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For Reals

I don’t know what’s up with me lately. Remember when I blogged nearly every day? Yeah, probably not. This blog has been dark so often for so long, most anyone who used to read has wandered off. But I remember. It was a thing that I did! And people read, and talked to me, and […]

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Just for the Record

Just for the Record

This is really pissing me off. I’ve spent days basically incapacitated–able to go through the motions (mostly) but unable to think clearly, to write, to edit, even to read. Now I am reading. I have twenty-three library books (don’t ask) and they must go back eventually. It kind of defeats the purpose if I haven’t

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Ode to the Toads (or possibly frogs)

Ode to the Toads (or possibly frogs)

Ninja, Sensei, and Sparkle are no more. They have passed on. Shuffled off. They are deceased. They are ex-toads. Their cricket-food sings on, released in the yard after the demise of the intended devourers. Their intended home lies empty (and the old one, in which they died, resides in the dumpster) while their devoted owner

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Thoughts on Squid, Approval, and Pre-Teen AUGH

Thoughts on Squid, Approval, and Pre-Teen AUGH

Please tell me if you see anything borked on the site, so that I may fix it! I have over 1700 posts and/or pages; I am not likely to stumble on all the problems myself.

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Belittling, That’s What It Is

Belittling, That's What It Is

Emasculating. Humiliating. I broke my own blog. For hours on end, and needed the rescue of a marvelous friend to fix it. I felt like such a fraud. I don’t think I’m an expert, but I do tend to think I’m better at internet-things than that. You know how self-doubt always brings friends? I spent

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Pageantry and Pornography

pag·eant·ry /?pæd??ntri/ [paj-uhn-tree] –noun,plural-ries. 1. spectacular display; pomp: the pageantry of a coronation. 2. mere show; empty display. 3. pageants collectively; pageants and the performance of pageants. Guys. Seriously. Glenn Beck? Rush Limbaugh? It’s entertainment. It’s shock-jocks in politics. Like Geraldo and Jerry Springer, they don’t say it because it’s true, they say it to

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