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Okay, so now you’re learning some of my secrets.

1) I LOVE love LOVE starting projects! Finishing them… mmm… not so much. (Duh. I mean I’m writing this post during work hours time I surely could be putting to better use.)

2) I fear conflict and delivering bad news. How can I tell anyone they didn’t win?

3) Despite my snarky, grumpy, vitriolic side (grr), I genuinely do believe and see the good in everyone /everything. Awww. Really, I loved loved loved EVERY entry I got.

For these and other reasons, while the contest was FUN FUN FUN, I should have realized picking a winner would be… challenging, or as we say at my place of work, a Learning Opportunity.

Anywho, that coupled with travel and work demanding I do work has contributed to my delay in posting results. Also, I’m a giant slacker/ champion excuse-maker.

But I love you people, my loyal ‘logger friends, so…. I pushed past these Issues and am ready to announce The Winner of Washwords First Blogger Contest.

And the Winner is….

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Jumping in, as I’m wont to do, to someone else’s argument…

I saw on DCblogs that “Girl from the South”, wrote about leaving DC, a place which just wasn’t ever really home to her.

lacochran and I see it a different way: we love it here.

Sure, there’s room to snark (See, for example: http://washwords.wordpress.com/snarkvlark/)
but, on the whole, DC is definitely my home now.

Among the things that STILL make me smile: Read the rest of this entry »

Jumping in, as I’m wont to do, to someone else’s argument…

I saw on DCblogs that “Girl from the South”, wrote about leaving DC, a place which just wasn’t ever really home to her.

lacochran and I see it a different way: we love it here.

Sure, there’s room to snark (See, for example: http://washwords.wordpress.com/snarkvlark/)
but, on the whole, DC is definitely my home now.

Among the things that STILL make me smile: Read the rest of this entry »