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2010 | Mar 04
If You Build It/Lead a Horse to It
“I'm attempting to get some posts out of "draft" status. Here is one I started ...”
03
Review: Dawn of the Dreadfuls
“Back in November, I reviewed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth ...”
| Feb 11 01
So We Came to February
“I closed out January with five stitches in my thumb (first time getting stitches-- first ...”
| Jan | 2009 “Yes we can.” | Dec 11
WrAnyMo WrApUp
“I've developed this habit of starting drafts and forgetting about them for a week or ...”
| Nov 06
Another Even Day Post
“I beat myself up. A lot. Sometimes, I need to stop and acknowledge that occasionally, ...”
04 02
What the Heck is WrAnyMo?
“Find. Out. Here.
BTW, these link-type posts will not be counted in the #WrAnyMo word count.
Follow ...”
| Sep | Aug 09
Family Vacation
“I had a great time with my parents in and around Southern Indiana while they ...”
| Jul 20
A Cliched Saying about Cracked Eggs Might Apply to this Rant
“Warning: I am clearly overdue for an extremely angry rant. Arguments below are admittedly not ...”
02
200
“Puddles is 200- posts that is, quite young by web standards. A babe!
When I realized ...”
| Jun 24
Answer to the Question
“It has always seemed as though there was an answer waiting when I knew the ...”
23
This is Not News
“I've been doing a lot of work in WordPress lately. Unfortunately (or fortunately!) for you, ...”
| May 20
I Mean to imeem
“I finally decided to give imeem a shot. It's a social networking site, much like ...”
14 | Apr 30
BEDA Wrap-up
“My final BEDA. I have to say I'm glad it's over. I like the exercise ...”
29
In which She Tries to be Smarter
“I started a post this morning on the bus but my WordPress app ate it. ...”
28
Posts that Might Have Been
“I didn't leave enough time to blog today. I was busy dancing among TEI elements ...”
27
On Readability
“I made a note to self on yesterday's blog because I KNEW I was going ...”
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Stop and Smell the Flowers
“If the announcement that I will be starting a new position didn’t tip you off, ...”
22
E-books, Where are You Taking Us?
“At the last Technical Services Department meeting, I heard Executive Associate Dean Carolyn Walters talk ...”
21
Tag, You're It
“Experienced Tweeters know to use hashtags to make it easier for others to follow a ...”
20
In which She Cleans Up
“In preparation for my new position, I've been methodically doing bits of cleaning at my ...”
19
Human? Or...
“My day was uber-relaxed. After a morning walk with Tim, I got back to the ...”
18
McGee Movie Night
“Russell and I watched Guess Who's Coming to Dinner this evening. In trying to decide ...”
17
Shiny News
“Note: this post was written on Thurs, April 16 but could not be published until ...”
16
Don't Let Friends Blog Tired
“Ugh, put this off again. OK, focus Jen.
Spouse Creature and I went out to partake ...”
15 14
Note to Self
“I've been feeling off lately. There are times when it is more intense than others. ...”
13
No Zombies for Me
“Both Barnes & Noble and Borders were out of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. It ...”
12
On Sunday
“I had a good day today. I talked to family back home and then had ...”
11
Down on the Farm
“I found myself wondering about the Lassie TV series (1954-1973) today. It's been ages since ...”
10
Upcoming Reads
“After work yesterday, I walked to the public library and grabbed some books and CDs.
I ...”
09
Libraries on the Go (and We're Losing the Mule)
“I need to get this post out early so I'll have time to prep and ...”
08
My Friend Pinky
“My mind is a complete wasteland right now. I'm not whining- just stating facts. OK, ...”
07
Case of the Missing BEDA- Solved!
“I forgot to cross-post #BEDA contribution number seven. The post is over at my writing ...”
06
Tuning the 'Tude
“This marks the sixth day straight that I've blogged. I think that is a record ...”
05
'Banshee' Update
“For today's BEDA, I posted over at the Babbling Banshee Blog. I gave a brief ...”
04 03 02
Time Wasters
“I spend a lot of time staying connected via email, feeds, Twitter, etc. but that ...”
01
BEDA Note
“A cautionary note? Already?? Yes, friends, it's true.
Realizing that I should provide easy access to ...”
| Mar 30
The M Rivers
“Had a relaxing time in Saint Louis this past weekend. As it turns out, it's ...”
