By Valerie on August 14, 2011
I bet you all were afraid I wouldn’t post any more after I quit the 100 days thing. Well you’re wrong.
I bet you all have been wondering what I’ve been doing with my brain in all this quiet and solitude…
Well, I’ve come up with a flow chart to help you decide when to, well… you know… Continue reading »
Posted in geek, utter bloody silliness Tagged advice, dating, humour, naked, relationships, sex, utter bloody silliness
By Valerie on July 31, 2011
So, I’ve a friend just starting to get into online dating, which has caused and new budding branch to our usual conversation. This afternoon we got talking about pick-up lines, awkward moments, and those weird things you end up saying. So I told her about the time I asked a guy if he wanted to smell my fruitcake. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, utter bloody silliness Tagged awkward, dating, humour, utter bloody silliness
By Valerie on July 28, 2011
So one of the most valuable things I’ve learned from hanging out with hackers so far (aside from: “Don’t put the lead in your mouth.“) is:
When you break something you get to put it back together in new ways.
I broke me – into a thousand sparkling pieces. I now get to put my life back together in cool new ways. That’s a pretty exciting prospect.
Posted in another 100 days Tagged beginnings, hacking, humour, learning, life, starting over
By Valerie on July 16, 2011
This one’s for you mama….
My mom spent her working years as a nurse. A member of that noble-hearted profession of caregivers, nurturers, comforters of the ailing. My mother also has a rather warped sense of humour. To this day, if you ask her how my dad broke his toe (something that happened well over 30 years ago now), you’ll get such a fit of tear streaming breathless giggles you won’t ever really get the story, Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, philosophizing, utter bloody silliness Tagged family, humour, illness, injury, life, love, sympathy, utter bloody silliness
By Valerie on July 16, 2011
Well, that’s just freaky! My ponderings over the last few days have been recollecting a piece I wrote before my website went up over 2 years ago. I think I had originally intended it to be my first post, but by the time I got the website up and running I had more interesting things to write about. So this piece sat… and apparently stewed in the back of my brain. All I remembered was something about Spiderman, and cursing out Renoir, and trying to figure out why you’d ever take on more than you can chew. Continue reading »
Posted in another 100 days, philosophizing Tagged courage, failure, humour, Renoir, risk, self discovery, Spiderman
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