Excerpts from the crime chapter in Anneli Rufus' book "Party of One: the loner's manifesto"
I wish you could all read this chapter in it's entirety. I just copied out a few paragraphs. Sorry for typos.
The author's book introduction is here www.annelirufus.com  but i wanted to focus on the media's use of this word. the news has got me all worked up.

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There were some things I've been wanting, and it's been a while, so I ordered a bunch of music. some of it was even on sale ( Read more... )

12/01/06 MAKE LOVE THE BRUCE CAMPBELL WAY -Bruce Campbell- autobiographical fiction. humor. movies. I loved Bruce's If Chins Could Kill, so this was a bit of a dissapointment. The writting is funny but I often do not get wrapped up in the plot in humor fiction and I didn't in this ( Read more... )

finished after 59 hrs.
One of the very best games I've ever played. I'd live in this world if I could.
I have to find the rest of the treasures.
but maybe I'll let her rest for a little bit.


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After much deliberation over song choices, I've made my first true mix cd. Not a specific theme but a feel. I wanted "ancients" and "yavin's orbit" on the same cd, and songs that made me feel the same way, or similar.. something. They all fit together to me ( Read more... )

"the future's already here, it's just unevenly distributed"
-William Gibson
Today I learned that Gibson will have a new book out this summer, "SPOOK COUNTRY". I have been waiting to read where he would go after 2003's Pattern Recognition. one of my favorite books by any author.

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( my xmas stocking )

eight thirty am on a no work day and i'm ready for the day early bedtime last night after hot shower couldn't keep my eyes open even with the tenshi ja nai volume five manga in my hand love triangle gender complications and a small dog it had been long since i took the time to listen to an album with the lyrics open in front of me during the full ( Read more... )

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09/18/06 ST. LUCY'S HOME FOR GIRLS RAISED BY WOLVES -Karen Russell- fiction. short stories. ghosts. animals. whimsy. The creativity and the writing style is superb, but the stories sometimes end abrubtly. But then again sometimes that's just the way of the short story ( Read more... )