From the monthly archives: September 2011

kate winslet plays me in a movie

By On September 22, 2011 · 8 Comments · In Been there, Done that, Random Musings

SO - you know those silly icebreaker questions they ask at big meetings to get things going?  You know the ones like: “If you won a million dollars, what would you do with it?”  Or (even worse): “If you had to pick an animal to represent your personality, what kind would it be?”

I usually try to [...]

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desperado

By On September 19, 2011 · 4 Comments · In The Mix, What's in Jen's iPod?

OK. so last time I spoke with uber-cool colleague K, she was all like: “I’m going on a three week field epidemiology training course!”

Next thing you know, I get an email from her.  From a bar.  In Boston.  You thinking what I’m thinking?  Nice.

The good news for you is that K shared some [...]

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september issue

By On September 17, 2011 · 6 Comments · In Random Musings, Retail Therapy, Shameless Behaviour

Chant with me now:

“I WILL NOT buy the Kim Kardashian wedding album issue of People Magazine.” 

“I WILL NOT buy the Kim Kardashian wedding album issue of People Magazine.” 

“I WILL NOT buy the Kim Kardashian wedding album issue of People Manazine.”

(And so on.)

This was me, a few Saturdays ago during [...]

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dark and stormy

By On September 9, 2011 · 11 Comments · In The Mix

Well, I needed something to drink while the pizza dough was rising.  So, still thinking about the ’Dark and Stormy’ Caroline had a couple of Fridays ago, I decided that this was going to be it.  So I googled a recipe for it and wham!  Controversy.

According to this article in the New York Times, [...]

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