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Erica Firment — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:09:04 +0000

hings today that made me laugh until I snorted:

- Translating a boring work conversation into hula
- Faygo Rock n Rye soda exploding in a Last Stand sort of way inside Chuck’s motorcycle case
- Blurting out “stranger danger!” when surprise-hugged by my friend Rayne in the subway
- Getting my butt handed to me by the office Galaga machine
- My father-in-law’s introduction to the tapioca lumps in bubble tea
- My new Frog Hat
- Wearing my new Frog Hat on a video conference and demanding to be taken seriously

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How to stop using paper towels

Erica Firment — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:26:31 +0000

huck works on motorcycles, and I’m a kitchen clean freak. We used to go through a shameful amount of paper towels. Like, buy in bulk, hate-the-earth, bulldoze-Costa-Rica amounts.

Then my friend Skud gave me a great idea. I cut up a cheap jersey sheet I had kicking around (those things pill up in about 5 washes, FYI) and I sliced up a couple conference t-shirts. We now have a canvas bag full of washcloth-sized fabric squares hanging in the kitchen.

This provides an endless amount of cleaning rags for just about any job.
They are washable, bleachable, and nearly indestructible. You can run them through the wash and re-use them, or if they are gross, just toss them into the compost.

It’s a great way to re-use otherwise disposable fabrics, and they are cheaper and more sturdy than paper towels.

Take that, Brawny!

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Happy Fathers Day

Erica Firment — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:25:53 +0000

This is my dad, the best joker in the world.

Who else would dance to “Re: Your Brains” (Jonathan Coulton’s Zombie song) at his daughter’s wedding?

My dad, the legally blind man who taught me to drive a stick shift.

This is the guy who plopped me in front of a VIC-20 when I was 5 years old and taught me LOGO.

He kept Adobe font catalogs and WIRED magazine around the house, inspiring a lifelong love of design and geekery.

I owe him most of my bad jokes, and all of my pedanticism.

It’s a good life. Thanks Dad!

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Erica Firment — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 20:47:25 +0000

hat a wonderful night. Thank you everyone for your kindness.

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Life, 2009

Erica Firment — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 20:52:43 +0000

ere’s what I’ve been up to so far this year…

Married my dearest friend
Changed my last name (call me Erica Olsen or Erica Firment, just don’t call me late to dinner)

Spent the first two weeks of married life sharing the flu
Drove down the California coast in a convertible
Saw elephant seals and sea otters
Started turning our spare bedroom into a Library
More flu
Watched Ong Bak Thai Warrior
Flu
Sleeping
Marital bliss
Flu

How about you? How has the year been treating you? I’m back to work tomorrow, and am looking forward to a week of friends, food, and thank you note writing.

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Oh yes.

Erica Firment — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 05:00:28 +0000

n less than a week, 118 of our friends and relatives will stop by to dance at our wedding. I’m up late picking the music. Any suggestions?

I’m battling the forces of Chicken Dance here, people. I could use a hand. What is on your Do Not Play list?

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Drunken blog post #3

Erica Firment — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:51:37 +0000

he Thursday night Linden Lab whisky tasting has degraded in the traditional way. I’m surrounded by tipy nerds, discussing the glories of JQuery. One of my co-workers is wearing a shirt that reads “The Age of Consent Tour 1997″. Nerdcore rap blares from the QA office.

Life is good.

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West Coast Phrases To Know

Erica Firment — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:38:01 +0000

My mother, the real librarian (not a digital muckety muck thingamajig like me), will be visiting me here in San Francisco next week. Since she will be hanging around with non-Midwesterners, I thought it would be good to provide her with an introduction to west coast language. I know, right?

I know, right?

Rumored origin: L.A.
Literal meaning: “Can you believe this thing we are talking about? It goes without saying, and yet we are saying it.”
Connotation: “We are all in agreement here. Also, I have never read Beowulf.”
Hella

Rumored origin: NoCal.
Literal meaning: Intensifier. “Their pie is hella good.”
Connotation: “I am twelve.”
Yeah yeah yeah

Rumored origin: Coffee-fueled Berkeley undergraduates
Literal meaning: “I agree so strongly that it can be quickly dismissed with a rapid exclamation.”
Connotation: “We are getting things DONE in this conversation.”
Chill

Rumored origin: The 1960s.
Literal meaning: “Good. Calm. Without trouble. Easy.”
Connotation:”I have had lots of therapy and/or drugs.”

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Librarians love Liquor

Erica Firment — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 06:27:16 +0000

n which I write about my evening as though it appeared in a social column:

Librarians-turned-Software-Goons Sarah Dilling and Erica Olsen spent the evening discussing religion, the raising of rhetorically skilled children, and workplace mentoring this evening over mojitos at local bistro Luna Park. Rumor has it that the field of software development pays more than *twice* that of Librarianship, and offers larger amounts of free food. Where will this double dose of database-discussing debutantes appear next?

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Things I love today…

Erica Firment — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 17:36:58 +0000

The rice crispy treat I got this morning at the Nervous Dog coffeeshop
The Far Side comic on the wall of the Nervous Dog
Chuck, who rode his motorcycle this morning and gave me a lift
Erin, who told us where to get Hip Work Shirts for Chuck (Nordstrom Rack – Colma)
My mom, who sent me a package of old Beekeeping books and embroidery
The coffee I drank, which prompted me to write this

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