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Baby Shower 1
The first baby shower is in the books, so I guess baby Gribble is official. Of course, we still don’t know if it’ll be a he or a she. As you may well…
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Christmas: Part 1
Jess and I are on a lovely Christmas vacation. We left after work on Friday, and after picking up a rental car in Boulder, we stopped off at home and headed for Ohio.…
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Movin’ On Up!
That’s right Weezie, we’re movin’ on up. But not to the east side or some deluxe apartment in the sky. No, we just moved the Gribblog out from under the Northern Colorado Grotto’s…
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Birthday Blog
Happy Birthday to me! That’s right, it’s my birthday, and I’m finally adding a new blog post to the famous Gribblog. So far, I’m having a splendid time. We slept in a bit,…
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NaNoWriMo
November is the National Novel Writing Month, and I thought I’d give it a try this year. In truth, I’d never heard of it prior to this year, but with our busy schedule,…
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What’s for you in Banff, eh?
Yup, that’s what the customs officer asked us as we crossed the border from Montana into Alberta early on Thursday afternoon. I was thinking, are you serious?, but I answered politely. I guess…
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Mootify
I think the word “mootify” should exist, as in “to make moot.” A sentence: “However, perhaps that would mootify the point you’re trying to make.” Thoughts late in the day, reading a book…
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Bring out the GIMP!
That’s right, I like GIMP—the GNU Image Manipulation Program, that is. It’s basically Photoshop® without the cost. Actually, the fine developers working on GIMP wouldn’t really like that description, but now you know…
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Dateline: Toronto
It’s your intrepid reporter, checking in from Toronto. I’m staying at the Fairmont York Hotel downtown. It’s not the nicest or least nice room I’ve ever been in (no mildew and the elevator…