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A Project Named Desire 26 Jun 2009 | 05:39 am
I'm not sure who decided that the Blue household consists of young, upwardly-mobile, wealthy Republicans, but apparently we've gotten on some sort of list. The evidence? Every month we are inundated w...
Customers of the Week - Roundup Part One 9 Jun 2009 | 02:22 am
The end of an era is quickly approaching...I am leaving the bookstore. However, much like the Mafia and the Marine Corps, you're never really gone when you leave. In fact, one of my co-workers told me...
Hello, computer... 16 Apr 2009 | 01:21 am
So, long time, no blog? Its been a crazy few months around here. I started a new job! I'm teaching Anatomy & Physiology at a local community college. That means that now in addition to Customers of th...
A Brief History of the Blue Crayon 20 Feb 2009 | 04:07 pm
Sometimes you do something on a whim, only to discover it's significance after the fact. Take this image that I created at www.worldle.net. It scans your blog and creates a word cloud based on the num...
Customer of the Week 29 Jan 2009 | 02:35 pm
This week we finally had a clear winner. Some weeks there are customers are who are so absurd or hilarious that I nominate them just for breaking up the monotony. But this week's winner was just a sup...
Staff Picks - January 2009 18 Jan 2009 | 06:19 am
"A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul" Franz Kafka Those of you who aren't living in the Midwest (hi, Hawaii readers! I see you!) may not have heard that we're currently...
Customer of the Week 14 Jan 2009 | 03:31 pm
This one is short and sweet. I love it when little kids come up to buy things. Especially when they are paying with what is obviously allowance money or lemonade stand money. They take it *so* serious...
A Very Special Customer of the Week 6 Jan 2009 | 02:44 pm
Image from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Of course. jeez, I've been kind of a bummer lately, what with all the serious posts. So in the interest of lightening the mood, I have a COTW - Christmas Edition...
C Is For Cookie, And That's Good Enough For Me 26 Dec 2008 | 06:28 am
We've been watching a lot of Sesame Street lately. Lil' Blue was first introduced to the show via that ubiquitous red Muppet Elmo. However, she's branched out into other characters, and her current fa...
Twilight Time: A Review 12 Dec 2008 | 01:39 pm
I finally gave in and read Twilight. Mainly, I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. If you haven't noticed (because you don't watch TV, read the newspapers, surf the net, have a teenager, know a...
