(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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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.…
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“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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