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Tuesday, November 21, 2006

GUEST POST: I'm bad at coming up with titles

I just finished an excruciatingly long project for my biggest client-- it seems odd that one would speak ill of an innocent-looking kids' book, but there you have it. I'll have just about enough time (and energy) to make it through the Thanksgiving Day festivities we're hosting this year before starting the next big project.

This week my pub quiz team, "So this team walks in to a bar...", picked up first place yet again. Right on! I've been completely blessed with friends that possess steel trap minds for useless trivia. Chris knows history, country music and the Bible. Kevin knows movies, current events and sports. Eric knows music and current events. I can answer pretty much anything about 1980s pop culture and art history. At this particular quiz, we had a comfortable lead throughout the first four rounds, lost ground in the fifth and sixth and then just squeaked by with a win when we came closest to the answer to this: In what year did Beethoven complete his Symphony No. 9? And just in case you think we're a bunch of nerds: we don't play for local pub fame and bragging rights (although there's plenty of both). We're there strictly for the first place $40 bar tab. I don't think I've actually purchased a drink at O'Neill's since 2003.





My husband got word from The Man that he'll be heading back to the U.K. for business next month. If I'm able to get an affordable airfare, I'll go with him this time and we'll spend Christmas in Paris. I once had a string of five straight birthdays spent in foreign countries (New Zealand, England, Bahamas, England again, and Canada) but I haven't once spent Christmas anywhere but in the United States. My conversational French skills are lacking; I hope "Bah, humbug. Now give me some more 'nog!" translates easily.

I'm less sentimental than most and would usually not speak of Christmas twice in the same blog entry, however my current crush-ola has seen fit to release some Christmas CDs today. Go and order them now and I'll try to come up with another entry by the time you get back.

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