http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/posts/page/1/ knitting and rock 'n' roll en Vox Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:00:17 -0700 Copyright 2007 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/maybe-i-do-want-children-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/maybe-i-do-want-children-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/maybe-i-do-want-children-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:00:17 -0700 I used to always think I didn't want children, and to a certain extent, I'm still skeptical. I mean, I can't stand children. But now that I'm getting older, I'm starting to wonder if the problem isn't the children themselves, but rather how they... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/maybe-i-do-want-children-after-all.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e398a622810005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> technology parenting children relationships psychology http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/website-grader.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/website-grader.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/website-grader.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 07 Sep 2007 14:13:13 -0700 Looking through PC Magazine's Top 100 Undiscovered Websites, I found Website Grader. Naturally, I was tempted to see how my blog stacks up. Here's how I did: http://www.websitegrader.com/wsgid/222023/default.aspx My blog got a score of 72, whic... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/website-grader.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e398a609ac0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> blogging page rank http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/a-small-epiphany.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/a-small-epiphany.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/a-small-epiphany.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 30 Aug 2007 18:58:56 -0700 This thought occurred to me this afternoon after a little event in my Microbiology lab. I was looking through a microscope at some pond scum (it was the basic "let's get everyone familiar with the microscopes" introduction). At first I just saw ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/a-small-epiphany.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e398a33c600002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> school career biology http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/drill-not-a-drill.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/drill-not-a-drill.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/drill-not-a-drill.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:46:20 -0700 A semester of college never properly starts until the first time the fire alarm goes off in your dorm. As you can guess, that's exactly what happened this morning. 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Do we count only studio albums, or are we suppos... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/qotd-im-a-completist.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e398a2b84a0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music qotd radiohead bjork kate bush white stripes verve pavement stephen malkmus opeth lcd soundsystem porcupine tree blackfield super furry animals brmc gruff rhys music completist http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/an-old-world-ends-and-a-new-one-begins.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/an-old-world-ends-and-a-new-one-begins.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/an-old-world-ends-and-a-new-one-begins.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:56:11 -0700 My last day working at the shoe store was on Sunday. Yes, that's right, my last day just had to be on tax-free weekend. Actually, the tax-free weekend really wasn't that bad...it certainly wasn't as bad as it was at the Lakeline store the previo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/an-old-world-ends-and-a-new-one-begins.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e398a13bb80002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work school driving dorm loft bed http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/qotd-passing-the-drive-time.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/qotd-passing-the-drive-time.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/qotd-passing-the-drive-time.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 17 Aug 2007 20:16:11 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d41444a2c73c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d41444a2c73c7f-50si" alt="The Life Pursuit" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4143e1f56685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4143e1f56685e-50si" alt="Blackfield II" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4144244906a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4144244906a47-50si" alt="Tago Mago" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d09e78764fbe2b.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d09e78764fbe2b-50si" alt="Future Days" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd9736b0b24cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd9736b0b24cd5-50si" alt="At War with the Mystics" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4143e3ad1685e.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4143e3ad1685e-50si" alt="If_Then_Else" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d414457a986a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d414457a986a47-50si" alt="Sound of Silver" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d41448f91a3c7f.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d41448f91a3c7f-50si" alt="Blackwater Park" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd973b83924cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd973b83924cd5-50si" alt="In Absentia" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4144730136a47.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500d4144730136a47-50si" alt="Deadwing" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd973b84184cd5.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500cd973b84184cd5-50si" alt="Fear of a Blank Planet" /></a> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/audio/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989eb5430004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989eb5430004-50si" alt="Candylion" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> When driving alone, what do you do? Sing along to the radio? Think about your day? Something else? Submitted by carapiccoladiva. When I'm alone in my car, I stick a CD in the stereo and crank the volume up (but not too loud...six and a half... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/qotd-passing-the-drive-time.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989edc220005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> music qotd can belle and sebastian gathering flaming lips opeth lcd soundsystem porcupine tree blackfield steven wilson gruff rhys drive time http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/the-isolation-of-sundays.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/the-isolation-of-sundays.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/the-isolation-of-sundays.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 12 Aug 2007 18:07:42 -0700 Sunday may just be the most boring day of the whole week, especially if you're alone. It seems like everyone is at home with their families, so social sites online become a bleak and barren landscape because no one's there. Most stores close ear... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/the-isolation-of-sundays.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989d3a970005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> family sunday sister socializing http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/where-theres-smoke-there-must-be.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/where-theres-smoke-there-must-be.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/where-theres-smoke-there-must-be.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:12:17 -0700 About an hour ago, I was asleep. If it wasn't for what happened during the last hour, I'd probably still be asleep (so what if I wanted to sleep in until 1pm...that's my problem, not yours). It all began just before noon when my little sister wo... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/where-theres-smoke-there-must-be.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989c6c920002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> kitchen house cats fire excitement sister microwave arcing http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/so-what-did-i-do.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(spiritinaphoto) http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/so-what-did-i-do.html?_c=feed-rss http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/so-what-did-i-do.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 07 Aug 2007 23:01:21 -0700 My last post was about how I've had the last four days off from work and school. So what did I do with my time the last four days? Did I get anything done that I said I would? Well, yes and no. I did get my things sorted out in my room, althou... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://spiritinaphoto.vox.com/library/post/so-what-did-i-do.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00cd9735a8664cd500e3989b974f0002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> vacation work school knitting finances