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Office supplies, a racist casserole dish, and Teri

Last week Teri and I found ourselves in the position of needing some things for the office. I made a shopping list and on Monday she did the ordering. Buying office supplies is one of the things I’ve never minded about the various administrative jobs I’ve had, it’s shopping with someone else’s money.

Anyway, who was more surprised than the two of us when we discovered that one of our usual vendors, the one that happened to have the best prices this time, was having a rather odd Gift With Purchase. A casserole dish.

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DOMA is dead memes

We did this back in April with the Boston Strong memes and as we’ve blogged about this here and here, it’s time to do it again.

We give you, Ding, Dong! DOMA is Dead! memes.

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Time to clear off the phone

There are too many random photos on my phone. So I’m inflicting them on you, internets.

Yes, this is the kind of random stuff I take photos of with my phone. You’re welcome.
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It’s been that kind of day

So you get this.

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Just popping in to share this

From a friend elseweb:

“Michelle Bachmann is not going to run again! She announced very very early
this morning that this would be her last campaign. She’s facing ethical
concerns, plus the commute back and forth to her planet is a real killer.

That flat, nasal, uninflected serial killer voice will be gone! W00t!“

This absolutely made my day.

Geoff and I are dealing with a LOT of paperwork and details and bureaucracy right now. We found yet another crack in the system, when we fell into it, naturally, so we’re trying to climb out of it. More on that later. Till then, just rejoice with MN.

~Kelly

What NOT to say when you’re at a craft show

I’ve done 4 shows in the last two weeks. It’s been tiring but fun. I met some really fun and really talented crafters, especially at Cambridge Open Studios. (COS is, by the way, also showing this weekend. Yes, you should go if you can. It’s amazing.)

What was striking was not only how great the community of crafters were to each other, but also how great most of the people visiting the show were to us. However, like any barrel of apples, there were a few rotten ones.

Everything listed below was actually said to me or one of the people I met over the last two weekends. When you’re at a craft show, don’t be this person.

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Boston Strong

It’s been a little over a week since downtown blew up and everything went to hell, but since then Boston Strong has become the catchphrase for how we’ve all held up. The whole tough New Englander attitude, some would say “crusty”, is well known. We’re tough people and down through generations we’ve been through a lot.

I have no idea who it was who coined the phrase. I hope it wasn’t some marketing VP somewhere who’s made a mint from it. It has helped, and it has spawned Watertown Strong and Collier Strong, on their own indications of what we’ve been through separately and together and how we’ll persevere.

Check out some of the images, below the cut, that have come up in the last week plus that I’ve liked the best or that I think are the funniest representation of Boston Strong.

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