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furniture

on office ergonomics and the prick of pins and knitting needles...

22.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } a lucille ball... © Raffaella Loro My last job required a great deal more mobility than my current role as a glorified desk jockey. I don't know if this change in roles has lead to the increase in my subcutaneous fatty deposits,...

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air is to life like blogging is to...

22.1.07
How do you get a mule to come to water?By offering it killer prizes of course.My morning feeds lead me to a short survey asking "Why do you blog?" The collected opinions may be used as part of a presentation by Darren Barefoot at the upcoming Northern Voice conference. Your participation is vital, as it will decrease my chances of winning any of...

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condomaximus prime

19.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } location, location, location... © Raffaella Loro It's sealing and dealing time now... Aryn and I are just waiting for the last bits of paperwork to be stamped, shuffled and crumpled before the end of the day, then condomaximus prime will be ours...

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a day in two breaks...

15.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. © Raffaella Loro amFrom time to time I like to entertain the notion that I am a truly fascinating individual and that people cannot be helped but be intrigued by me. And...

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in absentia...

13.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Sometimes when you look in her eyes you get the feeling that someone else is driving. © Raffaella Loro From time to time I will confirm my status as an anti-socialite. For example, tonight there is a party going on in the...

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thought pollution...

11.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } stacks... © Raffaella Loro What can a girl do when she feels like she has lost her ability to be eloquent? Entire phrases that used to roll off her tongue escape her. It's sad really... like a year's worth of delightfully intelligent...

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humour

a real rib tickler...

9.1.07
One of my father's 'on the spur of the moment' jokes, while chatting with an online technician regarding a problem. I laughed and laughed about this one.Technician - "Close all windows"My father - "With the temperature we are having today I not only closed the windows but the doors too."Technician - "I mean on the computer." and people wonder where I get my...

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the hypocrite...

8.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } decay... © Raffaella Loro The apartment building I live in is part of a complex made up of two other buildings of the same height in addition to a third (or fourth depending on how you are counting) lower level building, all...

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a little cathartic release...

5.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } toque version 2.0 © Raffaella Loro On the last two days of my vacation I sat down with my pile of knitting before me and tackled one of the projects that I've been working on. Eventually my legs cramped up from having...

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on the betterment of self and vocabulary calisthenics...

4.1.07
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } wet christmas... © Raffaella Loro furfuraceous(adj.)Made of or covered with scaly particles, such as dandruff.Pronounced:fur-fuh-RAY-shusI've never been one to make (or keep) resolutions relating to the New Year. Maybe because I lack the personal motivation factor or because the idea of a...

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starting the new year with a little quotation...

1.1.07
I couldn't resist trying this out.Well, a Raffaella's a Raffaella, but they call it 'le Raffaella'.Which movie was this quote from?Get your own quotes: ...

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