Archive for October, 2005

Lemon Meringue Costume Done!

Voila!
…a meringue skirt made with raw silk, organza and stiff wedding tulle…with the petticoat basically on the outside (keep in mind, i do not know how to sew a skirt…i just sketch ‘em…so this is a real improve…also, i know it’s hard to see the picture, but that’s the best i can do this late [...]

Endorphins Are Good

I mean they really are. Part of the writer’s block for the Katie James Business Plan is a result of my stopping of the jogging, which means less endorphins running around my little brain. My running shoes are maybe 2 years old and are taking their toll on my poor, young knee, so until [...]

The Perfect Skin (for now)

We entertain this procrastination of the Business Plan for Katie James to bring you my current recipe for glowing, healthy skin (not healthy looking skin, but the actual healthy skin). It all started the night I said bye bye to the bank account on that terrible, horrible, no-good Friday a couple weeks ago, and splurged [...]

Crónica cruenta: Auto agresiones y mutilados en las cárceles cubanas.

Por: Ricardo González Alfonso. *
El arma blanca se torna roja. Un reo se amputó la mano. Otro, con la destreza de un cirujano y una cuchara filosa, se extrae un ojo.
He conocido a decenas de autoagresores en las cárceles cubanas. ¿Cuál será el grado de indefensión y desesperación que los motiva? Problemática completa, digna de [...]

Gross

Supplements. I’m taking them. My mom steered me to see her alternative medicine doctor who took (measured), cut actually, pieces of my hair, analyzed it, and determined that I have chronic stress and am low on many essential, um, things. I’d be begrudging about this, but I’m obsessed with what food does to me and [...]

You the Mistas…

Ok, fellow Mistas. David has pointed out (the productive result of my meltdown) that I need deadlines for this Business Plan. So I’ve started it, and am at the beginning, where I need to describe my customer – my market. It was yesterday while sorting through email that I realized I should ask you all [...]

Pinball, Engagements and Kabooms

Who knew David was such a pinball wizard? We know he’s an ex-wrestler/football fanatic, but did we know that when put in front of a pinball machine, he would click the little ball away with all of his might? And did we know that he would score so well on the Lord of the Rings [...]

Patient asks for visa to Venezuela because his doctor’s there.

Por: Ernesto Roque Cintero. UPECI
An ailing patient hung a sign outside his residence in Old Havana last week seeking permission to travel to Venezuela to see his doctor who was sent there under a Cuban-Venezuelan exchange agreement.
Juan Pita Page, 72, said his doctor was unable to operate on him for a vision problem because [...]

Lemon Meringue – The Challenge!

I’ve dared myself to make this year’s costume – Lemon Meringue. I could have bought this strawberry shortcake costume, but no, I am overcome with the urge to sew!
One problem: I’m no seamstress, and I’ve never made a skirt, so this will be very interesting. I can sew my way through a jewelry pouch, and [...]

Working from Home: Day 1

It has been decided, that in the name of the quality of our lives, we can have a few work from home days! My first day was today, as I have lots of design/tweaking work to do on the new site for work (day job), which means that my laptop, with all of the right [...]