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Kimberly Dowd — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 12:15:30 +0000

Hear that? That’s the death rattle for this blog. I’m trying my best to keep it going, but there’s only so much “I need to lose weight / my dogs are cute / look what I made / omg they’re going to lay us off again” that I can post before I even get tired of myself!

I have tons of stuff to toss up there…cupcakes, infused fruit water, impending layoffs, my meh feelings toward July 4th anymore…but I just can’t bring myself to do it.

Maybe my mainstay, MSN.com, will offer me something…

I love you too, MSN.

Still alive!

Kimberly Dowd — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:05:09 +0000

Plenty of little things to blog about, but no time lately. I did a little ranty post on a study about gamers today at my World of Warcraft blog. Where did I find it? MSN/MSNBC of course. Because they hate me.

MSNBC on Gamers: “these are the weirdos that you already knew”

Have I mentioned that MSN hates single women in their 30s?

Kimberly Dowd — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:46:13 +0000

Yeah, it’s a real stereotype-a-rama. Featuring lines like:

…as if there was this voice whispering at me most of the time we were together saying, Sheâ€™s 35â€”donâ€™t stay with this girl unless youâ€™re serious about settling down with her. I know that sounds crazy, but I assumed, given the biological facts of life, that she didnâ€™t have time to waste on a casual relationship.

And maybe I’m hypersensitive about it (I’m 35, WM’s 29) but while I do want a child and feel sad that my window for that is closing sooner rather than later, my getting into this relationship did not hinge on whether WM wanted kids sooner, later, or at all.

The “How much does age matter when dating?” story actually talks about dating younger people when you’re over 50.

In less-vitriolic news, I bought a bunch of fresh basil today from Wegmans. I want to freeze it, but many of the freezing “recipes” feature chopping it with olive oil and freezing it in ice cube trays. I wonder if the olive oil will cause future uses to become too fatty.

I bought “Twilight” yesterday, primarily because a lot of the bloggers I read have been loving it. I tore through 295 pages in one sitting. I love vampire stories – used to adore Anne Rice’s stuff until it got religious and weird. The best part is I’m so late to this bandwagon that there are two (and soon to be three) books AFTER this one! And a movie coming out in December!

This afternoon I’m off to Michael’s with Mom to look at beads (I have a coupon!), then maybe look for a cute pair of black kitten heel slides.

Prior experiences with MSN:
June 6, 2008: Screw you (again) MSN
May 1, 2008: Writer, activist, Cougar
April 5, 2008: April 5, 2008 (creative post title, there)
February 13, 2008: Still loving my MSN homepage
October 14, 2007: Thanks MSN. Have some Cheetos.

Screw you (again), MSN

Kimberly Dowd — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:06:48 +0000

Hopping off the scale, proud of what’s going on…I’m rocking the “I’m dedicated and strong” attitude. I hop on the PC to get my morning dose of web and…

Aw…go suck it, MSN.

Happy Friday!