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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 03:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
		<link>http://www.cynicalwoman.com/2010/10/11/buy-the-fear-me-t-shirt-for-charity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
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<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

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A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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Good day, sunshine!

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
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<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_003.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n18d3772b_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Water lilies...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_004.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p586c890a_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Good day, sunshine!

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_005.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n21dce54d_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
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<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_chiller_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n41027cc2_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_003.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n18d3772b_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Water lilies...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_004.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p586c890a_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Good day, sunshine!

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_005.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n21dce54d_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_007.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005p5b9a3757_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

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A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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Good day, sunshine!

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Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
		<link>http://www.cynicalwoman.com/2010/10/16/the-march-to-keep-deer-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_chiller_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n41027cc2_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_flamingTNR_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n34cdb022_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_003.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n18d3772b_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Water lilies...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_004.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p586c890a_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Good day, sunshine!

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_005.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n21dce54d_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_007.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005p5b9a3757_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_008.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006n2754fba8_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

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A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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Good day, sunshine!

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Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_003.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n18d3772b_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Water lilies...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_004.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p586c890a_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Good day, sunshine!

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_005.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n21dce54d_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_007.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005p5b9a3757_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_008.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006n2754fba8_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

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Water lilies...

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Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

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No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

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Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>The March to Keep Deer Alive!</title>
		<link>http://www.cynicalwoman.com/2010/10/16/the-march-to-keep-deer-alive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 19:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the March To Keep Fear Alive. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame. This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I am having waaaay too much fun today with my computer. Here's one of the signs I'm putting together for the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive">March To Keep Fear Alive</a>. This is the fault of the Hubster, Mich, and myself, so you know who to blame.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/bambi_deer_alive_web.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001pff1d500_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 314px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="314"/></a></p> <p>This is the poster Princess will be carrying at the march. Now to see if I can get this printed in time for October 30th!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>My “Fear Me” t-shirt is here! (with pics of my boobs)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 17:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic: And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear! If you would [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>Huzzah! My "Fear Me" t-shirt arrived today. Zazzle did a great job with printing this one up. Here's a pic:</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/SDC13164.JPG"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3ac5b686_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p> <p>And yes, those are my actual boobs inside that t-shirt. Love how the shirt fits, by the way. I can't wait to wear this to the <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/" target="_blank" title="Keep Fear Alive!">Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear</a>!</p> <p>If you would like your own "Fear Me" t-shirt, <a href="http://www.zazzle.com/Cynical_Woman" target="_blank" title="Zazzle Fear Me">they are for sale at Zazzle.com</a>. Remember, the profits go to <a href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank" title="DonorsChoose.org">DonorsChoose.org</a>, one of the charities supported by the Colbert Report.</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Buy the “Fear Me” t-shirt for charity!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 10:48:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look what I made! The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to DonorsChoose.org. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_red_text02_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 343px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n4efae3f3_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="343" /></a>

<a title="Fear Me 01" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_tshirt-235158389445601133" target="_blank">Look what I made!</a> The "Fear Me" t-shirt is now up for sale on Zazzle.com. After receiving many excellent suggestions as to where to donate the profits for t-shirt sales, I decided in the end to give the money to <a title="DonorsChoose.org 01" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">DonorsChoose.org</a>. First, DonorsChoose.org is the charity promoted by the Colbert Report. Second, it's a charity that supports education, and this t-shirt is about the dangers of educated women. Third, it meets the standards of accountability for the BBB. And fourth, they accept donations through PayPal, which made it easy for me to send the money straight to them, as opposed to having it come to me first and then I send it to them. (I like not having to be the middle man.)

