Online gaming, parenting, history and academic life through a Canadian/American woman's eyes
September 2004
04:
Shogun!
03:
History's Value
03:
Junk mail
02:
Meditation
01:
WebCT Again
August 2004
31:
New computer
31:
Banned dog?
30:
Secret identities
28:
Summer pleasures
27:
Fibre Artists
27:
Access restored
26:
Doomed! Doomed!
26:
Just gets better!
26:
Geek Alert
25:
Login Grief
25:
WebCT underway
24:
One updated
24:
I know
23:
Bad Hour
22:
Sims Superstar
20:
Thracian gold
19:
Summer? Not!
19:
Ahh, sleep!
18:
Wise words
16:
YAQ: Time Travel
16:
Vacation's End
10:
Vacation update
05:
Going away
04:
Gendered News
02:
YAQ: Classic Novel
01:
Twelve years
July 2004
31:
She's home
30:
YAQ: Social Entities
29:
Paint over
28:
Troy Proper
26:
Redecorating stuff
26:
Girl away!
24:
Fresh latex
22:
Dishonourable mention
21:
Good job
19:
Daycamps rock!
18:
Nearly hosed
17:
YAQ: Pirate Name
16:
YAQ: Snobbery
16:
One Mattel
15:
Copy down
14:
Colour me
13:
Busman's Holiday
12:
Seeing red
10:
YAQ: Loreena McKennitt
10:
Missed me?
05:
Toronto-bound
04:
YAQ: Humours
04:
Camp stories
03:
Near-perfect
02:
Virtual worlds
02:
TV's Henry
01:
Historical causation
June 2004
29:
Interesting results
28:
Beyond punditry
27:
He's 39
25:
Tooth gone
24:
Family walks
23:
Judge not,
23:
Murder afoot
22:
Got Gmail!
20:
No go
18:
In transit
16:
Celebrating success
14:
Nose deep
12:
Prisoner of Azkaban
10:
YAQ: Hogwarts Professor
08:
One chair down,
06:
Seizures return
05:
Dragon down
04:
Heading out
03:
Pretty, pretty
02:
Loremaster I!
02:
Bad site!
May 2004
31:
Kid Pix
30:
Encompassing Covenant
30:
Good reads
26:
Happy Birthday
25:
Home work
23:
Midway Mecca
21:
Youngest's doctor
20:
Much ado
18:
Early EEG
17:
Get historical
15:
Gosh, thanks!
13:
YAQ: What Colour is Your Brain?
13:
Just quiet
11:
Stand firm
10:
Getting grief
09:
My kingdom
08:
Almost home
03:
High Life
03:
I'm free!
01:
Two down
April 2004
30:
Blogging Poem
29:
Annoyance explained
28:
Scary story
27:
Checked up
25:
It figures!
24:
Gardening begins
23:
YAQ: Theologians
21:
Nose? Grindstone!
20:
EEG over
19:
Test Tuesday
17:
Bloodwork done!
16:
Holding pattern
16:
Absence Seizure
15:
New gadget!
14:
How old?
13:
Signs of
12:
Home again
08:
Tough decision
07:
Enough adrenaline
06:
All better
05:
Danged water!
05:
Danged heater!
03:
Cotton Ginny Redux
01:
Gang aft agley!
March 2004
31:
Nightmares?
29:
Bad medicine
28:
Nothin' much
25:
Be brave
23:
Exams away!
22:
Yikes!
19:
If you. . . .
17:
Veddy, veddy British!
16:
Everquest's Five!
15:
Sinus headache
13:
Sicker than
12:
Friday Five: Count Up
11:
The long break
10:
Shoeless Again
09:
More interviews
08:
Votes for Women,
05:
Out from under
03:
Think good thoughts
02:
Down, down, up
01:
The few, the proud,
February 2004
29:
A big melt
28:
Bad cookies
27:
Good busy
24:
Scholarship season II
23:
In pictures
22:
Cleanup!
21:
Going to Milwaukee
20:
Snow's here
18:
Double-deckers doomed
17:
Farewell, Webmonkey
16:
Registrars hate
15:
Finally upgraded
15:
Aortal Link: Scribblingwoman
13:
Quiet Friday
11:
Suddenly tired,
11:
I don't say
10:
Time to tackle
09:
Just another manic
08:
The crunch of snow
07:
It's a crime!
06:
Laptop Bags
04:
A good day
03:
What a face!
