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Youngest ensconced at W&M
Just back from leaving our youngest at William & Mary.
Met her roommate ( about whom I wrote a few months ago) and her family. We found Emily to be charmingly unjocklike (Everyone's straight on the difference between jock and athlete, right?) and her parents seemed nice as well. Her dad had that same athlete vibe, so I did a quick internet check and ( Read more... ) -
My August Novel Spaces column is up.
My latest column is up at Novel Spaces:
August 19, 2010: Attitude Thrusters
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Manufactured outrage over Second WTC Ground Zero "mosque."
By now everyone's tired of the latest bit of Republican fury against any attempt to apply rights guaranteed to every American citizen by our Constitution to non-whites ( Read more... ) -
we're on Rachel Maddow!
Okay, no we're not ( Read more... ) -
Failure to grasp concept
On August 1 I set myself a goal of losing 20 pounds by October 1. No particular reason for that date. I just thought ten pounds a month sounded like a difficult but doable goal, requiring a regimen I should be able to sustain for eight weeks.
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So something's gotta give...
I'm up at 2AM still a bit wired from an all-day marathon of writing PCPs and ITRs and PRTF admission packets and notes and notes and notes ( Read more... ) -
Valerie's birthday (and that of Leutnant Alexandra Daya "Lex" Atreus)
Today is my wife Valerie's birthday. We have been married close to thirty years. In those years she has inspired me to do many things and supported me in the attempts. She's the mother of our children, my partner in life and my other half ( Read more... ) -
There's nothing I can add to this
Terrence Taylor, writer of children's television and adult vampire novels and fellow member of Novel Spaces put up this thought provoking essay the other day:
Life Lessons
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Tea Party follies
The Tea Party has kicked out one of their biggest hucksters for being too overt in his racism. Most folks remember the Tea Party Express for those bus tours spreading lies about healthcare reform. There'd be temporary stage and speakers who would pop out of a brightly painted bus with a bloody handprint represent Obama's socialized medicine ( Read more... )
