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Its been over a week since I started blogging. So far I have covered goats, stationary, tuna, peach-tossing, celebrity gossip, shopping and glitter pens. Not too shabby!

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Hooray for metallic gel glitter pens! They say that life is all about the small details and this is one detail that I love to have at work. Nothing makes copy editing more fun than making your “proofreader’s marks” in sparkly pink and green ink. A bonus TILT for today – I also have an…

Note to all cubicle warriors: the cooking and consumption of tuna, sausage patties, pungent curry and leftover beef stew is prohibited from the office environment. Due to the extremely noxious odors these foods emit, this ban is to take place immediately. Any meals that emit dog-food-like smells should be eaten outside the office, preferably in…

I got to cash in 10,000 rewards points this morning for my American Express card (it was a nice way to recover from the peach-tossing). They actually offer some pretty great rewards. Instead of your general toaster ovens and magazine subscriptions, they had theatre tickets, spa packages and gift cards to some fancy-schmancy stores. I…

I recently found out that I am anemic again. I think it is something that just comes with the territory of being a skinny girl. My doctor prescribed some iron supplements but it turns out that the specific kind he recommended is notorious for turning people into non-stop cookie-tossers. I discovered this the hard way…

I love Chinatown! Ever since I traveled to China a few years ago, I love visiting the crowded, smelly, bargain-filled streets of this San Francisco neighborhood. There is just nothing like it. This weekend I am heading out to Chinatown to shop for some cheap furniture. In the meantime, I’ll just have to read about…

I am just back from a weekend in California’s heartland, the central valley. It was actually pretty fun to be away from the San Francisco fog for a few days. We stayed on a ranch with goats, horses and the works! Goats are really amazingly smart. I have the feeling that if they weren’t quite…

I wish that I could manage to listen to “This American Life” on NPR each week. It just always seems to be on at a weird time. I guess I could subscribe to the podcast version, wouldn’t that be high tech of me. Once I get headphones for my office, I’ll listen to it here.

Is there a cure for SF apartment stinkyness? Something about my place just smells old. About half of the apartments I have been to so far are similarly afflicted. Candles aren’t doing it. Cleaning doesn’t make a dent. Making coffee is only a temporary solution. I heard that incense is a good step…but incense is…