Author: Theresa
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TLC Photo in Austin Monthly
I just received an email on Flickr that Austin Monthly wants to use this picture. Woohoo! The photo was taken when I traveled with David Kav on his inaugural Writing The Rails tour to Memphis to raise money for St. Jude’s.
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TLC’s OMG Stuffed Mushrooms
In the last few months my boyfriend (yes, I said boyfriend. I’ll tell you about him some other time. Maybe.) and I have become quite close with another couple. We have several things in common: entrepreneurial drive, a passion for music, unabashed love of campy sci fi, and a strict commitment to integrity. We also…
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The Most Expensive Item On The Menu
Tonight I had dinner with a friend who has not allowed me to pay for a meal in the last eight years. Anybody who knows me knows that “allowed” is not a verb I use often when referencing other people, but for this particular friend it’s what he’s done and what he’s always done. He…
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My dad loved this picture
and who am I to argue with an artist? To be honest, it’s quite gratifying. As I took this I thought “good lord, there are a thousand and one pictures of the bean and I think this might be from a different perspective but who the hell knows because honestly I don’t care I just…
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Foot in mouth disease
Have you ever stuck your foot in your mouth without realizing you’ve stuck your foot in your mouth? And then when you do realize it, the reason for the sticking is gone and you’re left feeling like a heel? That happened to me tonight. I met a friend for a fancy schmancy dinner. I walked…
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A Rows By Any Other Name
How many of you are cringing at that title? Are you looking for an edit button somewhere, anywhere? Any idiot knows it’s rose, not rows, right? Misspelling that word changes the meaning entirely and makes the mis-speller look careless, disrespectful, or downright rude. That’s exactly how I feel any time someone misspells my name. My name…
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Don’t Pinch Me…
There are some days I look at my life and I think “holy crap, how did I get here?” Actually, that happens most days. OK, pretty much every day I think about how good I’ve got it. For one, I love my job. Of course, if I didn’t I’d need to be checked into a…
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Dear AT&T
That’s great that you’ve got lots of 3G coverage and I can connect to the Internet and download pictures and upload videos, but a mobile phone service doesn’t exactly work if it drops calls every time I move.