sillybean http://www.sillybean.net reading, writing, web design, and the intersections thereof Thu, 15 May 2008 18:55:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Other writers are crazy http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1479 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1479#comments Thu, 15 May 2008 18:55:43 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1479 Other writers are crazy

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1479/feed Trip photos http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1478 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1478#comments Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:41 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1478 Posted every time we stop back at our room. Yeah, all we’ve done so far is eat and sleep. Great vacation, at that. However, we’re now off to do some more touristy things.

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1478/feed into the wild blue yonder http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1477 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1477#comments Sat, 10 May 2008 06:13:22 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1477 The semester from hell being over (FINALLY), we are commencing de-stressing procedures by hopping on a plane to Seattle. Back in a week.

Mail-sorting conversation at our house…

Me, upon finding yet another stack of unopened mail on the dining room table: NOOOOO!
Michael: I found a Playboy offer in mine.
Me: Why don’t I get Playboy offers? All my offers are from Publishers Weekly and book clubs.
Michael: That’s because you know how to read.

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1477/feed Iron Man (no spoilers) http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1476 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1476#comments Sun, 04 May 2008 04:16:42 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1476 Mike summed it up: Best superhero movie yet filmed.

Don’t forget to stay until after the credits.

squee.

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1476/feed Google tip: refine your search by date http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1475 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1475#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:23:50 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1475 Google tip: refine your search by date

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1475/feed LOL Firefly: Jaynestown http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1474 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1474#comments Thu, 01 May 2008 21:01:24 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1474 LOL Firefly: Jaynestown — Put down liquids before clicking the clicky. (via Mike in chat)

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1474/feed Barcodes as art http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1473 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1473#comments Sat, 26 Apr 2008 02:10:12 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1473 Barcodes as art from Japan and Russia — brilliant stuff. (via Jeremy Tolbert)

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1473/feed The 20 Worst Foods in America http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1472 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1472#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:45:58 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1472 The 20 Worst Foods in America — Chili’s and On the Border are conspiring to kill you.

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1472/feed OH JOHN RINGO NO. http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1471 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1471#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:26:16 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1471 OH JOHN RINGO NO. — I think I just ruptured something. (via the other Steph)

]]> http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1471/feed Maureen McHugh’s Mothers & Other Monsters free to download http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1470 http://www.sillybean.net/archives/1470#comments Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:04:05 +0000 Stephanie http://www.sillybean.net/?p=1470 Maureen McHugh’s collection Mothers & Other Monsters free to download from Small Beer. The more I read on my iPhone, the more I appreciate plain text or HTML versions of free online things. PDFs work, but they scroll oddly. (via GalleyCat)

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