Why I’ve been away

September 20, 2011

I’ve been away because I’ve been trying to find the most morbid academic papers and textbooks. More to come! Share this:EmailPrintFacebookTwitter

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My Voice

September 14, 2011

The worst thing I ever said in my life was a thing I said to Adam Green.  We were talking about Great Expectations.  I said, of Dickens, “I’ve learned so much from him as a writer.”  Granted, I had had “a glass of wine,” but still. Anyway, the reason I’ve been away so long is [...]

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Fan Fiction

July 13, 2011

I’m doing my usual Wednesday afternoon fanfic roundup. Early standouts: “You’d better start thinking about what’s more important to you, mate,” said Paul, spluttering with rage. “That bird or your band!”  The ultimatum rang out.  John felt his anger rise, while he gripped Yoko’s hand ever tighter.  Would Abbey Road II ever see the light [...]

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Book Club – Amazing Stories of Female Executions

July 8, 2011

No clue where you can find it these days, but it’s a great read. Edit: this may help… Share this:EmailPrintFacebookTwitter

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For once,

June 23, 2011

a book that isn’t just lies Share this:EmailPrintFacebookTwitter

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CSA Week 1: Turnip Town

June 16, 2011

Tonight I picked up our first CSA share. We’ll be getting fruit and vegetables through December. It’s the first time I’ve done a CSA, and I’m already feeling an interesting mixture of excitement and panic. This week, we got red and green lettuce, salad mix, three squash, six garlic scapes, two small broccoli heads, a [...]

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State of Weightlessness

June 15, 2011

is a documentary about the Russian space program I watched recently.  A typical space documentary is retired astronauts talking about how everything they did and saw was the most amazing ever and some footage of accidents.  This began like that, but started sneaking in cosmonauts taking showers on the ship and talking about how hard [...]

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Aspen

June 5, 2011

Children:  As you know, Dave is your father.  He and I just got back from the Aspen Environment Forum a couple of days ago.  Dave was the actual invited guest; I tagged along.  Since I still haven’t unpacked, or even begun the chores I assigned myself to finish before we left, I’ll “confine my observations” [...]

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What not to do

May 27, 2011

Dear Laura and John, As you know, I am your mother.  In order to be more like real Mommy and less like keyboard-Mommy, I’ve been much stricter about my time online.   I realize I’ve mentioned this before, but real moms do say the same thing over and over.  (They also talk over and over about saying the [...]

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A Science Question

May 18, 2011

  (Not the culprit.  But close enough.) Once, when I was 13 or 14, Mum and I came home from an errand to find Cathy storming about.  “There’s nothing sweet in this house!  I had to eat apricot conserve!” she raged. In a similar spirit, I found myself having to open an ancient jar of Pernigotti milk chocolate-hazelnut [...]

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