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  • Ouch

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    LiveJournal finally back online after 2 days! And look, Anne Taintor has made a card about it: http://www.annetaintor.com/images/Cards/37059.jpg

  • Tense, very tense

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    Today I write shit. Yesterday I wrote shit. Tomorrow I will write shit.   Eh, that’s not even true. Yesterday I didn’t write at all.  

  • Things I hate #8,972: TV Programming Conflicts

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    How is it the only things I like on TV are on at the same time? Like ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT and WEST WING. The comedy of a dysfunctional but somehow utterly believable family — vs. — The drama of a fully functional & therefore thoroughly UNbelievable government. Ah, heck. I never did understand what they were…

  • Spring Cleaning 101, Lesson 1

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    Your collection of novelty erasers from first grade is not considered to be a critical possession. Select only the finest pieces to keep and throw the rest away. Unless, that is, your ‘collection’ consists of just three (3) erasers. Reasons for this may include, but are not limited to: i) an absence of pocket-money as…

  • Episode IV: In which the Universe Mocks Me

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    So, today being the day after bin night, I naturally had to collect my bin from its regular morning-after position, which is a) upside down & b) in the very middle of the sidewalk. As I stooped over its fallen shape, I noted beside it a photo, picture-side down. Naturally, I assumed it was mine,…

  • Wah, I wanna be Incredible, too!

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    What is the line, I wonder, between recognisable & cliche? Why do I find the family in THE INCREDIBLES endearing? Why do I laugh along with father Bob’s stiff back, & nod good-naturedly at the warring children, grinning while their mother tries to hold it all together by keeping the kids apart? Why is that…

  • Anti-procrastination trick for writers #1083: Get a bluetooth mouse.

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    Bluetooth connections fall apart just often enough that if the dang thing is working, you’ll be inclined to stay at your desk. Leave your desk for longer than twenty minutes, come back, have to re-pair your supposedly wireless mouse with your computer. My bluetooth mouse was about a month old before a bleating blue light…

  • Day 1

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    There’s something about New Year’s Eve that always reminds me of the fairytale about the woman with the all-day curse. You know, the one where the spirit or demon or whatever it is (I don’t recall the details, & if I remembered the story’s name I could look it up) says to the woman ‘that…