26 25
Headlines: a How-not-to Guide
“During lunch, I read a baffling headline in today's print edition of the Indiana Daily ...”
23 20
Inevitable(?) Follies
“I have finally joined the Facebook Empire under my gmail address, should you wish to ...”
17
She Makes with Lots of Shiny
“You may have read somewhere (on Twitteror maybe I blogged about it?) that Howl, my ...”
15
More Walks
“The most recent walk was win but first, Walks 2009.002.
On Wednesday, we circuited Wal-Mart, which ...”
10 03 | Feb 27
I cant haz embed
“That embedded GBS video in my previous post didn't show up in the RSS feed ...”
26
Words that We Couldn't Say
“My Life in iTunes
RULES:
Put your iTunes, Windows Media Player, device, etc. on shuffle.
For each question, ...”
23
Your Moment of WTF
“Jenny McGee here, with this offering, fresh outta the Twitterverse.
Bella's Womb. Made. out. of. felt.
Are ...”
Weekend Redux
“My weekend slipped by once again. There were a few fun highlights in the mix ...”
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Legend of Dolls Being Human
“I never got around to watching Dollhouse last night because I was distracted by the ...”
11 04
Get Your Gmail Stickers
“Snail mail in a self-addressed stamped envelope and get Gmail stickers in return. I don't ...”
Cash Cow
“Catherine Hardwicke found another way to cash in on the movie franchise she lost. Hardwicke's ...”
02
In Which I Ramble and Bore All
“Curious thing: I feel incredibly busy but have no recent accomplishments to speak of. OK, ...”
| Jan 30 29 27 23 19
Books and Plays and Things
“I chose to work this MLK Jr Day. I am one of two people present ...”
Speak like a Child
“I feel sick to my stomach and the Casa Brava we had tonight has nothing ...”
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Friday Coda
“There are only 6 minutes left until midnight (EST) and still no Friday Interlude? Fear ...”
Who's Driving this Thing?!
“Depending upon a.) when you may have stopped by today and b.) if you stopped ...”
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Bloggy News
“I've turned off the need to register and log in to leave comments on my ...”
02
Resolve
“I haven't formed any New Year's resolutions because I think it is stupid to wait ...”
| 2008 “Trying times.” | Dec 30
All a-Twitter
“I've decided to finally give Twitter a try. My username is cursedstorm there also. Twitter ...”
Housekeeping
“I just clicked on a PNG file and it opened in Fireworks. Finally! UITS installed ...”
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5 Years or $250,000
“That's the maximum penalty for mail fraud. This morning I tracked a package that was ...”
19
Tis the Season
“For this Friday's Musical Interlude, I thought I'd go with something seasonal. I've always liked ...”
18
A Zombie Christmas Carol
“Mr. Fantastic Fiction is back over at Libba Bray's blog. Huzzah for paragraph-long sentences! And ...”
12
jlSuDrup
“I noticed in the Google Language Tools this morning a new addition: Use the Google ...”
10 09
Done
“A month later and I'm still sick. Last night marks the third night in a ...”
03
Photos Up
“I finally put up a few photos from vacation. See them here. It occurs to ...”
01
Of night and light and the half-light
“I subscribed to Boston.com's The Big Picture a few months ago and have seen some ...”
| Nov 28
Note to Self: Don't Kill
“If you are one of two thousand people waiting outside of a large chain store, ...”
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Snow!
“I see flurries! I tried to get a picture (I'm borrowing Tim and Sara's Canon ...”
19
Web Albums
“In anticipation of the many photos I hope to be taking, I'm reevaluating web album ...”
17
Show Me How to Live
“We all build our own cages.
I've spent many a minute this day composing lists including ...”
16
Of Monks and Samurai
“A few things I've recently wanted to read or see:
Reading
The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I'm ...”
15
The Godfather of Soul Says Hello
“At 7am this morning, cleaning the bathroom was not nearly as appealing as snuggling deeper ...”
13 11
Plugins
“WordPress Plugins
As you may have guessed from my previous post, I installed a couple plugins ...”
10
Test
“Testing RSS Footer.”
They don't make 'em like they used to
“On Saturday night, Russell and I watched Stage Door Canteen (1943), a World War II ...”
05
Yes we can.
“Many bloggers are posting music videos to sum up their sentiments upon the announcement of ...”
