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    Eep! Poor cats.

    I completely forgot that I’m going to have to board my cats for about 5 days for my trip to Phoenix. Typically, only MacGregor or I are out of town, not both. Will they survive? Will they hate me (more)? Will they come back changed cats?! All this and more, next week on The Return from Phoenix.

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    Three fun things on dance-day

    In reverse order of occurrence: Assmar makes me do funny things Like ride down the highway in 40-degree weather with the windows down and the heat blasting at the floorboards. The cool air lowers my body temperature (bad cooldown after hip-hop) and the hot air keeps my lungs from seizing up in the cold. Seems weird to me.

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    “The welcome goodbye” posted

    Well, it’s not quite still Saturday, but as promised, here’s a new Witches story, called “The welcome goodbye“: “Harding.” Hardi stopped pacing. “Why are you so hot under the collar for this project?” Jim asked quietly. Hardi opened and closed her mouth. “I just… I want to do something about this.” Now I’m going to bed. Zzz.

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    Feeling way behind

    I came down with a cold two weeks ago, and the next thing I know, I’ve missed three of my own deadlines for posting stories, haven’t danced in two Mondays, and haven’t done a lick of the design work for the non-profit I’m trying to work with. In good news, I can sleep soundly through the night again without choking on my own phlegm. It’s times like these that remind me not to try to “catch up”, but just to keep moving. It’s not like I fell off a bandwagon; I can’t make up for two weeks of missed productivity. That said, there will be a story this Saturday. It…

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    Quasi-daily linkage

    My God—it’s full of unicorns! – Meta Stack Overflow – This is hilarious. I'm going to have to play around with this in WP. Dynamic Dummy Image Generator – DummyImage.com – C/o my darling, this is a pretty cool way to generate placeholder images. Alex Payne — On the iPad – This is the best damn commentary on the iPad that I've seen yet. A Toronto Data Guy, I want privacy because I break the law – This is a good essay on privacy and how that related to purposefully and accidentally breaking the law. I like that he doesn't once go into copyright violation (which isn't law breaking, although…