An excerpt from my NaNoWriMo novel, begun at 8:58 p.m ( Read more... )

(Author's Note: The below does not reference anyone named mixer ( Read more... )

I am tired.

I am so tired I'm making stupid, weird mistakes that are sabotaging my dating prospects (not the hot, British editor -- that actually required the combined efforts of at least four people that I'm aware of...).

However, in an unexpected twist to the week, CTA got me to work on time!

Break out the bubbly!

New Jersey! God Bless your Supreme Court Justices! May they go on to issue out equally wise and wonderful decisions!

3 states down...47 to go!

A day of disappointment ( Read more... )

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Walking a tight-rope is easier than Life ( Read more... )

My friend M was talking about going skiing again, which brought to mind the only other time of note that I've been skiing. Last year, she and Dizzy and I and my girlfriend at the time all went skiing together. Actually she wasn't my girlfriend yet. Close enough. Perhaps my hauling her out of the freezing creek, her eyes glazed over in pain and ( Read more... )

You Are Wonder Woman
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...if an elected federal official (Rep, Senator, VP, or President), were required by law to go to the funerals of EVERY American killed in combat. Maybe lottery. Maybe the person from the district that soldier voted in. It wouldn't have to be the same person every time -- Representative Black, from the 345th district of Rhode Island, attending ( Read more... )