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NaNo: It's that time again
I only decided today that I'm going to give NaNo a shot. Writing has been a bust most of this year, so I really wasn't in a good frame of mind about taking the 50K challenge again. But then I saw all the cool graphics, and I got that familiar feeling that I'd be missing something if I didn't do it.... What cinched it was that I've decided to try to ( Read more... ) -
Shaken Up
An earthquake--here ( Read more... ) -
Thanks, Anonymous!
I just received an email stating that by anonymous gift I have been granted 6 months of paid account on LJ. WOW! That is so cool. I'm not sure who my benefactor is, but thank you! -
Quotable
"In reality, every reader, as he reads, is the reader of himself."--Marcel Proust
If I haven't said it before, I'll say it now....I love Proust. I am so sad that I am nearing the end of his amazing À la Recherche du Temps Perdu. It's not quite as long as the Harry Potter saga, so don't be intimidated, HP fans! But it is exquisite, especially for ( Read more... ) -
Restoring My Faith in Government
The life of a temp is never dull!
A passing co-worker stopped by my supervisor's cubicle to talk about books, of all things: their backlogs of To-Read books, their love of re-reading books, which then became the Harry Potter books... Of course I couldn't keep my nose out of that!
It was not at all what I expected from a DoD-funded research center
