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The Backwards R
I spent most of our Saturday night out avoiding elbows and jostling for space. Grandma was home babysitting, and yet we found ourselves feeling fairly foreign to the crowded but festive scene. After a brief pause at the door, we plunged in, and I was glad there was no dance floor there, as I didn't have the mosh pit mentality I probably would ( Read more... ) -
PLEASE PARTICIPATE (again)
Alright. Given that my ability to write seems to have all but left during my illness, I've decided to cop out once again and ask for a bit of participation.
How about posting an Amazon Wish List with 10 items (or less) you'd like that you WILL NOT be getting during the holidays this year?
Here's mine:
WISH LIST.
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Having a Blast
I’ve been playing host to a nasty case of viral gastroenteritis, and have spent the majority of the past forty-eight hours doubled over in bed convincing the whole of my gut to at least slow its attempts to explode. Fortunately, I’m much better now; all better, in fact, save for the fact that food induces raucous nausea, which is actually worse ( Read more... ) -
Tis the Season
Picture, if you will, a lanky fellow with an iPod. There he goes before you, swaying to the beat with all the grace of Godzilla, rumbling from one foot to the other, striving for what you can only imagine is his idea of rhythm. Of course he’s listening to holiday music; he’s singing, too. He’s singing and, quite frankly, it hurts to listen. ( Read more... ) -
Sweet Seventeen
You turned seventeen months old today. In the last thirty days, your growth has been subtly overwhelming. There were no first steps, no first words, no spontaneous ability to quote Shakespeare or read Cao Xueqin's Dream of the Red Chamber. Yet you ran where you had walked, used new words every day, and have set about memorizing your board books ( Read more... ) -
Remember when
Looks like chutoy has decided to resurrect titfortat, that community for taking turns writing fiction (each successive post builds from the end of the previous post). Information here and here.
We had fun with this back in the days when wonderphil was around. If only he were back, and willing to post again.
If only everyone would.
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Enduring Love
So I finally broke down today and picked up Ian McEwan’s book again after a two year sabbatical. It’s not that he isn't every bit the Man-Booker Prize-winning genius everyone says he is; it’s just that his stories bore me to tears. Consistently. More so even than One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, which was also gorgeous ( Read more... )
