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I went to a wine-tasting and dinner/lecture hosted by a friend of mine in town (until now, I have been unable to attend one--she does these monthly at her restaurant/shop) and I really enjoyed myself. I chatted with people I did not know, learned new things about vine growth and irrigation, laughed and told and listened to stories ( Read more... )

If someone is "athletic", what does that mean in your brain?

It's locked, so I can't post a link. But someone has posted the most beautiful heartbreaking simple poem about a change in life this evening. I'm a hard case about poetry--although I don't hate it on principle, much of it leaves me cold. This gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes when I read it a third time ( Read more... )

The shoe meme, and watching a cute but precarious (and precarious turns me off) girl teeter down the sidewalk on my way home tonight brought this up ( Read more... )

Happy birthday, jrtom, my favorite dark-haired brother over 6' tall.

It was too good not to post--not when you've seen me prep for dinner parties.

I have revised my opinion of Arturo Perez-Reverte.

I can still firmly recommend Queen of the South. Having read The Flanders Panel twice to make sure I got it* and now being halfway through my slogging through The Club Dumas I find it a bit more brain-candy than I like. It's well-written enough to keep me reading and I'll go through it twice to be ( Read more... )

From the article:
I'm almost convinced by Steven Landsburg's cost-benefit analysis showing that the spreaders of computer viruses and worms are more logical candidates for capital punishment than murderers are ( Read more... )

I discover that I am a patriot. I believe that this country has the potential to be better than it is. That's not a bad thing--all the people I like and respect have the potential to be better than they are in some way or another. God knows I could be ( Read more... )