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Yes, I am long, long overdue for a real live update. It's the final week of classes and I'm trying not to freak out, so maybe after I'm back in Lansing. Meanwhile, as I have done on previous December firsts, I remember those I have personally known who have died from the disease in commemoration of World AIDS Day:

John Brooks (1941-1993), my ( Read more... )

I started working at the Flint Public Library in 1979, at the end of ninth grade. Today, after 27 years in library land, is my last day in la biblioteca before heading to grad school ( Read more... )

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After an all-nighter on Sunday typing in Rick's proofreading changes, I finished my thesis early Monday morning, drove to the Mason Hall computing site to print 'er out complete with color maps and a color video capture image of Lance Loud sashaying on his bicycle (I somehow didn't get a parking ticket for staying 'til 8:20), dropped the heaps of ( Read more... )

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The past several weekends, for the first chapter of my senior thesis, I've been screening the 12-part 1973 PBS documentary An American Family, about the William C. Loud Family of Santa Barbara, California. The series has been touted by TV Guide as the first example of reality television and it's famous especially for the ninth episode in which ( Read more... )

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Grant Burns, my old boss at the Thompson Library at UM-Flint and a great guy, died January 5th at age 58. Just found out yesterday in a meeting at work.

Here's what's posted at the Thompson Library website, and here's a warm remembrance by the publisher of New Pages, where Grant wrote a column as Uncle Frank ( Read more... )

Rick and I ventured up to Flint on Friday evening to see pal Tim visiting from Wisconsin. We'd thought to go for beers at the Torch, the last of the great downtown Flint bars. When we got there, the doors were locked. This was like 10:30 on a Friday night. Lights were on inside, but all the bottled condiments were cluttered on the bar. No ( Read more... )

We caught Nadal's first three sets this morning before heading out for Motor City Pride in Ferndale. How can you not adore a hottie who does this when he wins?


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I have 2½ weeks left of my 7 week intensive Spanish hell. Then I'll be 11 credits away from my long awaited B.A. Twenty years late. Oh well. I been busy.

Too much to even try to catch up on. Ken (theslack) visited last weekend with his ladyfriend Weda and her son Hawkens. Rick and I took them on the grand tour of metro Detroit, including ( Read more... )