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A truly spectacular phenomenon from Chile ( Read more... )

Had a discussion online earlier tonight. They wanted to know why I will not teach in this country. At least not until some laws are changed ( Read more... )

Around 3:00 this afternoon, a dog started barking. (Or at least that's when I noticed it.) That high-pitched yappy bark small dogs and puppies make. And it did not stop barking until sometime after 9 PM ( Read more... )

I reached the point where my exercise routine gave me more excuses to avoid it than to do it. Ordinarily that would mean switching up, but I'm flat-out tired of the same repetitive junk over and over. (It doesn't look like it's doing much ( Read more... )

• 7 traffic snarls on the way to work & back.
• My brakes are now bad enough that at least one set in the back is grinding audibly. The pads were replaced less than a month ago. Time to call the mechanic. Again.
• Work has lost all semblance of organization. Boss acts like she's suddenly contracted ADD. A half-dozen projects are tossed around at ( Read more... )

Last night I dreamed of another world. It was called Sigil, and it had all the elements one would expect of a wondrous alternate Earth. Mystical androids, giant towers, armies marching, young love flowering among brave souls, many races co-existing, cherished secrets, iconic faces, a hundred stories weaving together. At one point I viewed it ( Read more... )

I've just had a very depressing experience. The depression quickly splashed on curiosity, and sharpened into a fright of perspective ( Read more... )

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Tonight I watched the first part of Sci-Fi's "Tin Man." Some rough spots (and the main character's acting leaves something to be desired), but it rekindled my desire for adventure. The part of me that wonders where the big adventures are, deathly afraid we've killed their potential in this shoddy world of convenience and political correctness ( Read more... )