White worms inside
Yesterday, I looked at my torso and saw white worms coming out of my body. It was really odd and gross. I was struck by how fast they were coming out, and how they were springing away from my skin, my blood splashing with them. But I wasn’t in pain. …
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A pleasant first impression
I was having lunch in our new home when I saw the garbage truck, so I went out to go get the garbage bins back in their place, when I saw our neighbor walking toward his garbage bins. So we waived and I came over and introduced myself (this is …
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Stuffed grape leaves, aged
When this past summer (2013) we were cleaning out to move to Texas, we found in the freezer these stuffed grape leaves that had expired in 2009:
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Rookie at the TWU Gym
1st day at the University gym: Allison realized there was no soap in the showers. Too bad she was already wet and had no soap, so she stunk it up the restof the day. 2nd day at the University gym: Allison brought soap to the gym. Too bad she left …
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the loo
Facebook post from a friend of mine (mother of 3): “My phone is wet: landed in the loo.”(I had to look up ‘loo’: /lo͞o/ Noun: A toilet.)
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Just the makeup I needed
Today I made a game-time decision to attend an EdTech meetup at Stanford, despite tons of work at the office. I hadn’t had time to have lunch, so I grabbed three half-melted protein/granola bars and got in the car. As I put the three bars next to me, one fell …
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Poop on night gown
A friend of mine told me she pooped on her nightgown. She was traveling, sleeping in a colder place than she is used to, so she was wearing pajama pants under her usual nightgown. She went to the bathroom and dropped her pants as she always does when she’s wearing …
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Not even I would serve this
As I prepared the play room for poker night, I saw two serving dishes above the tall cabinet. I reached high, brought them down and saw brie cheese and crackers from board game playing night two weekends ago. It didn’t look very fresh… 🙂 (we had put it there because …
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Let’s not go into details
Last night I did something you don’t want to know. I was on the toilet and it involved almost dropping the toilet paper, sudden movements and my hand going in the dirty water. I don’t want to gross you out so I won’t write about it. Don’t worry, I didn’t …
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