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It had to be done
So today I was helping a patron find books by Joe Hill, son of Stephen King and a fine horror writer in his own right.
However, it left me with an insistent earworm, and I tried to sing it through, as is the usual cure. However, the words that I knew were simply NOT the words that wanted to be sung. I desperately googled to find the version I was ( Read more... ) -
Thanks, Joe
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Books Read: Now, with Extra Snark!
One thing I can say in favor of sitting about in doctors’ waiting rooms: it gives me a LOT of time to read. On the other hand, it doesn’t give me any inclination to be generous about my reading.
FICTION
Ballantine, Pip,and Tee Morris. THE JANUS AFFAIR.
The first Ministry of Peculiar Occurences title received a pretty “meh” review from me, but I ( Read more... ) -
Summer Reading Report
Oh, my. I haven’t done this for the entire summer, have I?
Well, let’s see what I can remember. This might be a little long, so I'll post under a cut.
It seems to have been a summer filled with middling-to-good fluff fiction.
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I try not to whine too much...
... I really do, but...
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Point taken
Originally posted by rolanni at Yes. Yes, this is *exactly* why...
Originally posted by kylecassidy at post
Oh yah, I was in Minnesota this past weekend.
I made you this.
Use it wisely.
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Apology more than accepted
I was just reminded today how moving, how mature, how filled-with-grace a real apology can be.
Not an "I'm sorry, but...." Not an "I'm sorry, if..." Not any sort of qualified faux-pology that permits the speaker to maintain their status as the wounded party (or at least, one who is equally the victim.)
But a full-hearted, unambiguous, "I was wrong ( Read more... ) -
Dear friends in Christ:
Particularly the ones who posted the "funny" cartoon on the staff bulletin board today, the one that equated boycotting Chick-Fil-A with anti-Christian bigotry and intolerance?
No, eating a chicken sandwich is not the same as "standing up against religious persecution", even less Christian martyrdom.
No, posting a picture of yourself with an enormous ( Read more... ) -
How To Woman
I've been treading water (some of it with an ominous color and stench) up to my eyebrows for the past month, but I have to pay tribute to the passing of two remarkable people yesterday. Both in their own way taught me how one could be both a woman and a person in a way I'd never considered before:
Sally Ride, who in 1983 "slipped the surly bonds ( Read more... ) -
In further news...
I am very very tired of people yelling at me from my television set.