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Remodel Project: Big couch. Little door.

March 2, 2010
boybarians remodel the basement

In case you don’t follow me on twitter (what?! you don’t??? *gasp* Aw, it’s okay. I never tweet anything worth reading.)… we are remodeling the basement.
Calling it a “remodel” instead of just a “model” is laughable, because it currently looks like this:

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Blogging with the Mother Hen, Parte Due.

February 25, 2010
peek a boo Trouble

If you’re new to this discussion, please read: Blogging with the Mother Hen – the first post. Especially read the amazing, thoughtful comments. The real gems are contained below the post. This is my perseverantia ad finem optatum, fed by the diverse comments and opinions shared by you all.

I hope people aren’t misreading my words [...]

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Photoshop Tutorial: How do I maintain proportion and scale when I resize my images?

February 23, 2010
picasso in the snow

Have you ever been surfing the web and seen a photo like this?

There are two ways to make sure that no matter what size you make sweet little Picasso, that you keep his proportions locked so he still looks human when you’re done.
The first one is easy, and obvious. But you’d be surprised how many [...]

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Blogging with the Mother Hen

February 19, 2010
happy valentine's day card to mom

Blogging isn’t easy. Blogging consistently for 5 years is a feat of nature. Lately I’ve been silenced.
For most of the time, I’ve written fairly anonymously. I use my real first name, but I’ve given my children pseudonyms to protect them from some job interview, application or future situation in which they rather not have the [...]

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Yet another Blissdom recap.

February 11, 2010
blissdom collage

I’ve now read dozens of Blissdom recaps, people who have put into words what I’ve thus far failed to do. But my mind works in photos, so I hope I can tell my story like a picture book. I will definitely miss stuff, and leave out people – still this post will be too long. [...]

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