"Japan's New First Lady Says She Flew In UFO"

"Japan looks to robots to fill jobs"

"We're all mutants, say scientists"

I'll tell you what doesn't make me feel sexy, LJ blog "writer's block" topic generator (sponsored by Victoria's Secret -- good God): sitting in this library ( Read more... )

This morning was the first time I detected any precipitation in the eighteen days since I've arrived. I think people would count it as rain, though it was only a few drops. At least there was a little moisture to the air. I woke up, did my laundry, and then drove over to meet some of my program peers to go for a 10K in the Peavine Mountain range. ( Read more... )

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I spent most of today going through plastic bins filled with old papers, photos, memorabilia, and so forth. It was like going down memory lane with a wrecking ball. A lot of old writing and old journals. I didn't get through it all, but I have enough for one roaring bonfire. I was planning that for tonight. I'm too tired now. I can't believe the ( Read more... )

Slept last night on some driftwood on the beach in Sidney. After trying to keep a low profile tucked into a little alcove in the hillside, reading and observing a family of geese, I rolled out my sleeping bag and watched a vermilion moonrise ( Read more... )

I can't believe how much can happen in a single day. I woke myself up to go down to the lake for a cloudy dawn. I packed up the rest of my room and said goodbye to the walls, the register, the doorknob. I got my deposit check from Lin, and I was on my way ( Read more... )

I'm sipping an Arabic espresso at Hard Times Cafe here in Minneapolis. I've ditched out on the other sessions for the NAISA conference today so that I could get some work done for the conference next week. It's been a rough couple days, but I think I'm in a comfortable enough place (i.e., coffeehouse) to write about it.
( academia rant )

When asked what one poem could save the earth, John Felstiner unhesitatingly selected the following ( Read more... )

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Global Warming presented by Dr. Alan Robock (Rutgers ( Read more... )