Category Archives: Life

Top 7 Worst Christmas Songs

Posted on November 19, 2008 by kristiane

I’m pretty sure that unless this your first visit to The Pilver,you are aware that I don’t love a single thing more than the Christmas Season. It’s not the Big Day that I crave. It is the special foods at … Continue reading →

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Publicity II-Peanut Butter Lies

Posted on November 18, 2008 by kristiane

Last week I posted a story from the Minneapolis paper of some silly spat between two restaurants here, one of which pays my bills. Unexpectedly, it did not end there. Ms. CJ (aka who knew The Star Tribune had a … Continue reading →

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Is All Publicity Good?

Posted on November 13, 2008 by kristiane

I took an entire class last year on citations and plagiarism and how to insert quotes from other articles properly. I do not however know how to properly site an entire copied and pasted article from a newspaper’s website, so … Continue reading →

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Weighty

Posted on November 10, 2008 by kristiane

Every day women and men (but let’s face it, mostly women) are bombarded with ads and television shows and articles on how they are over weight and how to lose said weight. Somehow, have never had the issue of weight. … Continue reading →

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Parent/Teacher Conference/Amusement

Posted on November 6, 2008 by kristiane

This week is the week where I got to see how far my precious snowflake absolute monkey has gone scholastically since the end of the last school year. I hate myself incredibly that I am not the mother in the … Continue reading →

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Fun at the Polls

Posted on November 4, 2008 by kristiane

I read about the presidential election. I weighed the issues. I watched the debates. I listened to my friends and family tell me their reasoning for choosing their favorite. I am not going to say why or how I came … Continue reading →

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Pee Wee Herman PSA

Posted on November 2, 2008 by kristiane

In the mid nineties, after my parents had bought a supermarket with attached video rental store, I started watching a TON of 1980’s teen movies. The movies of that decade stand as the best of teen movies ever made. They … Continue reading →

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Solid Gold McDonald’s

Posted on October 27, 2008 by kristiane

After seeing an ancient sign the day before, I never would have thought it was feasible to find another visual treat at the gluttonous land of McDonald’s.  After realizing I left my contacts and eye-glasses (nerd) at hotel #2, I … Continue reading →

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Fun Signs

Posted on October 25, 2008 by kristiane

I have been traveling to some of the least exciting places in the free world.  Which means I get time between towns to sing ridiculously with the radio.  It also means I get to whip my car around without the … Continue reading →

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Fall Road Trip

Posted on October 23, 2008 by kristiane

My work changed buildings a couple weeks ago.  We went from a historic decrepid building, perfect for the Hell’s Kitchen theme, and now we are in a space previously occupied by a swanky steak house that played live jazz.  The … Continue reading →

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