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Writer's Block: Beautiful Vistas
It was the summer after my sophomore year of high school, and I was in Providenciales, Turks and Caicos, studying coral reef ecology. The center where we were staying had a back deck that faced onto a canal, and on the other side of the canal was a low raised bar of land, and then, just out of sight, more ocean. Looking off the back deck, one ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Taxmen and Poetry
One of my favorites, "This Living Hand" by John Keats:
This living hand, now warm and capable
Of earnest grasping, would, if it were cold
And in the icy silence of the tomb,
So haunt thy days and chill thy dreaming nights
That thou wouldst wish thine own heart dry of blood
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$1000 in car repairs. Just what I was NOT looking forward to when I brought the car in for a flat tire and said they could also check out "that rattling sound it makes when it's cold ( Read more... ) -
Writer's Block: Fresh Flowers or Crunchy Leaves?
I'm quite happy that it's spring, although mildly annoyed that it's been 60-75 degrees for the past week but today, the technical first of spring, it's 32.
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About damned time
Heard on NPR today that W. R. Grace is finally being taken to court for the Libby, Montana mine and accompanying asbestosis at record levels in the population. I just about stood up (in my car) and cheered; it's about time this was resolved and I hope it paves the way for more actions like it.
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Turns out there were only 2 students assigned to my course, so I got switched to the other section of the same thing.
On the one hand, yay, I'm in a course! On the other, I'm a few days behind! Fortunately I'll have time to do homework tomorrow. -
I love Kentucky?
The temperature this morning was below freezing.
The high today is 48.
The high tomorrow? 62!
In other news, I'm taking a test to begin studying French-to-English translation this afternoon. Prayers appreciated!
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Writer's Block: Cookies
Strangest, or most appropriate... the first time yechezkiel took me to this great Vietnamese place in town, I got "Stop looking forever, happiness is just next to you."
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Writer's Block: Table for One
Only if I'm working away from home for some reason, and even then I don't do it much. In the two months I was in Ohio, I usually ate in my room (microwave meals!) or went out with coworkers. However one night towards the end of the trip I was feeling lonely and down and rather stir-crazy, so I took myself out somewhere nice and blew my entire per ( Read more... )
