http://livinginsmallsizes.com Dawn and Will Merydith's Blog Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:22:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have the house to myself for a few days. In trying to invoke some type of magical transformation for myself, I decided to have no contact with anyone and silence for 24 hours. I broke silence three times. Two times with email and one trip to the grocery ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/18/24-hours-of-silence/ While watching this I didn't know whether to be impressed, shocked or annoyed.  In the end I found myself laughing. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klteYv1Uv9A[/youtube] Thanks to Sundar for the link. http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/17/this-is-how-we-roll-in-india/ Exhibit A: The New Yorker runs a satirical cartoon image of a political figure - this is news?  It's clearly poking fun of the FOX sponsored campaign of smear on Obama.  I think it's funny.  Much funnier that say being a conservative Republican and seeing a cartoon of your candidate doing ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/15/obama-new-yorker/ Once again I've spent weeks trying to write a non-chemo post. Frankly though nothing these days is as interesting to me as me. How's that for small sizes? My final Adriamycin and Cytoxan treatment was not near as bad as I feared. I got to a good place ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/12/the-small-size-of-me/ This list has been surfacing on my Internet travels lately.  I like it. How to Build Community Turn off your TV Leave your house Know your neighbors Look up when you are walking Greet people Sit on your stoop Plant flowers Use your library Play together Buy from local merchants Share what you have Help a lost dog Take children to the park Garden together Support ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/11/how-to-build-a-community/ Yes I'm mad as hell.  This is my candidate. Created using wecanbelievein.com. http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/09/illegal-wiretaps-change-we-can-believe-in/ I've been noodling my disappointment with Obama for several weeks now.  I think I'm ready to pull the trigger and dump my endorsement of him from this blog (assuming Dawn agrees).  Our family has donated close to $300 to his campaign over the past year and I feel like it's ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/09/wheres-obama-going/ I went to one 4th of July event this weekend - an afternoon cookout and croquet game.  It was refreshing to be with a group of people that treat a game of backyard croquet as an outlet to be an obnoxious wise ass ham.  A cooler of beers helps.  I ... http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/07/croquet-is-an-outlet-for-obnoxious/ Um - ya. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RisxckQlzc[/youtube] http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/07/03/news-flash-magic-mushrooms-actually-work/ Snagged this from Obama's Flickr stream, which has a bunch of him and Hillary working the crowd in matching clothes. http://livinginsmallsizes.com/2008/06/27/the-fight-for-the-window-seat-is-over-people/