I wish you and yours all happiness, peace, contentment, health, productivity, and fulfillment in the new year.

( What I'm Doing, Not Doing, and Dithering About )

I live in one of the corner houses at a busy intersection in a city ( Read more... )

Life is still complicated and rather untidy in many areas, but I've managed to resolve one Big Issue.

I have a new job. A new permanent, full-time job. A new, permanent, full-time, technical writing job. For the first time since March '01 ( Read more... )

... which I do my best to observe, every year. For more information, go here: http://adbusters.org/home/, home of Adbusters magazine ( Read more... )

Five Souls

First Soul

I was a peasant of the Polish plain;
I left my plough because the message ran:-
Russia, in danger, needed every man
To save her from the Teuton; and was slain.
I gave my life for freedom - This I know
For those who bade me fight had told me so. Second Soul ( Read more... )

May this year bring serenity, fulfillment, regular employment for you and/or cattitude which does not destabilize Life and Enjoyment thereof), and joy.

... and I've been praying, like a good little agnostic Jew. I voted. For the first time in my voting years (20 of 'em), there was significant line at the polls. Not around-the-block, as it was in some places, but I did get a little knitting done while waiting ( Read more... )

I have moved, for the third time in three years. Argh. (Short version: landlord's daughter attends a nearby university. It is less expensive for her to live off-campus in the apartment with roommates than on-campus.) I will not miss my now-ex landlord, nor will I miss the driveway that was 6 -8 " wider than my car (*ouch* I don't think in 3D very ( Read more... )

Long time, no post. Life is still complicated, just differently, that's all.

Visible means of support?My contract tech writing job ended last month. Upper management basically informed me at 4 pm on a Friday, and I managed to pack up and get out by 6:15 or so. Sigh. I would have liked a bit more time to tidy up loose ends, but it wasn't possible ( Read more... )

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