04
Election Post
“I'm back-dating this post. I know, bad Jen. I did blog on Election Day, just ...”
03
I Can Make You a Man
“In other news, Playing in Puddles is written by a man! Or, at least it ...”
Fire
“I just popped over to the Herald Times Online for my usual local news perusal ...”
| Oct 31 30 29
Interludo
“This makes me happy. Andrew Volpe and the boys of Ludo performing "Love Me Dead" ...”
27
She Makes with the Thinks (or Not)
“I read something over on Star's blog that, in a perverse way, I was glad ...”
20
OBOB Voting
“Here's some voting practice for B-town locals: cast your vote for the book to be ...”
Sociopolitical Ramble
“Politics does not exist in a vacuum. Contrary to popular belief, 'politics' isn't a dirty ...”
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Useful tool and Torturous Diversion
“Here are a couple of random goodies I came across this afternoon.
Tool:
Color scheme generator. These ...”
Comments
“I am a silly person. I turned on the ability for readers to comment when ...”
07
Can't Uncurl Toes
“I know I shouldn't post on this because, in doing so, I'll reveal myself to ...”
06
Stupid English-Centric Girl
“Just in time for a slew of Catalan language cataloging I have to do, Catalan ...”
05
Ah, the Weekend
“I finally got my hands on a copy of Neil Gaiman's latest, The Graveyard Book ...”
03
Thankful
“I have amazing friends. I don't have many but I don't need hordes of friends. ...”
02
PIP 2.0
“Welcome to Playing in Puddles 2.0.
The site is very much a work in progress and ...”
01
Clutter, you die.
“Monday evening was spent going through mountains of bills, papers, etc. Now everything is filed, ...”
| Sep 25 23
Two Weeks
“"Two minutes... get your shit together." Thanks to Kristen, for introducing me to George ...”
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Equinox
“It's that time of year again! Today marks the autumnal equinox, which in my mind ...”
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Happy Constitution Day
“Today marks the anniversary of the signing of our Constitution. I'd like to be able ...”
12
Fair Weather in Verona?
“Monroe County Civic Theaterpresents:TWOGENTELMENOFVERONASeptember 12, 13, 19 & 20@ 7 pmThird Street Park Stage(between Lincoln ...”
10 08
Gratis Oryza
“I visited Free Rice this morning and was pleased to find that they've added a ...”
05
Vivid Images, Musical Textures
“I've had really vivid dreams the last two nights, which is odd, since I haven't ...”
04 | Aug 25
In Need of God-smack
“Priest to hold nun beauty pageant.
Are you frelling kidding me? Is poor image truly the ...”
20
Loss
“Rest in peace, LeRoi Moore.Dave Matthews Band founder dies”
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Shitty Art Makes Headlines
“This recently came to my attention:A Swiss museum is counting the cost of having crap ...”
11
Your Corp Just Melted My Brain
“And this happened over and over and over again.
From the bottom of the pack to ...”
09 05
Sleep Break
“I got 500 pages into Breaking Dawn before going to bed last night. So far... ...”
04 | Jul 31
Kill Your Lawn!
“I saw this on Boing Boing awhile back and it stuck with me. It stems ...”
30
Still Alive
“I'm past the whiny phase of being sick, so it's probably safe to post again. ...”
25
Senior Wii Sports
“Skokie Public Library hosts Senior Wii Sports night. See the Flickr set here. ...”
22
Unexpected Life
“When I was little, I wanted nothing more than to be a quadruped and run ...”
21
Books and Music
“For those who want a discount on books: I got an email from Borders this ...”
15 14
And Rambling Ensued
“CROWN BEAT THE CADETS.
The Cadets have been on top (or damn near) for the duration ...”
09
Actions Speak Louder
“"Straight talk," huh? I tried to keep an open mind. I tried to focus solely ...”
| Jun 19
Sweet Endings
“For the record, Carolina Crown's 2008 show Finis looks and sounds like it will be ...”
06
Tempestuousness in the Park
“Last night, I saw a tech rehearsal of The Tempest, directed by Ben Aldred and ...”
04
Obfuscation is My Guilty Pleasure
“"I bet Jon Stewart has a huge right frontal lobe..." -Dr. Katherine P. RankinTWSS?The quote, ...”
| May 31
Today's Important Question:
“How would you spend $9.07 at the iTunes store? I've gotten a few music suggestions ...”
