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A terrible sonnet
This is incredibly archaic and generally bad poetry, but I felt like writing a sonnet tonight, not like writing good poetry. In my case, there's a difference. I don't do well with forced rhyme schemes. However, it's the first attempt at ANY kind of poetry I've had in a while, so... voici.
Your WreckageYou left my careful home in disarray ( Read more... ) -
Niece pictures!
Just had to.
Gracie was fascinated by my huge window and its appealing ledge. Don't worry: my bro Ray (her Daddy) was making sure there was no baby-through-window action.
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Music Challenge...
(Stolen from Ariane)
I set my iTunes to random and type the first lines of the songs that come up.
YOU have to guess the songs. Check out your mad song-ID skills.
I keep track of the score. I'm including both responses on Facebook and on Livejournal.
Go!
1) Lonely boys and you lonely girls, here again in the lonely world. You're finding out if there ( Read more... ) -
Vote in Maine?
Please get out and caucus tomorrow, independents and democrats in Maine! Below is the letter I wrote to some friends on my email list ( Read more... ) -
Atypical February
Life is alight with sun akin to summer, if we're talking internal atmosphere. I am an optimist, but rarely has life felt this chock full of the good stuff ( Read more... ) -
Well, I think I'm voting for Obama, but...
91% Mike Gravel
91% Dennis Kucinich
84% John Edwards
80% Chris Dodd
80% Barack Obama
77% Joe Biden
76% Hillary Clinton
70% Bill Richardson
33% Rudy Giuliani
25% John McCain
21% Ron Paul
19% Tom Tancredo
17% Mitt Romney
17% Mike Huckabee
8% Fred Thompson
2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
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New Years Resolutions, 2008 ( Read more... ) -
2007 In Review Meme
Per my annual tradition, I have below my responses to the same questions I answer every year. My old responses are housed online also: 2006, 2005, 2004, and 2003.
1. What did you do in 2007 that you'd never done before?
Cross-country road trip, twice. Drove a moving van. Worked at a summer camp. Went sailing on a small little yacht.
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I am thankful
for my family and friends ( Read more... ) -
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I have a student who talks with her hands and jumps, jumps, jumps. Who snaps at commands but grins at requests and has fire emanating, constantly. She claims she's from "the south" like it's the same as admitting she's from a ghetto, but I know that it is not because of how much she romanticizes it. She tells me I know what's what. She has been ( Read more... )