I’m sending the following letter to my Senators and Congressman this week. I wanted to share it with all of you as well, because I think the subject is profoundly important. I am writing to encourage you to vote against
question for the Religious Right
For all those who are protesting the movie Kinsey, to those who compare Kinsey to Josef Mengele, I have one question: How many people did Kinsey murder? P.S. I’ll give bonus points to anyone who can tell me why it
Real Life, Found in Death
I had a rather unusual experience today. I was spreading out newspapers to carve our Halloween pumpkin and the spread was on the obituary page for about ten days ago. Along with the standard form listings, there were a number
Victory party music?
Yes, darn it, I’m an optomist. (It’s either that or go mad.) On Monday night, when Joe and I were in the car, talking about the election, the local classical music station was playing the “Ode to Joy.” Joe asked
NaNoWriMo ideas
A few days ago I decided I’ll try my hand at the National Novel Writing month project, after Ali pointed it out. I’ve got it narrowed down to four ideas that I think I could have a go at, and
Another Report from the Trenches
What a weekend. As I was contemplating this journal entry, I realized that much of the experiences I’ve had this weekend, which seem quite different but actually can be tied together by one theme: I hate selling. But I have
The words are dark, but the heart is lighter
My dreams have been getting kind of weird lately. I finally decided to capture a couple of them and some of the feelings they’ve evoked in a poem, which I posted up on Poetry.com. If you’d like to read it,
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No work for Intel today, so instead I am doing a lot of work at home — among other things, getting caught up with all the housework and chores that have gone undone for two weekends before this. (Maybe longer
Aaaaaiiiiggggh!! Leave me alone already …
The last day of the most significant deadline in my layout work, and everyone is practically sitting on top of me in the office. How can I get anything finished when everybody is coming in here every few minutes asking
Getting back into the routines
After all the upheaval of the last month or so, it’s a little comforting to get back into routines. I’m trying to use my planner book more carefully — there is so much to do, that it’s essential! I don’t