02:
YAQ: Silver Screen Siren
02:
Hey, Calima!
01:
Tell me why
January 2004
31:
At least
30:
Friday Five: Millionaire
30:
YAQ: Monty Python II
29:
Research Progress
29:
Naked Truth
29:
11:59-2:11
28:
Scary stories
27:
Squeaky Mom
26:
Hockey!
24:
American Politics 101
23:
Friday Five: Favourites
22:
Whither fiction?
21:
Water works
20:
Tuesday's Trials
18:
Music Meme
18:
Catching up
16:
Two Milestones
15:
YAQ: Monty Python
15:
Ozzie's back
14:
Surrounded by
13:
Stalingrad and Kursk
12:
Another crazy
10:
Always have
09:
Deconstructionism Deconstructed
09:
One of those days
07:
Finally caught up
05:
Off to Kalamazoo!
03:
Sledding
01:
Finally saw
December 2003
31:
Mayfly Project 2003
29:
"I can do it"
27:
De-decorated
26:
Almost back
25:
Another sick Christmas
24:
Scrooged
23:
All ready
22:
This time of year
21:
Seeing Seabiscuit
20:
Youngest's turn
19:
Second concert
18:
Aortal Link: Fembat.Net
17:
Beautiful music
17:
YAQ: Postmodernism
16:
Bring on the mop!
16:
Well, drat!
15:
Marking machine
14:
Wow, Saddam!
13:
Dogs and kids
12:
Friday Five: the Holiday
11:
For this? Why?
10:
It's yay thick
09:
Every picture
08:
Tweaking a panel
07:
One jacket done
06:
YAQ: Historical Lunacy
06:
Dust off the machine
04:
Shoe Blues
03:
Nothing for nothing
02:
YAQ: Geek Decade
01:
Ouch!
01:
Window on my world
November 2003
28:
New toy!
27:
School FunFair
26:
Just a cane!
26:
Fun with referral logs
25:
Tense moments
24:
Blessed Margaret Pole
23:
YAQ
22:
Who's Queen?
22:
A toddler's fifth food group?
19:
Pusateri's Redux
18:
Snip, snip
18:
Fuzzy-brained
17:
Elbow room
17:
Froggy day
16:
I am pro-choice
16:
Tiresomely domestic
15:
Gym Rants
13:
Cool jewelry
12:
Looking good
11:
Whoa, Nellie!
10:
We're 19
09:
Autism meltdown
08:
War stories
07:
A confession
05:
TANJ
05:
Off to Atlantis
04:
Eek! Snow!
02:
On a diet
October 2003
31:
It's a birthday!
30:
Vote early,
30:
Hallowe'en, here we come!
29:
My get up and go
27:
Eye of the storm
26:
I hate Daylight Savings
24:
Dogs and snow
24:
Isn't Daddy the best?
23:
Flu shot
22:
Paint on
21:
Teeth clenching?
20:
Broken glasses
19:
Taking the girls
17:
Three trips later. . .
17:
Home from Home Depot
16:
Rogue: The Adventure Game
15:
They suck
14:
In the midst
13:
Back home
12:
Moonrise
11:
In a fog
09:
Official Sick Day
08:
Full Stop
07:
Fun with French
06:
Dum DUM dum. . . .
05:
Sugar Cookies
04:
The Cocoon
02:
Ontario votes
September 2003
30:
Squish and Shrooms
29:
A Woman's Syndrome?
28:
Legend in my own mind
27:
Sleepover success!
26:
Parlez vous?
24:
Now serving number 76
23:
Explosion or Implosion?
21:
A Luther movie?
20:
Dangerous Dog Hair
19:
Good News X 3
18:
Jane Austen quiz
18:
Romance Movie Quiz
17:
Today was the day
16:
History isn't always pretty
15:
I confess
13:
Made it to Saturday
11:
Scree, scree, screeech!
10:
Please not 112!
09:
Introduced L'Engle
08:
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
07:
It's called avoidance
05:
500 and Friday Five!
04:
Scour the house
03:
O, covet, covet!
02:
It's the most
August 2003
31:
We're home
26:
The Two Towers!
25:
Whole lotta nothing?
24:
Coast and Spin
22:
If one more thing
20:
Thesis time
19:
Fun with Firebird
18:
There's a hole
16:
Eighteen pounds
15:
Seventeen hours
14:
Sixty-seven students?