The shirt is available in all colors, though for <a title="Red Fear Me" href="http://www.zazzle.com/fear_me_i_am_a_woman_dark_shirts-235250057243875764" target="_blank">the red t-shirts</a>, I obviously had to change the text color to bright orange as opposed to dark red. If you buy the shirt today, you can still get the Columbus Day sale price (14.92% of the price of the order). Just use the code 1492COLUMBUS when you check out. And remember, the profits go to a worthy cause. DonorsChoose.org lets you make donations to classrooms in need, and there are plenty of classrooms out there that need help. So go buy a t-shirt. Or skip the t-shirt and just <a title="DonorsChoose.org 02" href="http://www.donorschoose.org/truthiness" target="_blank">make a donation straight to DonorsChoose.org</a> instead. Either is all right with me!]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; Updates on T-shirt for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 22:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Okay, here are the three options I've come up with the t-shirt I intend to wear at the rally. I can get a red t-shirt done at Zazzle.com, although it's a very dark red, so I may end up changing the text to white. Or I might just go with the design on a black t-shirt in red lettering, or black or red lettering on a white t-shirt. But here are the basic ideas. They all use the same "Fear Me" text, just different fonts and a little artwork on the third one. Which one do you like?

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_toxica_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n1deb5228_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_chiller_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n41027cc2_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_flamingTNR_web.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 342px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n34cdb022_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="342" /></a>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>WIP &#8211; T-shirt designs for the March to Keep Fear Alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 13:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>So I'm going to the March to Keep Fear Alive, and decided I need to have something fun to wear. I'm not going as my greatest fear, but as the greatest fear of a lot of people I've met - an intelligent, aggressive woman. Now before you all get excited, no, I will not be going wearing a corset, thigh high leather boots, and carrying a whip. I know, you're disappointed. This is a family event though, so I thought I should wear something a little more family oriented. Like a custom t-shirt to go with my favorite pair of devil horns (oh yes, I must wear my horns). Through out today and tomorrow I'll be posting potential t-shirt designs for folks to look at and let me know what looks best. Here's the first. most simplistic design so far...</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/fear_me_shirt_draft01.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001n43e772c3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 343px" height="343" width="400"/></a></p> <p>I think it gets the basic idea across, but I want to do more with it. We'll see what I come up with.</p> <p>By the way, visit <a href="http://www.keepfearalive.com/">http://www.keepfearalive.com/</a> to find out more about the March to Keep Fear Alive on 30 October. Or if you're like my traitor Hubster and you plan to go to a certain other event, you can visit <a href="http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/">http://www.rallytorestoresanity.com/</a> and pretend you're sane. Like I would believe that.</p> <p>Any way, fear me.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/TCR_RallyPoster.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n514c3b75_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 234px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="234"/></a></p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; A day at the garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:03:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post. A rainbow in the clouds... Water lilies... Good day, sunshine! Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail... No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We spent most of the day at Norfolk Botanical Gardens today. I think I'll let the pictures I took do the talking for today's blog post.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_001.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p982ced_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

A rainbow in the clouds...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_003.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n18d3772b_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Water lilies...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_004.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p586c890a_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Good day, sunshine!

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_005.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n21dce54d_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

Re-purposed fallen trees make a great kids' trail...

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_007.jpg"><img style="width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005p5b9a3757_tn.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="300" /></a>

No idea what species butterfly or flower these were, but they were beautiful together.

<a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/20100822_norfolk_botanical_gardens_008.jpg"><img style="width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006n2754fba8_tn.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="400" /></a>

Brightly colored birdhouses on a rainy afternoon.

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Time to head home.

