From the monthly archives:

August 2009

Guess What I Did Yesterday

August 8, 2009

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Achoo

August 5, 2009

Husbandrinka had a cold. “Achoo!” said Husbandrinka. Marinka tried to be sympathetic. “God Bless You!” she said. “And God Bless America.” Husbandrinka didn’t stop Achooing. “Please stop,” Marinka suggested. “Achoo.” Said Husbandrinka. And then blew his nose. “Speaking of an elephant stampede,” Marinka said, “It’s been a while since we’ve been to the zoo.” (Blogging […]

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You’re Welcome!

August 4, 2009

Last weekend, Husbandrinka and I visited friends in Pennsylvania, en famile. They (our friends, not our en famile) made a delicious barbecue, wined and dined us. I’m furious and don’t see how I will ever forgive them. Because when I was leaving, I thanked them for their hospitality, and the guy friend said “you’re welcome”. […]

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Remedial Blog School: Got a Comment?

August 3, 2009

Welcome back to Remedial Blog School. I hope that you all enjoyed your break. Today’s topic is comments: the good and the sucky. But first things first. If you don’t have a gravatar, go get a free one here. A gravatar is a little photo that is associated with your email address and will show […]

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Prologue

August 2, 2009

One of the recurrent discussions of my marriage is whether it’s fucking rude for people to speak in a foreign language in front of people who don’t speak that language or whether the non-foreign language speakers should just suck it up. It’s a big issue because Husbandrinka speaks English, French, German and Italian fluently, while […]

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