14:
Exercise for me
13:
Our Fixer-Upper
12:
Drip, drip
11:
WWII, here I come!
09:
Wireless woes
07:
Bedtime stories
05:
Get a handle on it
03:
The family visit
01:
Give me steel, baby!
01:
It's passed me by
July 2003
31:
What day is it?
30:
The love of reading
29:
Choo-choo!
28:
Rambunctious girls
27:
Dog memes
26:
Gone swimmin'
25:
Drama Queens
24:
O, this is authentic. . . NOT!
23:
Six o'clock crazies
22:
And if Venice is sinking
21:
Kid-amusing, week two
19:
English, Johnny English
17:
Shorn
16:
Words fail me
16:
The dog days
15:
Only in Sudbury
14:
How to scare a grad student
13:
It's a small world
13:
The Wild Side
12:
9:51 pm and still
11:
Ozzy's on the mend
09:
One sick puppy
07:
Clothing history
06:
The women of Afghanistan
04:
Time to panic!
04:
Bring on my cave of steel
03:
Ozzy's here
June 2003
30:
Going to the dogs
29:
RIP: Katherine Hepburn
27:
Half-planted
27:
Off to plant
26:
What a pleasant evening
25:
School's out
24:
Sexism in the Gaming Economy
23:
Pardon my whine
23:
The last week of
21:
What Fantasy/SF character are you?
20:
Harry Potter fanfiction
20:
Ding, dong, grading's done!
19:
I graded today
17:
The Black Death
16:
I seem to have lost
15:
Hats off
11:
Trip tomorrow!
11:
Calerpitters
10:
Most excellent stories
09:
Going underwater
08:
Wallpaper shopping
08:
I can't believe I missed
07:
Another Y day
06:
Tories for teachers
04:
The Subversive Stitch?
03:
My day with Calvin
02:
Twelve hour day
01:
Woke up this morning. . .
May 2003
31:
Well I survived
31:
Today's party day
29:
EQ Pixel Army is live!
28:
Viking Barbie?
27:
No more super glue
26:
I was never so glad
26:
Eight years a mother
25:
Birthday preparations
25:
Seven stories down
24:
On pins and needles?
24:
My Saturday vice
23:
Friday Five: Brands
22:
How does your garden grow?
22:
Site redesign!
21:
A mystery of parenting
21:
Now for Plan B
20:
Celebrate Cotton Ginny
20:
My night
19:
Two straight days
13:
Almost forty!
12:
Second day interviewing
11:
Happy Mother's Day
10:
I hope and pray
09:
Friday Five: Organized?
08:
My hero
08:
New York has its
07:
The pants situation
06:
Virtual crafting
05:
Once more into the breach
03:
Music moment?
02:
I knew a girl
01:
Finished the outline
April 2003
30:
A quiet day
29:
Thinker Quiz
28:
While Nero fiddled,
26:
Take one child,
25:
That was a load
24:
It's tax time
23:
Sick house syndrome?
23:
Upgrade? Maybe not!
22:
Staring moodily
21:
Dark chocolate bunnies
21:
Ahhhh, home again!
18:
European masters
17:
Way down south
16:
South for Easter
15:
Up most of the night
14:
First free Monday night
13:
Back from a party
12:
I told you so
12:
Spring, when young
11:
Friday Five: Music
11:
Cleaned up the old PC
10:
Canadian Idol auditions
08:
I return to
07:
Impetigo is
06:
Ancarett Plantkiller
05:
Snow's piled high
04:
It's me, still here
02:
C.E.L., Beloved of Memory, 1934-2003
02:
Why don't you hear about
01:
There's a hollow feeling
March 2003
31:
Coming home to "Jonah"
30:
We're waiting for the end
28:
Mom's not waking up
27:
There's no satisfaction
26:
Happy Birthday, Sister!
26:
That new car smell. . . .
25:
Tit for tat?
25:
New car tomorrow
24:
Words of wisdom
23:
New book by Bronte!
23:
More Monty Python
22:
Thought for the day
21:
The Power of the Dog
21:
Freya's gone
20:
Worst case for Freya
20:
Poor Freya
19:
Mom's in for surgery
19:
Lefties for war?
18:
Marking essays
17:
Your car's getting old when. . .
16:
Talked to my mom
16:
Girl's day in!
15:
Wouldn't it warrant
15:
Thoroughly chlorinated
14:
Invisible woman, part deux
13:
Aortal Link: Sensitive Light
12:
Learning Women's History
12:
If it is "Freedom"
11:
I spoke too soon
10:
March break's underway
08:
Snow day
07:
Google this!
