Lilly on Vox Vox 2008-03-18T16:14:01Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22521165b549d/ GirlHacker's Even More Random Log How I got down from the Great Wall of China tag:vox.com,2008-03-18:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00e398e710900005 2008-03-18T08:44:46Z 2008-03-18T16:14:01Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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As one person remarked, everything should have a toboggan exit.

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]]> Going to Beijing tag:vox.com,2008-02-27:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00e398e0b9070005 2008-02-27T08:11:36Z 2008-02-27T08:11:36Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom I'm going to Beijing for work for a week, leaving Friday. I won't have too much time for sightseeing, but our test lead in Beiing sent us these handy streetwise tips. It sounds a wee bit more challenging than crossing the street in Manhattan. T...

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]]> It's quieter at our house. tag:vox.com,2007-07-18:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00d4144f8db73c7f 2007-07-18T08:18:41Z 2007-07-18T08:18:41Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Evergreen Point Floating Bridge - span up Divider removers Resurfacing, looking east Putting down the rubberized asphalt Rolling More rolling July2007 023

This past weekend they closed the SR520 Evergreen Point Floating Bridge for yearly maintenance. Although it's inconvenient to lose our easy route into Seattle, the closure provides us with a full two-day respite from traffic noise. We're far eno...

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]]> How does he know? HOW?!?! tag:vox.com,2007-02-05:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cd9710dace4cd5 2007-02-05T09:10:20Z 2007-02-05T09:10:20Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom How does a two-year-old son of admitted super geeks know that in a store filled with television screens of all sort of huge, fascinating sizes and content he's supposed to throw a tantrum when we take him away after 30 seconds from the tiny, litt...

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]]> PNW Dialect? tag:vox.com,2006-12-30:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cd9707ccd54cd5 2006-12-30T09:12:19Z 2006-12-30T09:13:32Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom My mom has been listening to English spoken by people in Connecticut (in person) and New York City (the broadcast media) for her entire English-speaking life (my parents moved here in 1965). Now that she's in the Seattle area she claims that the...

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]]> Dinner at Mistral tag:vox.com,2006-12-20:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00d10a77b6ef8bfa 2006-12-20T10:05:41Z 2006-12-20T16:07:18Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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After many days and nights with no heat (and no electricity, but it was the cold that really did me in) we journeyed with our friends Pavel and Kathleen to the Belltown area of Seattle for a previously planned visit to Mistral. My husband and I ...

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]]> What I don't want for Christmas tag:vox.com,2006-12-04:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cd9701b3c64cd5 2006-12-04T06:12:32Z 2006-12-04T06:13:37Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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A platinum Hello Kitty (with rubies, pink sapphires, and diamonds). Darth Vader nutcracker. Hitler's Porsche.

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]]> QotD: Warning: tag:vox.com,2006-11-29:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cd9700428f4cd5 2006-11-29T05:55:13Z 2006-11-29T05:55:13Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom If you came with a warning label, what would it say? Submitted by chris. WARNING: Volatile when hungry. If the following symptoms occur: snippiness, bitchiness, general lack of compassion, offer food immediately. Chocolate preferable.

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]]> Seattle. Rain. NY Times. tag:vox.com,2006-11-27:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cdf7e80c37094f 2006-11-27T06:50:01Z 2006-12-06T18:51:51Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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The Seattle downpours have made the front page of the NY Times. At least it's below the fold. Oh, and, by the way, it's snowing right now.

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]]> QotD: Stupid Human Trick tag:vox.com,2006-11-26:asset-6a00c22521165b549d00cdf3a27ea0cb8f 2006-11-26T07:22:40Z 2006-11-26T07:22:40Z Lilly http://lilt.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What is your stupid human trick? Submitted by Scarlett. I can hang a spoon on my nose -- backwards (bowl facing out). And during the Twin Peaks craze I learned how to tie a knot in a cherry stem with my tongue and teeth -- a suitable trick for ...

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