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Archive for June, 2009

bye-bye, baby cat

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on June 22, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Our Trixie died this afternoon.  She was a few weeks shy of five years old.
We had wanted a second cat and were bewildered by all the unusual conditions New England adoption centers had for taking on cats.  Home size was important, as they recommended all cats be indoor cats for their own safety and a [...]

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poetry friday: burma shave

Posted in poetry, poetry friday on June 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Recently I’ve taken to carrying a notebook while on my morning “run” around the reservoir.  The quotes around the word reflect the fact that (a) my knees can’t take the pounding they did when I ran cross country in high school, (b) that I tend to do interval running for the cardio and, (c) I’m [...]

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kookoo-nutty amazon

Posted in (not) writing, blogging, observations, opinion on June 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »

This cracks me up.  Amazon is selling folks a membership to create blog accounts.  These blogs are then made available to other members to pay for downloads to their Kindle e-readers.  I mean, no one gets into blogging for the money, but what could Amazon hope to gain by controlling content of…
Wait.
Controlling content.  Proprietary digital [...]

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i invented postsecret

Posted in (not) writing, blogging, memories, the man behind the curtain on June 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Uh huh.  Back in 1981.  Sort of.
PostSecret is the confessional website and book collection of secrets sent in anonymously by strangers to be shared with the world.  It began as a blog back in the 90s and has since taken off and invited imitators the world over.  It’s an odd world where confessional goes public, [...]

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i’m never gonna get this, am i?

Posted in (not) writing, VC, grad skool, middle grade, process, writing on June 2, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I have spent the better part of the day – maybe six hours all told but it could be pushing eight – writing a total of five pages.  They obviously did not come easy.  Every word in every line feels wrong, every motivation stilted.  It’s pushing 1 AM and I am reluctant to quit for [...]

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the enemy within

Posted in (not) writing, opinion on June 1, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Many a folk I have seen these last few days redirecting to Maria Kalman’s blog at the NYT discussing the lives of soldiers in these modern times.  Take a moment to look it over.
You notice the oath at the beginning, the “soldier’s oath” as it is called?  That’s the military version of the standard loyalty [...]

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