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Hide your dancing penis umbrella.

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I have an Umbrella Center in my front hall closet. It sounds impressive, but it’s actually a tote bag suspended from a coat hanger. At any rate, it used to be full of umbrellas. Nice ones.

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Uncategorized steven, stuff 'n' junk, umbrellas

Stuff ‘n’ Junk Report: Watermelon (Or, why I’m a watermelon asshole*)

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(*Subtitle inspired by Naomi Dunford. See comment at bottom.) Another Stuff ‘n’ Junk Report — where I pick any random item of mine, new or old, and tell you something about it. It’s inventory, with detailed back story. Like show and tell, but more tell than show. Today, an old item: Watermelon, cut into cubes. […]

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family conflicts, family, food, hoarding, stuff 'n' junk

SADly mistaken

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A quick shoutout today to my friend Miranda Levenstein, whose latest blog post offers a cake recipe as remedy for Seasonal Affective Disorder. If I baked, I’d give it a whirl. It has to work better than the special SAD lamp I bought two years ago.

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Uncategorized depression, gadgets, psychology, salsa ex, stuff 'n' junk

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