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Thursday, January 25, 2007 Weekend Assignmen >
Thursday, January 25, 2007
January 2007
1/31/07
Wednesday Author Interview: Adrienne Martini
1/31/07
Bright Idea?
1/31/07
Oook Oook Oook
1/31/07
Here, Have Some More Spam
1/31/07
Upgrading the Computer
1/30/07
And Now a Story So Heartwarming That Your Ventricles May Burst Into Flame
1/30/07
Annoy The Stores
1/30/07
Mmmm... Candy Islands
1/30/07
What It's Like to Be a Writer
1/30/07
Snow Delays
1/29/07
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Let There Be Light
1/29/07
Regrettable Teenage Fashion Incidents
1/29/07
Okay, That's Weird...
1/29/07
Who Knows Who in the New Testament
1/29/07
Einstein As You've Never Seen Him Before!
1/28/07
Antarctic Heat
1/28/07
OMG! Tangerines!!
1/27/07
Best of All, the Medal is Made of Steak!
1/27/07
Your Saturday Dorkiness
1/26/07
Your Friday Music
1/26/07
The Two Most Awesome Words That Are Awesomely Awesome in Their Awesomeosity
1/26/07
"Forgetting How to Smoke"
1/26/07
Saving the World in Eight Easy Steps
1/26/07
Are Those Stones in Your Stomach Or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
1/25/07
Weekend Assignment #149: Ill-Advised Teenage Fashions
1/25/07
Masterful Messes
1/25/07
Six Degrees -- Now in Useful Form
1/25/07
OMG Did u Rd tht Nvel?
1/25/07
Go Tyra Banks
1/24/07
The Best Pictures... of Saturn
1/24/07
Your Computer or Your Spouse?
1/24/07
Kids: Really Really Really Don't Do This at Home
1/24/07
Big Moments in Corporate Stupidity
1/24/07
The State of the Union
1/23/07
Popping Your Pictures
1/23/07
The Power of Hot Rocks
1/23/07
The Weirdest Thing You'll See Today, Tuesday Edition
1/23/07
Another Truth Brutally Shot Out From Under Me
1/23/07
The First Set of Oscar Predictions You'll Read Today!
1/22/07
Your Monday Photo Shoot: What a Mess!
1/22/07
Cats Vs. Cheese: The Final Confrontation!
1/22/07
Yet Another Way Not To Help Your Career
1/22/07
Da Baby Before Da Bears
1/22/07
When Beeping Simply Isn't Enough
1/21/07
I'm Alive, Part II
1/21/07
On the Way Home
1/20/07
This I could Have Told You
1/20/07
Incidentally, The Scariest Thing I Saw on the Road Yesterday
1/19/07
Want to Be More Sociable? Up the Voltage
1/19/07
I'm Alive
1/19/07
Drivin', Drivin', Drivin
1/18/07
Shoot Out Your Window!
1/18/07
Weekend Assignment #148: Cats or Cheese?
1/18/07
From the Jungle to the City
1/18/07
Just a Whole Damn Mess of Links
1/18/07
The Travel Insanity Continues
1/17/07
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Tim Pratt
1/17/07
Yes, But How Many Are Living Without Cats?
1/17/07
They Got Capone on Tax Evasion, You Know
1/17/07
Happy Birthday, Mom
1/17/07
Diamonds in the Yard
1/16/07
Ready or Not Here Comes the Drop
1/16/07
How to Become a Zombie
1/16/07
Hey, I Live in Australia, Sort Of
1/16/07
Next They'll Play Darts to See If The Husband Has to Put the Toilet Seat Down
1/16/07
If You Wear A Scarlet Letter, People Will Just Think it's a Sports Team Logo
1/15/07
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Out Your Window, Redux
1/15/07
Warning! Weekend Assignment Results Are In!
1/15/07
Have You Seen Me?
1/15/07
Something to Weird You Out on a Monday Morning
1/15/07
Holidays You Probably Missed
1/14/07
On The Banks of the Muddy Scalzi
1/14/07
More Cool Future Cars
1/13/07
You Are Not Prepared For This Sort of Awesomeness
1/13/07
