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discuss
“There’s a compelling theory of executive compensation stating that top executives get paid a lot of money to take the blame when the company does something wrong, regardless of the explanation.”
-Damian Garde, The Readout newsletter from STAT -
conquering tomes, revisiting classics
- The Memory Police by Yoko Ogawa
- Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church by Megan Phelps-Roper
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
- Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
- World Made by Hand by James Howard Kunstler
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one can listen to audiobooks while cross-stitching
World of Trouble by Ben H. Winters
A Wolf at the Table by Augusten Burroughs (book on CD)
Blue Nights by Joan Didion (book on CD)
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
The Devil’s Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America’s Secret Government by David Talbot
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the year i learned to cross-stitch
Then, Suddenly by Lynn Emanuel
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce (book on CD)
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
A Sudden Light by Garth Stein
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson (book on CD)
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lucid lite
First I've remembered in a long time, and I really had to reach for it. But it was a good one - or at least I appreciate the attempt my subconscious made ( Read more... ) -
b and e
Insomnia. Woke sometime before 4; who knows how long I lay there before looking at the phone. Finally gave up and went to the bathroom, drank some water, read a bit more A Prayer for Owen Meany and eventually had sleep part 2. It wasn’t so great either but I did remember this dream. Sleep part 1 had some dreams in it, too, but I don’t remember ( Read more... ) -
when we met again
Had no expectation of sleeping as deeply or well as I did. Lots of dreams. But the only one I remember now is that Stanley had changed. I saw him at a farm house (was I visiting?) and he was crying and talking about all the difficult things he'd realized, the work he'd done to fix or come to terms with the holes in himself as a person. His mom and ( Read more... ) -
misinterpretation of the day
Glimpsing song title on Spotify: "Eating Doughnuts"
Real song title: "Entertaining Thoughts" -
pajama party
Remembered about this much when I woke up (late). The day got away from me so I'm proud of myself for remembering to record this just now ( Read more... ) -
maternity stay
Slept poorly, woke up at 3:30 or so for no reason. Just anticipation of this long busy day I guess. Finally got back to sleep but was too tired to get up with the first "power morning" alarm, woke up with the regular one and did manage to get everything done and get Jude to the bus in time ( Read more... )