Hi. Laura, here.

First off I would just like to emphasize that I answer EVERY comment left on the website, and EVERY e-mail sent by a reader. Maybe not on the same day it was received, but certainly within the week. Bloggers who put themselves out there and then don’t respond to comments, communication, or feedback bug me. So I make sure I ain’t one of ‘em.

“Laura Charon” is a nom-de-net that I’ve been using since day one. Really, it’s my Grandmother’s full name, Laura being my middle name. It’s probably safe to “come out” by now and use my real name, but I figure it would probably confuse things so why break what ain’t broke, ya know?

Snerkology.com and its various incarnations has been a presence on the internet since September 2000:

• The original on-line journal archives can be viewed here. They go from September of 2000 through August of 2006.
• My most recent site, the blog version of Snerkology, can be viewed here. It ran from March of 2005 through the beginning of January 2008. UPDATE 2/11/08 - I just imported all of the archives from the Blogger version of Snerkology over to this WordPress site, so now all archives can be accessed via the archive drop-down at the right.
• The old “companion” blog to the original Snerkology website (”Colloquial”) can be viewed here. The entries are from August 2003 through April 2005.
• I occasionally update at Operation::Goddess, my fitness blog. That one began in October of 2002.
• I even less occasionally update my dream blog, Waking Mind, which began in January of ‘07.

In January of 2008 I decided to shift my website over to WordPress, since I appreciate its features and reliability rather more than Blogger. Not that Blogger hasn’t treated me well over the years, but… well, it was time for a change. So I’m rather spread around in different places, but until I can figure out how to consolidate everything, this is the way things stand.

I’ve done eleventy-seven “about” pages and lists and whatnot, which can be viewed:

• About v.1
• About v.2
• More about me
• 100 things
• 100 more things

I cook. A lot. Recipes can be found at my recipe site, World Famous Nosh.

If you have any questions or comments or just want to say hi, I can always be contacted via e-mail at snerkology (at) gmail (dot) com.

Thanks for reading!

Laura

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Cast of Characters:

Calvin, my husband:

Marie, my step-daughter (seen here with her boyfriend):

Michael, my step-son (seen here with the boys in costume for Halloween ‘06):

Lilly, my daughter-in-law (she and Michael are no longer married, she is seen here with the boys and her new husband):

Robert, my oldest grandson:

Devlin, my middle grandson:

Roman, my youngest grandson:

Grandma (she passed away in August of ‘01):

Oz (Bengal):

Zoe (Pound Kitty):

Cheeto (Inland Bearded Dragon):

Lucy (Sandfire Bearded Dragon):

Kali (Ball Python):

Gypsy (Beagle, seen here with Gadget (right)):

Gadget (Miniature Pinscher):

Portia (Marie’s Pit Bull and I think she spells it like the car instead of this way):

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Past taglines:

- “It’s pie, with chips, for free!” (Week of January 13th, 200 From a Geiko commercial.
- “Lookin’ like I robbed Liberace.” (Week of January 20th, 200 Lyric from “California Love”
- “Only the meek get pinched. The bold survive.” (Week of January 27th, 200 Quote from “Ferris Beuller’s Day Off”
- “Soy un perdedor. Since 2000.” (Week of February 3, 200 Lyric from “I’m a Loser, Baby”
- “It’s the computer age. Nerds are in.” (Week of February 10, 200 Quote from Season One of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
- “Passing the dutchie on the left hand side. Since 2000.” (Week of February 17, 200 Lyric from “Pass the Dutchie” by Musical Youth
- “She’s a mean old bitch, and she has stupid hair.” (Week of February 24, 200 Lyric from “Kyle’s Mom is a Bitch” from Southpark The Movie
- “Accroches-toi a ton reve.” (Week of March 2, 200 Lyric from “Hold On Tight” by Electric Light Orchestra
- “The Ghetto Fairy idea is retarded.” (Week of March 9, 200 Quote from Crystal’s daughter in her March 5, 2008 entry.
- “In the garden of a thousand sighs.” (Week of March 16, 200 Lyric from Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising”
- “I need direction to perfection.” (Week of March 23, 200 Lyric from The Killers’ “All These Things That I’ve Done”
- “At the center of every black hole is a little man with a flashlight searching for a circuit breaker.” (Week of March 30, 200 Quote from episode 1.03 of “The Big Bang Theory”. Complete quote is, “Okay, look, I think you have as much of a chance of having a sexual relationship with Penny as the Hubble telescope does of discovering that at the center of every black hole is a little man with a flashlight searching for a circuit breaker.”
- “Kind of a sanctimonious dicktowel.” (Week of April 6, 200 Quote from Sundry Mourning’s April 1st 2008 Entry
- “The nighttime Whatifs strike again!” (Week of April 13, 200 Quote from Shel Silverstein’s poem, Whatif.
- “Bring my my bright red fluro jacket.” (Week of April 20, 200 Lyric from Steriogram’s “Walkie Talkie Man”.
- “Dancing through the minor falls and the major lifts.” (Week of April 27, 200 Reference to lyric from “Hallelujah”.
- “Feels so good it’s like walkin’ on glass.” (Week of May 4, 200 Lyric from Faith No More’s song “Epic”.
- “Throwin’ punches around, and preachin’ from my chair.” (Week of May 11, 200 Lyric from The Who’s “Who Are You?”