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Faves and Peeves
My favorite things, my latest annoyances
A place to exult and vent
Faves on September 21, 2005 at 10:43 a.m.: Pao de Queijo; the Bringing up Ben & Birdy blog; JD on INXS Rock Star (yeah, yeah, i'm 34 years old and a happily married mom. but lemme just say: way hot baby)
Peeves on September 21, 2005 at 10:50 a.m.: the headlines-only shock value of poor test scores in public schools; the futility of trying to reason with an 18-month-old
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Faves on August 3, 2005 at 9:43 a.m.: Jack Black in "School of Rock," the yellow stickies on Wade Roush's social machines article in the MIT Technology Review, my hubbie's smoked vegetable salsa
Peeves on August 3, 2005 at 9:50 a.m.: The tricky and mindbending issues involved in the Judith Miller anonymous-source controversy that may ultimately lead to far less whistleblowing and a more impotent press; the heat that has fried my porch plants; no-budge traffic on the George Washinton Bridge in NYC on a Friday afternoon
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Faves on July 8, 2005 at 8:56 a.m.: Julia Glass, Ann Patchett, J.K. Rowling
Peeves on July 8, 2005 at 8:57 a.m.: This is much more than a peeve -- a revulsion, a torment, a reason to cry: The act of terror that ripped into the subway and bus system of London yesterday, killing more than 50 people and injuring hundreds.
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Faves on May 11, 2005 at 1:45 p.m.: The glorious silence of an idling hybrid car; Suz Redfearn's humor writing; phlox
Peeves on May 11, 2005 at 1:48 p.m.: the beeps and whirs of electronic toys trying to regain the attention of toddlers after they've lost interest; buying veggies with the best intentions and then finding them rotting in the fridge a week later
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Faves on January 11, 2005 at 10:09 a.m.: James B. Stewart's writing; the energizing approach of the principal -- Dr. Marcia Baldanza -- at our local elementary school; chapstick
Peeves on January 11, 2005 at 10:15 a.m.: automated (human-less) check-outs at the grocery store; dead grass patches
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Faves on December 7, 2004 at 10:44 a.m.: The Moby Dick piece on Kurt Anderson's radio show last Saturday; "The Scientist in the Crib" by Alison Gopnik et al; my friend Sabrina's chewy gingerbread cookies
Peeves on December 7, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.: toddler temper tantrums; the lack of natural light in our elementary school's classrooms; the decision made by NBC and CBS to ban UCC's commercial
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Faves on November 9, 2004 at 9:22 a.m.: Consumer Reports' fact-checkers (thanks for your help!); outdoor fireplaces; Topper Shutt, the weatherman, on WUSA-TV Channel 9
Peeves on November 9, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.: Christmas items being stocked BEFORE Halloween; the time-lag on digital cameras; out-of-sync traffic lights.
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Faves on July 28, 2004 at 2:37p.m.: Butterfly bushes, news of a friend's pregnancy, the story of King Midas
Peeves on July 28, 2004 at 2:40 p.m.: the sick, head-spinning feeling that comes when suddenly hearing about friends splitting up
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Faves on June 8, 2004 at 4:07 p.m.: Peapod the Online Grocer, Dora the Explorer, and the whisper soft skin of my baby's cheeks.
Peeves on June 8, 2004 at 4:08 p.m.: the overwhelming amount of email that waits to be filed and filtered, sleep deprivation and the smell of hot asphalt.
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Faves on July 23 at 9:19 a.m.: State Farm's coverage of our flooded basement, NPR's morning edition, and the tiny baby birds that have just hatched, nesting in the hanging floor pot on my front porch.
Peeves on July 23 at 9:19 a.m.: I-95 South on any summer weekend, a broken air conditioning unit with notification that the part needed to fix it won't come in until next week.
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Faves on May 27, 2003 at 3:19 p.m.: Bill Keller's writing, a synopsis magazine called "The Week," the beach at the Inner Banks.
Peeves on March 20, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.: the lack of a pedestrian-friendly entrance at Beatley Library in Alexandria, the ants I just discovered on the outside of our house.
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Faves on March 20, 2003 at 1:44 p.m.: Possession by A.S. Byatt, Samoa Girl Scout Cookies, Maria Morales (nanny extraordinaire)
Peeves on March 20, 2003 at 1:45 p.m.: This week's massive snowstorm (and the fact that it has held my knee surgeon hostage in the Denver airport); the intense but somewhat numb look on Bush's face when he tells us we're going to war.
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Faves on February 5, 2003 at 5:09 p.m.: The Amazon Browser, a quiet Wednesday afternoon, our Subaru Impreza WRX.
Peeves on February 5, 2003 at 5:10 p.m.: Too-much-mouse wrists, Valentine's marketing, the fact that Google hasn't yet found my new blog address.
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Faves on November 18, 2002 at 8:37 p.m.: Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections, the satisfaction of finishing a long novel, the ability to renew library books over and over again.
Peeves on November 18, 2002 at 8:38 p.m.: Christmas commercials weeks before Thanksgiving, the drafty dining room window, overdoing the vegetables
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Faves on November 5, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: "I Voted" stickers, red-tipped leaves, Nantucket chocolate chunk cookies by Pepperidge Farm
Peeves on November 5, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: the dim and ugly lamp near our reading chair, wasting water, non-voters
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Faves on October 9, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: Creme Caramel yogurt, weekly phone calls from Mom, fleece.
Peeves on October 9, 2002 at 12:50 p.m.: eBay's credit-card verification system, chest-pounding from the war hungry.
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Faves on October 3, 2002 at 3 p.m.: The Washington Post's health section, Blueberry Bliss decaf tea, Quicken budgeting software.
Peeves on October 3, 2002 at 3 p.m.: Northern Pipeline's gas contractors, hot humid weather when it's supposed to be Fall, the fact that Verizon's voicemail doesn't have a no-ring option.
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Faves on September 24, 2002 at 12:20 p.m.: The First Amendment, gooey homemade chocolate cake with fudgy icing, my daughter's eyelashes.
Peeves on September 24, 2002 at 12:20 p.m.: RealOne software, icy-cold air conditioning, people who don't pick up after their dogs.
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© Copyright 2005 Lisa Guernsey.
Last update: 9/21/2005; 11:34:03 AM.
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