LAURIE ROCKENBECK
My personal and random blog
I am a Liar, a Thief and a Spy.
I make things up. I lie. It is not a malicious sort of thing on my part. It is simply part of my nature. In order to spin a good yarn, it's important for me to make stuff up. I admit to it freely. Don't believe anything I write, because what I've written is...
Hurray for Lizard Spit!
Gila Monster Venom. Exenatide. Byetta. All the same thing. For those of you who like specifics: I won't pretend I understand the composition to the left here, but it sure looks fancy, doesn't it? Exenatide is the name used for the synthetic version of Gila Monster...
It’s not just my mind that gets cluttered.
A while ago, I was fiddling around with my wallet trying to find enough cash to hand to my daughter to buy some dinner. We were at one of our traditional Friday night dinners at Crossroads Mall in Bellevue and there was a crowd of fellow Three Cedars Waldorf School...
Marking Time
I remember when Bill and I figured out our wedding date and called relatives to let them know. My Aunt M. was angry because we chose to have it on June 24th. She said, "Oh, you can't have it on that day! That's the day daddy died." I was sort of surprised that she...
Beverly Cleary–we love you!
Eli's learned that trick of asking questions to keep us up later, or rather, to prevent himself from being put to sleep on time. Emma did it for a long time before we caught on, and now, I think we're mostly too tired to protest and just make him go to sleep. Even...
Lists
The other day we were in the car and my friend, who is about to have surgery, brought up the concept of "check-lists" and how impressed he was the surgeon uses them during surgery. My nephew is an airline pilot who has mentioned how important "check-lists" are in...
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