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Word of the Day

Today’s word is:   robotics   Definition from TheFreeDictionary   Coined in 1941 by Isaac Asimov, born this day in 1920 (or thereabouts).

jamie January 2, 2014 just for fun, word of the day, writing No Comments Read more

Beliefs and Beginnings

I love history. I consider myself an amateur historian — that’s what the It Was 20 Years Ago Today podcast is all about. I listen to a few podcasts that have to do with history; one is the remarkable series

jamie October 6, 2010 personal, writing No Comments Read more

We’ve Spilled It All Before — Proposal

(Crossposted on Daily Kos and should appear on Facebook as well.) As I write this, it looks like the BP – Deepwater Horizon oil spill may actually be coming to an end. The actual spillage, anyway. Despite the White House’s

jamie August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 announcements, political, writing No Comments Read more

Literary Geek Meme

Got this one because someone thinks I’m a literary geek.  As I go through the questions, I’m beginning to wonder about that, I’m afraid … I’m only tagging folks I think might want to see my answers.  No one’s on

jamie April 28, 2009 personal, writing No Comments Read more

Just a Little Twilight Vent

This was one of the three quotations on Google’s Quote of the Day gadget today: Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a

jamie November 20, 2008November 20, 2008 personal, writing No Comments Read more

A man never forgets. A man pays his debts.

You will no doubt have read the sad news in many other places by the time you read it here, but if you haven’t seen it yet, go take a look at Sydney Pollack’s obituary.  I’m hardly qualified to comment

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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

jamie October 14, 2004May 5, 2008 writing No Comments Read more

Quote For the Moment

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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From the Blog

  • It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
    I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will never work, that it is a waste of time and energy. And yet, I have
  • Monday Meme #51 — Intellectuals in America
      This is the final Monday Meme in the series.  I’m shifting my focus to a more fully realized webcomic series, which I call Musings In Grayscale.  The first comic in the series will be published October 15 and future installments will appear twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. Thanks for sharing this
  • Opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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