Lawrence E. King/White House/Nebraska sex abuse/child prostitution ring case, by the way? The documentary that was BANNED from the Discovery Channel in 1993 or 4??



http://www.boingboing.net/2006/02/21/1982_atlantic_articl.html

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/198202/diamond

http://blog.qusan.com/

http://home.comcast.net/~osoono/ethnicdoughs/paczki/paczki.htm

http://acweb.colum.edu/users/agunkel/homepage/paczki.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paczki

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/attallahshabazzcorettakingeulogy.html

http://alternet.org/story/32382/

http://www.beliefnet.com/story/185/story_18589.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Poland

http://alternet.org/story/32604/

http://alternet.bookswelike.net/isbn/0375423265

MEN'S CHEAP SKATES - $40

WOMEN'S $65 RIEDELL SKATES @ AMAZON, SAME AS LPS

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=55&story=24&limit=&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=23&story=631&limit=all&sort=

http://televisionwithoutpity.com/story.cgi?show=25&story=1020&page=2&sort=&limit=all

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/

http://www.ictrollergirls.com/

http://community.livejournal.com/roller_derby/85296.html

http://rollerderbysuperstar.com/index.html

http://pennjerseyshedevils.blogspot.com/

http://chapstickandfishnets.blogspot.com/

http://steaknpizza.blogspot.com/

http://sweetwilliam-v.livejournal.com/

http://www.howstuffworks.com/

http://waynesderbyworld.blogspot.com/

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Also, House. OMGWTFBBQ. Was that the Jenn fan service episode or what? House gets naked, drops acid, becomes extremely angsty. Film at 11.


You know how when you read the fortune in a fortune cookie but add "…in bed" to the end of it to make it more entertaining? I think Ana-Lucia probably adds "…with guns" to the end of her sentences for the same reason: "We should go clubbing…with guns." "This week is a good time for you to make some decisions…with guns."

Today's obligatory "Every Rose Has it's Thorn" rendition.

The Ted Hughes homepage
lovesong by ted hughes
jim lehrer interview on "The Birthday Letters"
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emily dickinson
correspondence
on Bartleby


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It was the limit of my dream,
The focus of my prayer,—
A perfect, paralyzing bliss
Contented as despair.

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I many times thought peace had come
When peace was far away,
As wrecked men deem they sight the land
When far at sea they stay.

And struggle slacker, but to prove,
As hopelessly as I,
That many the fictitious shores
Before the harbor lie.


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XVII


SHE rose to his requirement, dropped
The playthings of her life
To take the honorable work
Of woman and of wife.

If aught she missed in her new day 5
Of amplitude, or awe,
Or first prospective, or the gold
In using wore away,

It lay unmentioned, as the sea
Develops pearl and weed, 10
But only to himself is known
The fathoms they abide.



XX


I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


XXXII


HE put the belt around my life,—
I heard the buckle snap,
And turned away, imperial,
My lifetime folding up
Deliberate, as a duke would do
A kingdom’s title-deed,—
Henceforth a dedicated sort,
A member of the cloud.

Yet not too far to come at call,
And do the little toils
That make the circuit of the rest,
And deal occasional smiles
To lives that stoop to notice mine
And kindly ask it in,—
Whose invitation, knew you not
For whom I must decline?


XXXIII


I held a jewel in my fingers
And went to sleep.
The day was warm, and winds were prosy;
I said: “’T will keep.”

I woke and chid my honest fingers,—
The gem was gone;
And now an amethyst remembrance
Is all I own.


XXXIV


WHAT if I say I shall not wait?
What if I burst the fleshly gate
And pass, escaped, to thee?
What if I file this mortal off,
See where it hurt me,—that ’s enough,—
And wade in liberty?

They cannot take us any more,—
Dungeons may call, and guns implore;
Unmeaning now, to me,
As laughter was an hour ago,
Or laces, or a travelling show,
Or who died yesterday!

XXXV


PROUD of my broken heart since thou didst break it,
Proud of the pain I did not feel till thee,
Proud of my night since thou with moons dost slake it,
Not to partake thy passion, my humility.


II.

I have no life but this,
To lead it here;
Nor any death, but lest
Dispelled from there;

Nor tie to earths to come,
Nor action new,
Except through this extent,
The realm of you.


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http://www.bartleby.com/42/811.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/772.html
http://www.bartleby.com/42/767.html
http://www.lovepoetry.com/poems/random_classic24.asp

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ELEPHANTS IN ZOOS - THE FIRST ARTICLE I READ
ARTICLE ABOUT THE TN ELEPHANT SANCTUARY
savezooelephants.com
in defense of animals zoo elephant link
washington post elephant article
captiveanimals.org
elephant free UK
DISNEY ELEPHANTS

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