Hope you all had a wonderful Sunday.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Sunday Contentments &#8211; Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 00:21:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;) I love holiday [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[ <p>I know this is going up late, but I just got back from Mary's a little while ago. She and I spent most of the afternoon baking cookies and making fudge while the kids rampaged through the house and the husbands watched football and watched the kids rampage through the house ;)</p> <p>I love holiday baking and I love my friends, so I'm very grateful I took a day off today to just bitch and bake with one of my best friends. We ended up making almond toffee sandies, sugar cookies, mint chocolate fudge, and something I think we've decided to call Christmas puffs. The Christmas puffs were Mary's idea. She figured the kids needed something they could do with minimal supervision, so she melted some chocolate and set that out with big marshmallows and crushed candy canes. The kids dipped the marshmallows in the chocolate and then in the candy canes and then set the results aside to cool. Very simple and we only had minor squabbling about who's turn it was to dip marshmallows next.</p> <p>We split all the cookies and treats between the two families before I grabbed my brood and headed home. Tomorrow's task will be to portion out all the goodies into small packages and deliver them to our neighbors. We'll save a few for ourselves, obviously, but only a few because it's not even Christmas yet and I'm already having problems fitting into my jeans. As the Pixie is wont to say, "Mama haff a big butt!"</p> <p>And that's pretty much it contentment-wise this week. Just baking and bitching with Mary while the rest of the family kicks back. Not really sure how I could top that, except maybe to have had a couple more friends with us to help bitch and bake and add to the general chaos.</p> <p>Have a good Sunday night!</p> ]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Chicago, day 06 &#8211; Artsy Fartsy and a Fear of Heights</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his very important convention. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 06 of our trip, Hubster decided to take off from his <em>very important convention</em>. Apparently they weren't doing any talks in his area of rocket scientist expertise that day, and he really wanted to hang with us girls. He did manage to see a bit of the Adler Planetarium and Shedd Aquarium (hey, that kinda rhymes!) on his own, in the afternoons after his conference was over, but apparently he missed his WO-man and kids.</p><br /><p>After all the other stuff we'd done, I was dying to see an art museum. I mean, it's Chicago, right? There are TONS of art museums and galleries in that city. But a mom on her own with two kids has no chance in hell of getting through an art museum with any enjoyment, so I <del>traded sex</del> convinced Hubster to take me to the Museum of Contemporary Art. It's a nice museum. Very interesting art. I understand NONE of it.</p><br /><p>Well, almost none of it. I did like the installations by Olafur Elliasson. These were rooms that had weird light effects and walk-in sculptures and such. One hallway had these overpowering yellow lights that leached all the color out of everything, so that when you went through it, you turned black and white. Freaky! Another room had a series of glass or plexi-glass hoops spinning on a string with a spot light shining through them. The light cast on the far wall broke into prismatic colors and did all sorts of swoops and swirls. Neat! Then there was the room with a free swinging fan hanging from the ceiling, you know, the sort of fan that you prop in the window when it gets really hot and your AC goes kaput? I sort of got that one (it reminded me of summer at my grandmother's house), but Hubster didn't care for it. He did like the room where one wall was covered entirely in reindeer moss. Yeah, I have no idea why that would be art.</p><br /><p>The kids had no idea what they were looking at though, and things only got stranger as we moved through the painting gallery. Why some of those paintings are hanging in a museum is beyond me. I've seen more evocative images appear in Pixie's diapers after a meal of blueberries and pureed squash. Yet someone things they're art and must be preserved. I did get to see a real live Rene Magritte up close and personal. Loved it. Plus there was an Andy Warhol and a few names in there I recognized. Sadly, no photography was alllowed in the MCA, otherwise I'd show you some nifty pics with snarky commentary on the state of contemporary art.