(Note: this post was started last month, in mid-October) Just got back from the ballet tonight — Coppélia! It was such a delight. I haven’t…
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Collie
Dashing and eclectic scholar-about-town. Have laptop, will travel!
The Toasty Temptress Strikes!
I have wonderful housemates. Last night I was quite glum about something unpleasant I’d had to do, and one of my housemates knew about it.…
Continue ReadingWhy are we so hysterical over current politics? (3 of 3)
“When facts fail you, words come in handy.” — Goethe Frankly, I deplore most of the “talking heads” garbage (yes, I call it that deliberately)…
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What is the form this mental organization takes? Dr. Lakoff believes our personal morality is framed by our family structure as children. There are two…
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Originally posted November 2004 Credits: To Bob, of course, due to his irritating (but this time helpful) habit of always leaving the radio on! ;)…
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Ordinarily I write my postings for this blog several weeks, or at least days, in advance. I do this because I suppose I’m a bit…
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Amazon Ink I loved the basic premise of this story, which was that the Amazons of myth and legend still exist, hidden within our modern-day…
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Norse Code The back of the book suggests the story is about the newly created Valkyrie named Mist, but this is not actually the case…
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Touch of Evil This book was, interestingly enough, a free digital book from Tor which my friend had downloaded in mid-2008, and suggested I might…
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Some friends of mine loaned me some books to read recently, since they both know I’m a fan of urban fantasy. I rather enjoyed the…
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