07:
Decisiveness departs
07:
Booked solid
06:
Cotton Ginny lives?
05:
What's wrong with the world
04:
Walk softly
03:
Scholarship season
02:
Mucking Around
01:
Time to delete
February 2003
28:
Friday Five: Reading
28:
When bombing your way
27:
First birthday invite
26:
As I predicted
24:
Fire trucks on the street
24:
Classroom technology
23:
Abandoning Archives
22:
Save Salon
21:
Friday Five: Home Stuff
20:
Which of the six are you?
20:
Coffee cake cures all ills
20:
In for an off day
19:
Secrets of Good Applications
18:
Reading week
17:
A day off!
16:
There is no joy
15:
Nothing much exciting,
14:
Friday Five: Blog Stuff
14:
Mom saves the day!
13:
Here are my roses
12:
Eldest's screaming her lungs
11:
Darling husband
11:
Come visit
10:
What a difference
09:
More sleepless nights
09:
Yesterday's blog entry was
07:
Flaming Marshmallow Balrogs?
07:
Food on Friday Five
07:
Goldie is so unbelievably cute
06:
Beware the beaver,
05:
I outlined myself into a corner
04:
Much to eldest's chagrin
03:
A veritable blizzard
01:
What OS are you?
01:
Goldie's here:
January 2003
31:
Childhood Dreams
30:
Home again. . .
30:
Puppy-proofing
29:
We're getting a new dog!
28:
Dang, sure looks like the bug
28:
Here we go again
27:
All communication is code
26:
500 Skill in Armourcrafting
25:
Time for a new recommendation
24:
Count up with
24:
I'm not suited for all-nighters
23:
Another sickie
23:
The tooth is filled!
22:
As brittle as glassy strands
20:
Are they psychic?
19:
Played in the snow
19:
There ain't no justice
18:
We Have Brains
18:
One bad night
17:
Friday Five: Work
16:
Fired for blogging?
16:
An enormous weight
15:
Book Five
14:
One good thing
13:
No suitable puppies
13:
A chinook chased me
11:
Eleanor remembers
11:
Still loving Antiquity
10:
Said goodbye today to Monty
09:
Monty's condition
09:
Back from the dentist
08:
I am so
08:
Damn unreliable technology
07:
Looking ahead
06:
Lectures away!
05:
Gearing up for a new term
04:
Sick again (honk, sniff)
02:
Took the easy way out
01:
Ho-hum New Years Day
December 2002
31:
Reflecting on 2002
30:
I want a do-over
28:
Aortal Link: forty.something
27:
Friday Five: Year's End
27:
Christmas's officially over
26:
That Tolkien Thing
25:
And so this is Christmas. . . .
24:
All's right in the world.
23:
Watch it snow and blow
22:
The tree's up
21:
50 Megs Full?
20:
The Twelve Days of Christmas
20:
Last day of school, 2002
19:
The Axis of Evil is real!
19:
Iced in!
18:
I won two raffles
18:
Today's the christmas lunch
17:
Peel me off the ceiling
17:
Reviewing MT
16:
I feel
16:
Eldest's traumatized:
14:
Missing me?
12:
For friends
12:
So close
12:
Gingerbread baked
12:
Poor Freya
11:
We survived
11:
All wrapped
09:
Too funny
09:
Playing hardball
08:
Thanks, Flylady
07:
Slight letdown
06:
Come on!
06:
Freya's clear
06:
Annual dinner
04:
I donated
04:
Not going
03:
Scheduling screw-up
02:
Weird searches
02:
Hold your
01:
Help uncover
01:
Christmas anticipation
November 2002
29:
Raison d'art?
29:
Wornout snowsuit
28:
Another Thanksgiving
27:
Nothing much
26:
Closed preserves
25:
No codeine
25:
Blasted cough
24:
I'm rich!
23:
Two weeks
22:
Knitting's arrogant
20:
Disquietingly plausible
20:
Is history
20:
Brace yourself
19:
Shame on
18:
Next year
17:
Had to
17:
The annual
16:
Bear with
16:
Well that
15:
Just enriched
15:
Total failure
15:
Today Eleanor goes to the
13:
Uh oh!