</p><br /><p>Then we hit the gift shop, and I have to say, that's the first time I've seen a gift shop that was a better museum than the museum it was attached to. The MCA gift shop had some amazing stuff in there, including all sorts of books on pop art and comics, manga, etc. They had a slew of Japanese toys, especially the little collectible trinkets that have become so popular these days. I desperately wanted to get a blank <a href="http://www.kidrobot.com/2008/munny/" target="_blank" title="Munny dolls">Munny doll</a> so I could doodle it up all my own, but then I found a book on plushy art and that was that. I can't wait to start making freaky little toys with my new-found knowledge };)</p><br /><p>After the MCA, Hubster took us to the Hancock Observatory, where we took an elevator to the very tippy top floor so we could all look out a bunch of big plate glass windows and contemplate our deaths. Seriously, I am not a fan of heights, and I really don't like standing at the top of a very tall building with nothing but a plate of glass between me and a leap to my death. Hubster swears he did not know about my phobia, and then proceeded to ignore it as he took the kids right up to the glass to peer out the windows! I sort of clung to the walls in the center of the floor, praying we would leave soon.</p><br /><p>When we did finally descend (in what is probably the world's fastest elevator - and no, the speed of our plunge did not make me feel better about heights), we headed over to lunch at the same food court/cafeteria/grocery store place Julie had taken us to a few days earlier (was it called Fresh Foods? I can't recall). We got a huge picnic lunch and headed over to the Lincoln Park Zoo. After devouring everything (I have no idea why I felt starved, but I was), we toured the zoo. It's a nice zoo, with a carousel and kiddie train, and an ape house and lots of other displays. Unfortunately, some of the animals were out for vet visits and the like. Other animals were hiding from the summer sun. I'd like to go back again sometime, maybe hit it in the morning before the heat sets in and the animals decide to take to the shade.</p><br /><p>After a loooooooooong trek around the zoo, we finally headed back to the hotel, where we met up with Hubster's brother Pat, who <del>foolishly</del> kindly volunteered to take the kids for the night. We sent him off with a smile and a wave, and then set about trying to find some adult entertainment for the evening. I think Hubster was hoping for Blue Man Group, but I nixxed that, opting instead for Harry Potter at the local IMAX theater. Yeah, I know, sounds lame. But you have no idea how infrequently we can get a sitter, and how badly I wanted to see Harry Potter.</p><br /><p>The movie was grand. Dinner before hand was an adventure. We tried a Mexican place at the Navy pier, only to find ourselves seated in a wait staff dead zone. After 15 minutes of hoping someone would come take our order, we watched a trio of women get seated <em>right next to us</em> and promptly have their order taken. Their waiter didn't even look at us as he hurried off to get their drinks, and me feeling snarky, I said, "Let's leave this dump and go get some food!"</p><br /><p>So we hit the Hagen Daaz cafe nearby and got some nice sandwiches. End of dinner adventure. (I know, some adventure, huh?)</p><br /><p>After the movie, Hubster and I walked back to the hotel. It was near midnight by now and I'd been on my feet several hours, but since the kids were with their aunt and uncle, and we had a hotel room to ourselves, we did what any husband and wife would do - quickie sex and then off to lala land! Seriously, I wasn't up to much. I did manage to wake up for sex the next morning, but I made Hubster go get me coffee first.</p><br /><p>So that was day 06. Here are a few pics.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_030.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p6db708a2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Hubster and kids, at the top of the Hancock Observatory, creeping me out by standing so close to the window.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_031.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n3aedc964_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the views from the Hancock Observatory. I think our hotel is in there somewhere.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_032.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003n65c9778f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>They think they're being so funny. We actually did see a window washer working outside the Observatory, and I nearly died of a heart attack.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_036.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004n3aa9ef59_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Pixie discovering how big the great apes truly are.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_039.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n541e1a2e_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Princess on the Lincoln Park Zoo carousel.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_038.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_006p1b86d4f5_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>The hottie who is the Hubster. Yeah, I know I'm a lucky girl.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_040.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_007n3fc019b2_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>And the train ride at the Lincoln Park Zoo.</p><br /><p>I know, I should have had more pictures from the day, but with the no photo policy at the MCA and so many animals out at the zoo, I only got a few good snaps. Tomorrow will be even more sparse, since the big exhibit at the museum we saw then was a no photos deal too! But then, I'm pretty sure everyone's tired of seeing my vacation photos, right?