Shoes and Pie

This (was) Halloween

Present at the “The Future” themed Halloween party:

Ripley and Kane (Alien)
Obama Christ
Dr. Who
Axiom passenger (Wall•E)
Miss Galaxie 1959 (yeah, that was me)
Star Trek TOS and TNG
Terminators
Jayne, Inara, and the “Two by two, hands of blue” guys (Firefly)
Seth Gecko and Santanico Pandemonium (From Dusk Til Dawn)
OctoMummy and her archeologist
2012, uh, “ascenders”
My New Bikini Body (STAR magazine cover)
Illegal [...]

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Lack of a Cohesive Plot

Forgive me, Readers, it’s been a week-ishy since my last post. The Department of Labor sent the letter with their Official Determination, which makes it Official: My contract work wasn’t as a contractor, but as an employer. Oooooooookay. However, the Determination of Benefits letter was based on very obviously (to me) incorrect earnings for when [...]

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And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it wasn’t for those meddling kids!

Ah, Hallowe’en. The most wonderful time of the year. The time when I run around trying to put together no fewer than three costumes EVERY SINGLE YEAR. But no, not this year. This year is easy. One party. One. No separate costume for work, because I now work from home. No costume for answering the [...]

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A Monday Update

I promised you all more sewing updates regarding Secret Halloween Costumes, so here goes: The costume that Erica hired me to construct is finally “done.” I use the quotes because I don’t think it’s true. You see, the costume has only one point of entry: at the neck. During the initial fitting, Erica and I [...]

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mostly about Halloween

**Twitter** – For those who like to broadcast their lives but can’t be bothered writing a blog or using Facebook.
— @MrDrewseph
Yeah, um, oops. I am told by the author that the above tweet isn’t directed at me, but it sure does fit. And I say this: My life just isn’t iiiiinteresting right now.
I have [...]

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