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Cormac McCarthy doesn't depress me
Cormac McCarthy is moving up my author’s list fast. I just finished “The Road” and am quite preoccupied with it. It is a stunning novel, and deeply masculine. It is one of those books that I found worked on many levels ( Read more... ) -
Pan, Peter Pan
I have just found through Photbucket Statistics that this picture of my daughter Mazey:
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Somali pirates and mini-vans
We bought a mini-van ( Read more... ) -
Trouble ahead or Best Dad ever?
Sue: Anyway, Leann was telling me that Miles is always correcting people who say Mazey's his best friend. He tells them, I am going to marry Mazey ( Read more... ) -
Lists and books
austenheroin had this on her journal and I am shamelessly jumping in and doing it as well. So, here’s my top ten desert island book list ( Read more... ) -
SON OF A BUSH!
It happened yesterday.
I was at a meeting and we were waiting for a late arrival. We started talking about about how none of us went to school in this state. I mentioned Southern Methodist and was immediately greeted by a chorus of "that's where the building the Bush library." Now I said this was going to happen (check # 4), but that did little ( Read more... ) -
Word of the week
Flaneur - Basically a laconic stroller out to experience a city, but with annoyingly pretentious overtones to the term.
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25 things again
I did it on Facebook, but I don't want to neglect my livejournal friends ( Read more... ) -
Pink Mayhem
I hate the whole "boys act this way and girls act this way thing" with which we parents are bombarded constantly. Beyond the fact that it defies a century of social scientific understanding, it simply does not seem to match up with what I see on a daily basis. This isn't to say there aren't some differences ( Read more... ) -
The Age of Anxiety
A little unscientific survey, who's feeling the economic downturn and how? (This is for you lurkers too)
Here, Jobs seem secure but I have 5 days unpaid furlough before July. My neighbor got laid off from his 100k job with 3 hours notice. And everyone has a slightly worried look about them. How about you?