12:
Mercantilism is a tough lecture
11:
We must
10:
Home alone
09:
Safe from
08:
Bend over
07:
Relentless pleading
06:
Today's big
06:
American elections
05:
Tuesdays are
04:
Wasn't that
02:
Little things
01:
This Friday
October 2002
30:
How historical
29:
Hallowe'en is
28:
Getting better
26:
My back
25:
Back to
23:
It's tough
22:
I survived
21:
Stomach flu
20:
It snowed!
19:
Cower before
18:
Friday Five
17:
How quickly
16:
Ho hum
14:
Back home
10:
Toronto bound
09:
Textbook reviewing
07:
My eyes!
05:
Plunging into
04:
Shoes for
02:
Like it?
02:
Today's turned
September 2002
26:
Petty politics
25:
I laughed
23:
The furnace
17:
Tizzy Tuesday?
14:
Numbing cold
14:
Allergy season
13:
I'm thankful
12:
My dotcom
11:
Easter 1916
09:
Ready or
07:
A week
05:
Hopping mad
04:
The light
August 2002
31:
Land Speeder
30:
Incredibly shallow
29:
Tempted fate
28:
Gearing up
25:
He's back
23:
Poetry's power
23:
He's gone
21:
Did lunch
18:
Still exploring
14:
Summer rains
10:
Enough with
09:
Absolutely miserable
01:
Little things
July 2002
31:
Gearing up
29:
Another sleepless
26:
Another Friday
24:
Crunch time
20:
Ambrosial scents
19:
Friday five
17:
Demographic pundits
15:
Blessed peace
14:
July 14
13:
Dragon boat
12:
Why history?
09:
Unabashed feminist
06:
As interesting
03:
New pets
01:
We're back
June 2002
27:
Heading south
26:
Guilty pleasure
24:
Alternate arrangements
24:
Primal screams
21:
Number twelve
19:
Golden oldies
18:
Bwa haaaaa!
17:
My personal
17:
No doubt
15:
An evening
13:
Looks like
12:
Darn DSL
11:
I can't
09:
Inch by
06:
Hey Calima!
06:
Western Civilization
02:
Where does
01:
You'll laugh
May 2002
31:
Carport's done
31:
Sad truth:
29:
An enormous
24:
Attention span?
18:
Hey, look!
18:
It snowed
15:
Happy belated
10:
'Nother day,
09:
Time has
05:
The snow
02:
Officially autistic
April 2002
28:
Snow again?
23:
Kome to
23:
The ice
19:
That wasn't
19:
Help me!
15:
The melt
11:
Term's end
09:
Ding! 39!
02:
Updated Adventures
02:
Back home
March 2002
30:
At last
26:
Happy Birthday
22:
Ding! 36!
21:
I started
18:
Ungodly early
16:
Finally uploaded
15:
Ding! 35!
13:
Blast from
12:
Archaeology fascinates
08:
I'm squeaking
07:
It never
05:
Worn out
02:
It's broken!
01:
Please call!
01:
Don't ask
February 2002
28:
I've discovered
25:
Shouldn't overlook
25:
I hate
23:
The amazing
21:
Buried deep
17:
My GeEQ
17:
Feeling cruddy
15:
Reading week
09:
Inane fluff
07:
Rejoice! Rejoice!
04:
It pays
02:
Bourgeouis me
01:
I still see Maeve
January 2002
29:
Said goodbye today
28:
Twice today I ran into
24:
Been neglectful of my blog,
18:
The fools at the university
15:
Started Constance's reassessment
10:
Twenty minutes until
09:
The memories swept over me
07:
Ab Fab pretty much captures
03:
Something rocky caught my eye
01:
I've held dual citizenship
December 2001
31:
Slowly improving in body, although
28:
Walking wounded
25:
A very merry Christmas
21:
Plans change
20:
Shopping done!
19:
Angelic innocence
17:
Geographical ignorance
15:
The Usenet is
14:
My computer has returned
13:
Sobering words
10:
Ever have one of those
07:
Shopped 'til I dropped,
04:
Patch day
03:
The sound of my own voice
01:
Run, run as fast as
November 2001
30:
Mental health day today
28:
Finally working on the
27:
Snow's here and with it
25:
Got through three days
22:
Fast forward a few days.
19:
Where has my day gone?
16:
Revisited Norrath last night
15:
Potter-mania has hit our house
14:
Pay-per-use WWW?
12:
We survived the birthday party
09:
Still fighting the cold
08:
Ominous signs of a cold
07:
Inspired to experiment,