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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		<title>Chicago, day 05 &#8211; Adler Planetarium, and Pixie&#8217;s Surprise</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 05 of our trip to Chicago, I was back on my own with the kids again. Not a problem though. One bus stop took us to three different museums, each of which would have taken more than a day to get through. So once again, we hopped the 146 bus and headed out to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Day 05 of our trip to Chicago, I was back on my own with the kids again. Not a problem though. One bus stop took us to three different museums, each of which would have taken more than a day to get through. So once again, we hopped the 146 bus and headed out to Soldier Field. This time, we bypassed the Field Museum and the Shedd Aquarium for the Adler Planetarium. This was probably the nicest planetarium I've ever seen, with a display on historical astronomical instruments, among other things. Unfortunately, Princess and Pixie weren't exactly enraptured with the planetarium. The shows scared the bejeezus out of Pixie, and most of the displays went right over a six-year-old's head. We spent a couple of hours there, and then retired to the Field Museum, where we promptly got lost in an exhibit on Ancient Americas.</p><br /><p>Several thousands of years of American history that you never saw in any school book blended right into an exhibit on Pacific Northwest and Arctic peoples, with side exhibits on costumes of Native American tribes. We spent HOURS going through all this, and it amazed me how much Princess took an interest in the displays. But then, she likes "Indians," as she tells me.</p><br /><p>After several hours lost in ancient history, we finally found our way out of the museum and headed back to the hotel, where we collapsed. I can't even recall what restaurant we went to that evening, I was so tired. Oh wait, yes I can.</p><br /><p>We went to Gino's East to get deep dish pizza. Gino's East is very dark inside. Patrons are encouraged to color all over the walls and such, so the place kind of looks like a pit, covered in graffiti and all. But the food was supposed to be good, so we sat down to wait for our deep dish pizza. Deep dish pizza takes a long time to make, so we were prepared for quite a wait.</p><br /><p>While we were sitting there, Hubster looked over at Pixie, who was sitting next to me, and said, "Sweetie, what's in your hand?"</p><br /><p>Now it was very dark in Gino's East, remember, so I had no idea what I was getting when I turned around and said, "Pixie, hand it over."</p><br /><p>Nope, no way to tell my child was about to hand me a turd. Which she had just pulled from her own shorts.</p><br /><p>I dropped it immediately, not quite shrieking, and Hubster wanted to know what was wrong. I made him crawl under the table to retrieve what I had dropped. Then I carted Pixie and the turd, wrapped in a napkin, to the ladies' room. I had no diaper bag with me. Pixie is supposed to be potty trained, right? Anyway, no change of clothing, no baby wipes. All I had was paper towels and a small bottle of hand sanitizer. So I sanitized my baby's butt. Used up half my bottle of sanitizer in the process.</p><br /><p>The underpants Pixie was wearing went into the trash. After repeatedly washing her hands and mine, we finally went back to the table. When we got there, the pizza was ready.</p><br /><p>Hubster said, "See, you had something interesting to do while we waited for our pizza."</p><br /><p>Gee, wonderful.</p><br /><p>Anyway, here are the pictures from day 05 (but no pictures of the turd, I promise):</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_021.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_001p3cd13a7b_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Adler Planetarium</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_022.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_002n4320f5a0_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>Lots of nifty astronomical intruments, including sun dials and astrolabes.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_026.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_003p825f29d_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>The only thing in the Adler Planetarium that held my kids' attention, the fun house mirrors.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_027.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_004p399c6db3_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 300px; HEIGHT: 400px" height="400" width="300"/></a></p><br /><p>One of the many statues in the Ancient Americas display at the Field Museum.</p><br /><p><a href="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/chicago_day04_08_028.jpg"><img src="http://www.pixelarcana.com/blog_pix/zrtn_005n5a1123f_tn.jpg" style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" height="300" width="400"/></a></p><br /><p>I felt like this after so many days running around and seeing the sights.</p><br /><p>And that's day 05!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Cynical Woman is the creative property of Helen E. H. Madden.
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