Jessica Lathrop is a big nerd, originally from Virginia, and transplanted to the boonies of Western Maryland.

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A Blue Family in Red Country

I live in Frederick County, Maryland. Many people will tell you, Maryland is, traditionally, a Democratic state. With a few exceptions (I’m looking at you Michael Steele) we elect to the left of the political spectrum. Lately, it has not been overwhelmingly so, but it is still pretty reliable. The population is concentrated in the …

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Wedding Invitation Design Experiments

I’m getting married in June.  I am Captain Procrastination as well as Captain I-can-do-it-all-myself. These two things? They are not a good combination. These are important details, remember them for later. Needless to say, my invitations are not yet in the mail. Nor are they printed. They are, however, designed, finally. I am one of those …

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Adventures In Homeownership part 1

(Well, not technically part 1 but certainly part 1 for this blog.) Since moving in to the new house I have moved the modem 3 times. (Did I mention we’ve only been here a month?) Already, I am making evil plans to move it again. This time though involves super fun construction! Obviously this 4th …

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Updates In Progress

Another day done and more updates and polishing done to the old home domain name: viciousgrin.com.  Most of the work was done on the Writings section and a lot of removing broken links and other fun stuff of that nature.  I think the next polishing steps are going to be adding the links from the …

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First!

Because any good blog has to start with some firsties. . . The brief summary here is that I have been known by a few different monikers for the last 12 years or so.  One of those being viciousgrin.com.  I haven’t touched any of the html or design or even CONTENT on anything in my …

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