Sweetney: May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008

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May 11, 2008 - May 17, 2008

May 17, 2008:

There's a new pug in town... and he's much cheaper to feed!

Categories: the truman show

My Aunt Elaine -- she of the cat chotchkies collection to end all cat chotchkies collections -- recently sent me a small pug statue for our garden. Near as I can tell, she did so because she is irrationally compelled -- much like the human-shaped alien pod-creatures from "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" were irrationally compelled in their co-opting of bodies -- to spread her miniaturized animal replica collecting disease,...

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May 16, 2008:

Landmark

Comments (45) | Categories: motherhood

I haven't mentioned something kind of important relative to the whole Weight Loss Challenge matter, something I suppose I probably should. Sometimes it seems a bit imprudent to tell the internet all your personal bidness. Sometimes I feel like I should hold back from you, seeing how "you" -- the grand, sweeping collective "you" -- contains dear friends and delightful strangers, but also weirdos and off-the-chart crazies (and believe me,...

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May 15, 2008:

This is my brain on radio

Categories: stuff to hear

I've recently rekindled my decade-long mad, passionate love affair with the weekly radio (and now TV!) program This American Life (and if you aren't similarly swoony over Ira Glass and the show, what the hell is wrong with you exactly?). Yeah, I've been sending TAL roses again, leaving it little love notes, staging candlelight dinners... you know how it goes. Anyway, in the process of becoming more deeply embroiled in...

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May 14, 2008:

Four Minutes With Truman

Comments (17) | Categories: the truman show

Okay, so this is pretty much the definition of excessive, but seeing how Tru has been kind of getting the short end of the posting stick round these parts lately, I figured it's his due. This is what I do when I'm not blogging: I spend hours laughing at my dog. No, seriously. Feel free to openly mock me for my cloying dog-talk banter. But really, if you were going...

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May 13, 2008:

The Sweetney Weight Loss Challenge 2008

Comments (29) | Categories: Weight Loss Challenge

So the folks at Nintendo sent me a Wii Fit, which, you know, cool. It's always nice to get free stuff, and I certainly looked forward to trying it out, which I did this afternoon when it finally arrived on my doorstep. (If you're wondering what the hell I'm talking about, you can check out this Wii Fit trailer on YouTube, which should help explain the babbling that follows.) People,...

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May 13, 2008:

Manners are magic!

Categories: daily , family , M_ , motherhood , parenting

Her, rushing breathlessly into the room for no apparent reason whatsoever: Stand up! Me: Uhh why? Her: Just stand up! Me: M, you know that's not how we ask for things. What's the magic word? Her: [Thinks for a minute] Abracadabra! Me: [hysterical laughing] Her, genuinely confused: Abra-stand-up-cadabra? For my next trick, I'll make this cookie DISAPPEAR!

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May 12, 2008:

I live in a zoo, I look like a monkey and I smell like one too. HAPPY?

Comments (35) | Categories: daily

It's mah birfday, betches! Today I'm 38 -- which is what, 480 in dog years or something? I am very nearly antique, a period piece from a time before cell phones and plasma TVs. Somebody get me some Doans pills and a Reader's digest, STAT. Saturday night I celebrated my birthday out with some fine-ass local ladies. We had dinner at Golden West (hipster hangout in Baltimore lauded by Rolling...

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Hi, I'm Tracey.

I'm a geeky Gen-X writer from Baltimore. I believe in early afternoon cocktails, the greatness of Jon Stewart, and that being a smartass is a virtue. More about me...