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Who doesn’t love a compliment?
Those of you who drop by here occasionally already know, and newcomers will soon learn, that this blog has a bit of an identity problem, rather like its author. Constantly changing moods, topics, layouts. A debilitating lack of focus and purpose. No particular goals to speak of. Blog angst. Occasionally (rarely) I get put on … Continue reading
Spontaneous — who, me?
My friend JavaQueen does a lot of “randomness” posts. Sort of a stream-of-consciousness approach. It’s easy to read — just little snippets of different things flying at you. Milkshakes, bad hair day, and whether to correct the spelling of comments, all in one post. That sort of thing. It’s a great approach and I intend … Continue reading
We interrupt this program for … a little blogrolling
I have received my first ever blog award (and you never forget your first time!). It’s from Java Queen! JQ runs one of my favorite personal blogs and I’m delighted she thought to include me among her recipients. I’ve always thought of this blog as sort of a mixed bag of indeterminate purpose (said to … Continue reading
I got scraped by scienceguide.net
Scienceguide.net is a splogger. They stole my recent MIT article — lock, stock and picture — and posted it at http://www.scienceguide.net/mit-solar-energy-storage-project-puts-big-oil-notice. It was a little post, just a note about something I thought was cool, but I guess I have an intensely possessive nature or something. Sooo … knowing there was little I could do … Continue reading
Women of the blogging community, what say you?
Writer Chick, over on Writer Chick Talks, has tapped some of her female acquaintances to examine their perceptions and attitudes about women bloggers. I felt honored to have been included in the survey, although I don’t think I contributed anything particularly insightful or unique. In the first of several posts, WC gives a little background on each of the participants. They … Continue reading
If you came to read my July posts, you’re too late
Oh, $%&^&^%#!!!!@^*$%”>$%&^&^%#!!!!@^*$%!#!!!!! That’s the sound of me inadvertantly deleting all my July posts. WAHHHH!! It’s really easy to do if you have a test blog. You decide to clear the test blog in order to start over. Just click that one little box at the top of your Manage Posts screen and hit Delete. There’s no … Continue reading
‘Saving Grace’ is poor portrayal of Oklahoma City
Well, here I sit watching another episode of “Saving Grace.” Pretty bad night of TV for me to be watching this. It’s supposed to be set in Oklahoma City, and that really makes me wince. I have visions of people all over the country watching it and thinking, “So that’s what Oklahoma City is like.” … Continue reading
Tell 10 years of your life in 2 pages of 3-word sentences
Not long ago, I took a shot at a meme called “Six-Word Memoir.” It was an intriguing challenge and far more difficult than it first sounded. If you don’t believe me, just try it. Meanwhile, I just read about another memoir challenge of sorts in the current issue of AARP the Magazine. Leaping to the … Continue reading
Poems about my 5-year-old
Two little verses inspired by a 5-year-old. Continue reading
Bad writing
The entry below (Dancing with the wind) is true. It happened, it was charming and memorable, and I really wanted to capture it so that I could revisit it. But I read it now and it sounds stilted, contrived, overly dramatic. I wish I could figure out why, but I just can’t seem to put … Continue reading
Editorial curiosity
Lands’ End. Hmm. Was in the “reading room” last night and noticed something for the first time: Lands’ End catalog. Why do they punctuate it that way? Shouldn’t it be Land’s End? Is it a bunch of people named Land? More than one land, or country, coming to an end? Sure, graphically, it’s nice to … Continue reading
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