Private Investigator (not really)

Yachts on the Tamaki River I took this photograph the other morning - Monday, I think - but it's taken me this long to post it. My photos never do their subjects justice. I marvel at sites like Witoldriedel.com's ability to publish such beautifully coloured photographs. And this, from Heather Champ is abso-freaking-beautiful. My camera's not great, you know, but at least it takes fuzzy pictures. Today I picked up my business cards - only took 5 months to get around to doing it. I tried to *design* my business card, but didn't like anything very much at all so decided the only thing for it was to type my name and my business and print that on plain white card. This weekend I'm going to throw paint at them and see what i come up with. A while ago, kv gave me the wonderful gift of business cards "Private Investigator (not really)" makes people smile every single time - I've been handing them out recently, that's how I know. Tonight I've been uncharacteristically horizontal on my couch watching all four of the TV channels - there are a few more but that's all I can get on my old console television. I can imagine the designers saying "Four channels should be enough for anyone." back in the day. After watching Girl, Interrupted I remembered how much I dislike Wynona Ryder. She's okay when she's asleep. It's all the stuff she does awake in movies I don't particularly like. Lana Coc-Kroft isn't very well - I hope she gets better as quickly as she got sick. Or quicker, even.
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Did He Say Jamjar?

"Q10: What do you consume JJ? I'm talking food and drink and print and visual and aural media. Are there other websites you frequent? And of course, who should WaterChestnut2k2 interview next? [snip] I cast my eyes over MeFi every so often, and I wallow in the loveliness that is the jamjar (and occasionally corrupt it with my own idiocy). Other than that, I spend more time than I'd like to on trade statistics websites, and I Google at least a thousand things a week." [/snip] ***SPOFI LOCKER ROOM INTERVIEW #19***
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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffered a debilitating stroke in 1919. For the next 17 months, until his term was over, his wife Edith was the de facto Commander in Chief of the United States. She hid the severity of his incapacity, allowing only his doctors to see him as he hid in his sickroom at the White House. Meanwhile, she issued a steady stream of policy decisions, signed treaties, and presidential directives, always written in her own hand. I believe you Libras now have a chance to play a role comparable to Edith's: to be the power behind the throne. Here are your words to live by, courtesy of philanthropist Art Rennison: "There is no end to what can be accomplished if you don't care who gets the credit." [read your own]
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