Archive for the ‘Personal’ Category
- Lycanthropia
Slow here temporarily. New meme entry should arrive later today, though I’m making no promises.
3 September 2008
In the meantime, the Pub is open (quiet too lately), and I have been opining about things political and social at Lycanthropia. I’m trying to divide my twin nature into individual selves.- Learning
We’re playing Screaming Meme again, this time because of a challenge I raised and Jim McCormick answered at thePub.
27 August 2008
Granted, I have been a horrible slacker lately. I thought the Democratic National Convention would energize me, but so far it has been a predictable snooze. I hope Joe Biden carries a pocket full of fireworks with […]- Spawn of the Devil
At the core, I am a Luddite. I dislike change and resist progress. Although I have been an early adopter of all things pertaining to the Web and on my computer, outside that framework I loathe gadgets. The clothes washer in my home has a dial with three settings: regular, delicate, and permanent press. I dial […]
3 August 2008- Harry
Some years ago — more than I care to admit — I was a freshman at the local community college, sitting in a Composition 101 class, listening to a professor tell how one should think before committing words to paper. He carefully explored the logical nature of expository writing, explaining in fine detail how a thesis statement should be […]
29 July 2008- Cephalopod Ghost
Lately I am plagued by cephalopods. They frequent my dreams, appear in the literature I am reading, and pursue me on the Web. I feel myself being wrapped in their tentacles and sucked toward their beak-like mouths. But we can talk about that another time. Right now I’d like you to picture a seawall on […]
26 July 2008- To My Creditors
Gentlemen:
24 July 2008
Good news! I’ve just this day received email from the Nigerian Senate informing me that I have been chosen along with six others to receive a $500,000 stipend from the Nigerian government. This mystifies me, because I never contacted the Nigerian government concerning a writer’s grant, and I am further puzzled by the Brazilian origin […]- What’s Goin’ On?
As a general rule, I dislike entries explaining how a Web site has changed, especially when there is technical information I don’t understand — which is most of the time. I even loathe it when it’s me doing it. So today I’ll pretend it’s a Marvin Gaye song and get it over within the three-minute time slot […]
22 July 2008- Long-Haul Containers Become Living Spaces
From boingboing comes a reference to a discussion at Making Light about the use of long-haul shipping containers to create affordable housing. I was immediately fascinated by the thread, not only because of its practicality, but also because it reminded me of Suzy in John Steinbeck’s Sweet Thursday making her home inside an abandoned boiler […]
13 October 2007- No Deposit, No Return
Epictetus said something like, “Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? ”It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return?” I’m not sure what he was drinking […]
25 May 2007
