Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Junk Mail

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I've started emptying my junk mail folders in my e-mail accounts everyday, sometimes multiple times a day, as spam tends to land frequen...
Wednesday, May 13, 2009

If a twittered, which I don't . . .

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I would say, "Don't send a bull in to rearrange the china shop."
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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I am Sad

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I am sad. I am sad that people, Old people, Parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, Uncles and aunts Live out their dying days in nursing ...
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Monday, March 23, 2009

George Bilgere never ceases to amaze me.

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The White Museum by George Bilgere My aunt was an organ donor and so, the day she died, her organs were harvested for medical science. I sup...
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Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Book Alert. OMG, I can't keep up with all the books I wanna read.

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Egads. How will I ever be able to read all the books I'm interested in? I'm reading two excellent books, right now - " The Expe...
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Friday, March 6, 2009

Julia's Bonsai has gone missing.

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Cappy gave Julia a bonsai seed. Maggie decided to get one too so their bonsai trees could grow up together. Today, Julia's bonsai wa...
Thursday, March 5, 2009

No wonder Carl Dennis won a Pulitzer for Poetry

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Candles by Carl Dennis If on your grandmother's birthday you burn a candle To honor her memory, you might think of burning an extra To h...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Best quote I read today.

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From the NY Times article about Nina Kuzma-Sapiejewska, a classical pianist who is an expert on Chopin - “We lived in a log cabin in Falls C...
Monday, March 2, 2009

What we need is more dancing.

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When I checked my e-mail this morning, Chris had sent me a link to an article from the NYTimes, Get Outta the Way -- We're Dancing Here ...
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Monday, February 23, 2009

Denver Butson is a great poet

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What She Was Wearing by Denver Butson this is my suicide dress she told him I only wear it on days when I'm afraid I might kill myself i...
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Sunday, February 15, 2009

Love Poem

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Love Poem When you fall in love, you jockey your horse into the flaming barn. You hire a cabin on the shiny Titanic. You tease the black bea...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Falling in Love

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Are you in love with her, I asked. No, she said. She uses too many adjectives. Superlatives or descriptors, I asked. Both, she said. Oh, I ...
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Sunday, December 7, 2008

Prop 8 - The Musical

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See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die Jeri Ann called today and asked me what I thought of Prop 8 - The Musical. Er, I haven't se...
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Friday, November 28, 2008

More from the Good Reverend Billy

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For Buy Nothing Day: The 10 Commandments Of Buylessness As Revealed To Reverend Billy THOU SHALT Forgive people, yourself and everybody else...
Thursday, November 27, 2008

The Reverend Billy and The Church of Stop Shopping

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How will you be spending Buy Nothing Day ? Perhaps with the Reverend Billy ?
Sunday, November 9, 2008

Ladies, Man your plungers.

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Kara sent me a link to this. Where are the crazy ladies of Arlington when I need them?
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Monday, November 3, 2008

Lessons

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Lessons by Pat Schneider I have learned that life goes on, or doesn't. That days are measured out in tiny increments as a woman in a kit...
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Thursday, October 30, 2008

Mama got new shoes.

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I finally got them. Converse. Will people think I'm as smart and cute as Rachel Maddow now?
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Friday, October 24, 2008

How Mishra Got His Name

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It was winter. Julia was six. She'd been climbing on snow mountains, flying down from the top with glee. Snow mountains, in case you...

My Old Cat

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I stopped blogging a while back. I had to. Not enough time. Although it was fun and a lovely way to keep in touch with friends and family, i...
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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

In response,

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Anonymous, aka, Kristara (I know it's you.) penned her description of our house in the following comment to my August 18 post. Sweating...
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I like this one.

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"Untitled" by Henry Burns. From Creativity Explored!
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Monday, August 18, 2008

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I sit on my bed Working Reading Writing The sounds of summer scream gently in the open window A cat sleeps on the sill Constant comforting b...
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Michael Phelps had the dreaded ADHD.

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According to the article in The NY Times , as a child in school Michael Phelps was said by his teachers to have ADHD and was put on Ritalin ...
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Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Amazing Art. Just Amazing.

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Julia sent me a link to this museum yesterday. She told me about it on the phone in Italian, the only language she's allowed to speak ri...

Vindicated. Finally. Thanks to Fox.

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I can't believe I'm quoting Fox. But I am. And I'm passing on the information because I think it's good, really good. I...
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Saturday, August 9, 2008

Sir Ken Robinson TED Talk. Creativity.

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TED Talks are always amazing. This one takes about twenty minutes. Worth it, IMHO.
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Friday, August 8, 2008

Ya learn something everyday.

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Word of the Day for Friday, August 8, 2008 vexillology \vek-sil-AHL-uh-jee\, noun: The study of flags. from Dictionary.com
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Tony Hoagland Poem

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Migration This year Marie drives back and forth from the hospital room of her dying friend to the office of the adoption agency. I bet somet...
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Thursday, July 31, 2008

What's age got to do with it?

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So I peeked in on Salon this morning, scrolling down the list of articles looking for something funny. Funny is a good idea these days in my...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Nameless Art, Untitled by Unknown

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This just in from the MOBA (one of my favorite museums of "fine" art) newsletter: "The Museum of Bad Art is excited to offer...
Thursday, July 17, 2008

Errrr.

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Monday, July 14, 2008

I'm just not sure what to think.

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The New Yorker is right up there as one of my favorite publications. I've been reading it since I was a little kid. Okay, at least I...
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Saturday, July 12, 2008

A message from The Rev Billy

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And I quote: A headline in the papers said: Americans Stop Shopping. Can you believe this? It goes on to say: Discretionary retail spending ...
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Friday, July 11, 2008

mc was a good fish.

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mc was a good fish. He lived alone in a tank with a big hunk of wood and a device that made bubbles and he ate store-bought fish pellets twi...
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