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Creature Comforts
October 14, 2011
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The trees are already half-naked and that reminds me - it's time to start throwing my end-of-Summer tantrum - it'll be a doozy.

October has been more cunning (moody) than usual and for that I tip my hat. I never know if I should wear my hot-pants or my Forever Lazy ($29.95). 

 

But did October imagine that I would wear my hot-pants under Forever Lazy?? I think not. I think not.

Speaking of Winter and claustrophobia and lack of space and re-organizing the warehouse:

Yes, reorganizing the warehouse is at the top of my list. Right after:

1) Stare out the window, and 2) Wish someone would bring me coffee.

 

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Nudity
October 5, 2011
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Because Summer is ending and because I can never have too many awkward locker room situations, I joined a gym. Let me be clear, the other women in the locker room aren't at all awkward - only me. They undress shamelessly while I wrestle my sports bra off like Houdini. They meander from locker to shower completely nude while I fashion and drape a towel-sari around my body.

(That's me and Lucy.)

I expect the entire Winter to be a blur of snow and uncomfortable nudity. 

Thoughts of this inspired a (birthday?) card:

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Urine in the Snow
September 21, 2011
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Being buried alive happens - especially if someone thinks you're dead. Why be unprepared for such misfortune? I practice digging myself free of the shallow grave by waking from daily, coma-like naps. That, and a spoon in my pocket give me peace of mind.

After I shake the dirt from my hair, I ask myself a series of questions: What time is it? Did I really just stab that woman in the neck with a pencil? Why did I have to use that toilet on the 50 yard line? 

Whew! Every day is like a new adventure.

Sometimes my subconscious dreams up a new card and that usually comes out in my post-coma Q&A.

Vulgar! I know. I won't apologize for ideas that The Lord puts into my head. 

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A Bunch of Rambling and a New Card
September 15, 2011
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Everyone knows that discovering a centipede on your toothbrush is an omen. That sounds scary! It is. In my case, the foreshadowing is still in its mystery stage. To be safe, I am zipped up to the neck in a sleeping bag.

In other news: I was almost hit by a car in St. Louis Park today. Hey! THAT'S what the centipede was trying to tell me! Thank you centipede/sorry for telling my husband to make sure he really smashes you.

This change of seasons (mood swing) forced me to think about cold and Winter - and because I always try to find the nugget in the pan - I thought about Santa. Good ol' Santa. I refuse to let him be this one-dimensional "ho, ho, ho-ing" character.

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International Internetter
August 24, 2011
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The intern packed up her carpetbag and rode away. I felt like we should hug but we didn't - hugs are best left out of print shops. She made this before she left:

Go, my young grasshopper, go and use the life-skills I so generously shared with you.

Fred photographed the new cards - here's my favorite:

That's a true story. 

ALSO: Becki Iverson at Metro Magazine wrote a nice thing about us. I think we'll keep giving out that photo until we are 60 years old.

Nobody needs to see a photo of us taken in February.

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Unsafe Work Environment
June 30, 2011
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We have a New Andrea.

The Original Andrea got a life and only wants to email me about hypothetical cold-press coffee dates and cramps. They grow up so fast.

Jen's on vacation and that means two things:

1) I am crying less.

2) I (the intern) have (has) more work to do.

The reps are faxing in their Christmas orders because they want to remind me that this Summertime happiness I feel is fleeting.

It's good to keep me grounded.

Oh, and here's why my work environment is not safe:

 

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A Well-Oiled Machine
June 12, 2011
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My brother took some old bicycle parts (they weren't really old, just unguarded) and screwed them to an outhouse. He called this his ice-fishing house and wheeled it the five blocks to Lake Harriet every morning before school. 

It probably wasn't an outhouse and he probably wasn't ice-fishing. But the important thing was the procedure: Wake up before the crack of dawn, drag, push, and pull the little house through the dark and cold, onto the frozen lake. 

What a strange young man.

It has taken us years to fine-tune our order-processing procedure at Zeichen Press. It is now just like a beautifully choreographed ballet. Costumes are optional so Jen never wears hers. Anyway, we are testing out a new step in the procedure. I call it the Order Chute. 


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Sweetness
May 24, 2011
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I could tell Winter was over when my gutter broke and rain poured into the basement, soaking the carpet.  Thank goodness we love damp and smelly rooms or we'd be super mad. Another sign of Spring: I found Classic Pam (the kitten) under the tree in the backyard trying to act adorable. When will she realize that we only kept her because we felt sorry for her?

So sad.

These events inspired a new card. Perfect for a birthday?

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