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my second handmade Christmas

Posted in holidays, the Internets on Sunday, December 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Last year I stumbled onto etsy.com. My life and credit card bill haven’t been the same since.
See, generally I hate shopping. Hate. Shopping. I especially hate shopping around the holidays for trendy gifts that people usually don’t want or need, and are usually way over my measly little budget.
Then I discovered etsy. Last year 90% [...]

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Hi, my name is Watershed and I have an election addiction.

Posted in politics, the Internets on Saturday, September 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I admit it. I’m beyond hooked on the election. Last night’s debate was a big night in our household. We bought special food. I bought fixings for gin and tonic. Jo hid in the bedroom with her headphones on until I came in 10 minutes into the debate and told her it was okay, Obama [...]

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Things I love about the internets: Part 3

Posted in the Internets, tagged , , on Thursday, July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is the 3rd installment in an ongoing series to make up for my otherwise humdrum dissertating life. Here’s part 1 and part 2.
This installment: Online satire.
Someday I’m going to do some kind of research project on how satire is sometimes more true than anything else. I’m not going to include that in my job [...]

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Things I love about the internets: Part 2

Posted in dissertation, grad school, the Internets, tagged , , , on Wednesday, July 2, 2008 | 2 Comments »

While I’ve had a wonderful past week (going to Chicago, watching great movies, hanging out with Jo on her birthday) underneath all the fun some serious grumpiness is bubbling to the surface. I’m back to feeling like all I ever accomplish is at my day job (i.e. not my dissertation) and I’m feeling slightly swamped [...]

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Things I love about the internets: Part 1

Posted in random oddments, the Internets, tagged , , , on Tuesday, June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »

I’m going to start a new series here on Watershed about all the things that make me love the internets so much.
I’ll start it off with some incredibly wonderful youtube videos that someone at work showed me yesterday. I can’t believe that I hadn’t seen these before. I just can’t believe it. I know I [...]

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an inadvertent pledge

Posted in holidays, the Internets, tagged , , , on Friday, November 30, 2007 | 2 Comments »

I’m done with all my holiday shopping. Actually, I finished it last weekend.
And I ended up taking the Handmade Pledge. Every single present I bought (with the exception of two items from ebay) I purchased on etsy.com. And I couldn’t be more thrilled with my presents. They are more personal, more unique. And I felt [...]

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5 seconds of hilarity

Posted in the Internets on Monday, June 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »

I don’t know why this cracks me up so much. It’s only 5 seconds long, but every time I see it I laugh. I think it must be because it has that old sci-fi movie tin can monster/alien coming out of a space ship feel to it. Anyway, if you haven’t seen this yet, enjoy.
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