so if you've seen the money pit you might find humor with the following... i bought a house in arrowbear, just past running springs...for those of you redlands folks, that is about 30 minutes up the mountain. not too sure how i'll like the winter yet - but i'll try to love it ( Read more... )

It's been raining all weekend and still going strong. I like the rain ( Read more... )

the "publish or perish" mantra of academia is beginning to hiss quietly. every two years, i have to do some sort of self evaluation and talk about my teaching, service, and creative endeavors (publishing attempts) at the university. so far, i haven't done jack shit except send out one sci-fi poem which was happily rejected by the editor - and ( Read more... )

so my dad has had his radioactive seeds implanted at his cancer site for a month or so now. he told me he can set off the alarms at barnes and noble just by walking through them, which was rather embarrassing, considering he was neither buying nor stealing a book. this week he started chemo treatment and must travel to the hospital to be there, ( Read more... )

working at redlands makes me remember things in the wrong sort of way. all my memories get mashed up and condensed. i don't see things how they happened anymore. this table, i remember sitting with a friend there, with many friends, and one day was a great day, and one unbearable, and one confusing, and more often than most, those clear and ( Read more... )

I have a kitten. A little black one! And her name is Salem. I love her so much! =D


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"...for me there is neither Monday nor Sunday: there are days which pass in disorder, and then, sudden lightning..."

-jean-paul sartre, Nausea

Doctor Dictionary's Word of the Day:

TARRADIDDLE \tair-uh-DID-uhl\, noun:

1. A petty falsehood; a fib.
2. Pretentious nonsense.

Ever wonder what the hell is actually in your tap water?

Check out the National Tap Water Quality Database You can search by company, state, and city ( Read more... )

As consumers we may assume that the products we buy such as shampoo, soap, perfume, lotions, and makeup, among many others, are relatively safe. Unfortunately, the truth is that many of the ingredients in the very items we use to improve our looks and hygiene are harmful to our health ( Read more... )