16
Treading Water
“Last night found me balanced on the bathtub ledge trying to determine whether or not ...”
02
I'm 2
“Today marks the completion of two years' work at IU Libraries. Go me. In 8 ...”
| Apr 25
Aidan's Darcy trilogy
“I have finally finished reading Pamela Aidan's Fitzwilliam Darcy, Gentleman trilogy. I promised that ...”
24
Reading
“The Indiana Daily Student ran a review of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf on Tuesday ...”
21
Aftershock
“I had an appointment with my doctor this morning to stock up on allergy-related prescriptions. ...”
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Taxing Times
“Sorry to those I have been neglecting! Russell's job is keeping me busy. ...”
07 04 | Mar 25
More You Say?
“Oh, yes. Get out and see Monroe County Civic Theater's Directors' Symposium XIII: The ...”
Banshee Trailer
“It seems a bit strange to have a trailer for a theatrical production that isn't ...”
Nothing Makes Me Whine Like...
“... hours and hours of coding. Since I'm learning, I tend to spend hours trying ...”
15
Beware the Ides!
“Ah, tis the Ides of March! And... Saint Patrick's Day?The Vatican thought it was ...”
| Feb 27
Detesting the Term Webmistress
“I'm not sleeping with the webmaster and I'm certainly not sleeping with the entire web. ...”
26
Lotion Geysers and Other Tales
“My pump hand lotion congealed and shot a beautiful arc of lotion three feet ...”
08
She Loves Her Some Cheese
“Words that actually came out of my mouth this evening:
Don't run over my cheese.
Technically, these ...”
06
Of Things that are Good
“Libraries.My public library saves me $275 a month. How much is your library worth ...”
01
Thespian Shenanigans
“Hah! This *almost* made me feel better. And then I ate lunch. ...”
| Jan 29 28
Play nice and share
“A life philosophy? Sure, sure. Contrawise, I want to see if anyone else ...”
17
Book Descriptions
“Feeling too lazy to swing a rough translation of a book I was cataloging, I ...”
14
Property Rights and Pony Cars
“I wonder what North American Aviation's initial reaction was to Ford Motor Company's lawyers in ...”
11
32nd and Final Thing
“The final IUL2.0 post!
This post's soundtrack, "It's Over," is brought to you by the Squirrel ...”
07
Traffic Dance
“I thought Jersey traffic was heinous. Cringe.
”
03
NetLibrary
“OK, the last topic for IUL2.0! Anyone feeling sentimental? Hand raise? Head ...”
| 2007 “Blog is born.” | Dec 20
Carroll and Doyle
“
Here's a set from Liz Carroll and John Doyle, called Catherine Kelly's. I have ...”
Web 2.0 Randomness
“This seemed like an easy IUL 2.0 "thing" to get out of the way, until ...”
Google Docs
“Is it Not Nifty? A Google Document
Table of Contents
Introduction
Features
Fun in Other Tabs
Conclusion
Introduction
In this IUL ...”
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iGoogle, Yes I Do
“I'm avoiding doing any real work on the IU Libraries 2.0 project. Instead I'll ...”
06
Technorati
“I'm afraid there will be some overlap in my discussion of technorati's searching capabilities with ...”
Yummy or... not?
“I haven't set up a del.icio.us account and it's not because I don't see it's ...”
05 03 | Nov 29
LibraryThing
“I've been meaning to create an account at LibraryThing for quite some time now but ...”
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RSS leftovers
“Not quite as filling as turkey leftovers, but just as satisfying...
I appreciated the related tags ...”
14
Bloglines
“On with the L2.0 exercises, this time on RSS and newsfeeders...
I've known about newsreaders for ...”
Pimp my Bookcart 2007
“The results are in! I think my fav is the wooly mammoth. Fuzzy ...”
12
Tech Happy
“I'm posting once again for the L2.0 project- this time on three of my favorite ...”
09
More fun with flickr
“Wee! I had fun with the bubblr API, which allows you to make your own ...”
08
Movies and Daemons
“I checked out the new Golden Compass movie trailer recently. One word: YAY! ...”
| Oct 30
L is for learning. L is for libraries.
“When I heard that IU Libraries had adapted the PLCMC Learning 2.0 program, I was ...”
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