Jackie Dana

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  • Two lovely things

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    Presenting: A Leveller: A Murphy’s Irish Stout + espresso + chocolate. (courtesy of the Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse) Two 1 1/2 inch thick ribeye steaks rubbed with garlic and chipotle.

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  • Grandfather where art thou?

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    Grandfather Clock by Maarten Baas, at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam

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  • My UT Garden

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    A woman with an idea. That was me in November, 2009. At the University of Texas at Austin, they had launched a new platform to solicit feedback and ideas from the University community. On the day it launched, I happened to walk by two large raised beds, filled with autumn flowers, that were being dug […]

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  • Flying Squirrel Feces

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    While I’m actually not surprised that it could have some sort of beneficial effect, I’m trying to work out how they discovered this was medicinal. Imagine the person 2000 years ago who stumbled upon flying squirrel feces laying around and thought to himself, hmm, let me taste this and see if it’s good for me. […]

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  • First reflections on WordCamp Austin

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    Whew! The first day of WordCamp Austin is over! It was a fantastic event. As one of the organizers, it will likely take me days to process everything that happened, but here are my first thoughts. The most striking part of WordCamp Austin is probably also the least surprising: We managed to gather together an […]

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  • Loki is watching…

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  • Magnificence is the blooming of a century plant

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  • Happiness… in a bottle?

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