Start School at 11am?
1/12/07
Your Genuinely Disturbing Music for Friday
1/12/07
National De-lurking Week
1/12/07
Of Course The Average Life Expectancy Back Then was 25, But Never Mind That Now
1/12/07
Your Friday Game
1/12/07
I'd Like to See the Communion Wafer
1/11/07
Another Example That We as a Culture Really Have Too Much Disposable Income
1/11/07
Some Art Appreciation
1/11/07
Weekend Assignment #147: Warning! Warning!
1/11/07
Aaaaie! They're Huge!
1/11/07
The Other Side of the Sky
1/10/07
Your Wednesday Author Interview: Duane Swierczynski
1/10/07
Hey, Wanna See a Comet?
1/10/07
Anxious Pets? Have a Pill
1/10/07
When Fish Commute
1/10/07
Ook Ook Ook
1/9/07
I'm Walking Around With a Towel Under My Chin
1/9/07
My God! George Lucas Was Right!
1/9/07
Ye Olde Blaste Frome the Paste
1/9/07
How the Past Saw the Future
1/9/07
Fiddling With Photos and WooHoo Slideshows
1/8/07
Another for the "Amusing or Disturbing" Pile
1/8/07
Your Monday Photo Shoot: Larger Than Life
1/8/07
Things You Didn't Know You Could Do With a Watermelon
1/8/07
Either Amusing or Disturbing
1/8/07
New York States of Mind
1/7/07
Electric Cars Back Again?
1/7/07
You Are Here (More or Less)
1/6/07
It's God's Engagement Ring
1/6/07
Perfect for Many 10-Year-Old Boys All Over This Great Land of Ours
1/5/07
Quick Check-in
1/5/07
From the "Things You Were Probably Not Expecting To See Today" File
1/5/07
Something Worth Thinking About
1/4/07
Sneak Preview
1/4/07
Rocket Scientist? Cheerleader? Why not both?
1/4/07
Famous People Being Creative -- No, Not That Way
1/4/07
Weekend Assignment #146: I [Insert Personal Feeling Here] New York
1/4/07
First Photos of 2007
1/3/07
200 Calories of a Lot of Stuff
1/3/07
The State of Our Union is... Wordy
1/3/07
Good News for People in Their 12th Year of Researching Their Dissertation
1/3/07
Arrival
1/3/07
Up, Up and Away
1/2/07
2007 is Looking Up!
1/2/07
Speaking of Getting Out of the House More
1/2/07
More Proof, If You Needed It, That I'm Possibly Not Quite Normal
1/2/07
Exiled!
1/2/07
New Year's All Over The World
1/1/07
Your Monday Photo Shoot: First Photos of 2007!
1/1/07
Resolutions for 2007
« January 2007 Archive
Thursday, January 25, 2007
1:48:00 PM EST
Hearing Nothing at the moment

Masterful Messes




Yes, Athena is reacting to the horror that is my messy desk. No, I'm not proud of it. Although, of course, I am amused by it.

This week's photo shoot asked people to picture a mess. They didn't disappoint:

Dirty dishes!

Storm damage!

An overburdened chair!

A metaphorical mess accompanied by a picture that shows no mess at all!

Twisty, messy rope!

A semi-packed mess!

Mess and cats! And no cheese!

A big, woody mess!

And let's not forget the classic: A messy desk!

These are some fine messes, folks. Thanks for playing along. As you can see from my own messes, I certainly won't judge you for yours.


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This entry has 3 comments: (Add your own)
  • #3 Comment from lurkynat 
    1/25/07 4:52 PM | Permalink
    Dear John,
    Wow! these are great! thanks!
    thank you too Athena!
    natalie
  • #2 Comment from princesssaurora 
    1/25/07 2:30 PM | Permalink
    Oh John... get your daughter to therapy!  THE HORROR!!!!

    be well,
    Dawn
  • #1 Comment from monponsett 
    1/25/07 1:55 PM | Permalink
    I couldn't get a picture of my IRA.