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I can stand up and face the world
What a week. As some of you heard, Kay’s father died on Tuesday. I’ll leave comments to her. Kay flew out to Arizona on Thursday. The funeral is this Wednesday, and she flies back to Boston on...
View ArticleBut it’s plain to see, evil inside of me is on the rise
Always nice to know the bank gives a shit about you. A check clearing unexpectedly – on the same day as over a dozen transactions Kay made in AZ were processed – caused us to overdraft by about $30....
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I can’t have nice things: Extended edition
Days as shitty as today are pretty rare. It takes the accumulation of a lot of things that, on their own, they’re bad but you deal with them and move on. All together, and if you get through the day...
View ArticleWe are the magic makers. And we are the dreamers of dreams.
(I watched the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with Baz today. He enjoyed it. I still appreciate the genius of Gene Wilder. Still don’t like the “You stole Fizzy Lifting Drink” crap,...
View ArticleA long short weekend
My weekend was short, because there never seems to be enough time to do everything that I want to. It was long because I was irritable and unmotivated, and that makes time pass more slowly. Short...
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You don’t owe me a thing, I’ve been there too
We had a bit of a scare earlier this week when a shipment of 80 books we’d ordered got lost by USPS. Fortunately yesterday we got a satisfactory solution to the problem, but for a day there I was both...
View ArticleThey will tell their empty stories
There’s been a good deal of interest in Rise Reviews since I announced it. I’ve got commitments from reviewers for at least 25 reviews per month, which is excellent. I’d like to reach the point where...
View ArticleAnd when it arrives, I’ll smash it with a hammer [Thinning the workload]
On January 20 (last Thursday) I started a blog post about how much work I had, and how much of it was extremely time-sensitive, and how stressed I was feeling over said work. Then I didn’t have time to...
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We’re half the same, half distinct: writing, crazy schedule, and less stress
On Sunday, I had the chance to write! It was the first time I’d had to write since late August. More than six months? That’s no good. That will be fixed. It’s already been partially fixed, obviously,...
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Taking blood and making art
Uterus! So you may have heard about the recent flap surrounding the GOP being really really scared of women’s bodies. Short version: Last week, in response to the Florida House of Representatives...
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