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Two weeks after C and I bought our tickets on Southwest, I ran my other professor for next semester. The class he teaches is large, and usually consists of screening a film I could probably rent, so I was very casual when I mentioned that I would be missing his first class, but having a … Read more

Since I first heard it, I’ve been fascinated by that story that goes “Once there was an old man who live in a village. He had one horse, and one son. One night, the horse ran away, and everyone said “Oh, bad luck.”But the old man said ‘maybe so, maybe not.”The next week, the horse … Read more

Before Christmas, I got a cold. First the aching, then the sore throat, then the upper respiratory fun that always follows. I toughed it out with echinacea teas and extra rest when I could swing it. But I got worried when, two weeks later, I was still having intermittent coughing fits…and of course the multi-shaded … Read more

Well, things did not go as planned today. The plan was to not eat, but to write and read and be happy. Instead I did not eat, but got hungrier and crankier as spent four hours on the telephone talking to over two dozen different people, waiting on hold, all to find out what the … Read more

Tomorrow I observe my annual ritual…the colonoscopy. I have discussed this before, I think, that the procedure–which involves little pain and fun drugs, tends to be less offensive than the prep–liter’s of foul tasting saline that “clean you out.” The prep begins tonight, but first, the pre-prep–in the form of a fast of sorts. I … Read more

Friends Matt and Lotte have been visiting from Melbourne, Australia, and as a result, in the past few days I am happy to have done some things I have long said I was going to do, but had not: Thursday night we made it out dancing after years away from the floor! The dance we … Read more

It is now 12:36, and we are home from our eve’s adventures–first stop a splendiforous fondue spread hosted by our friend Kendall, who hosted an “East Coast New Years Eve”-popular with out friends who have children this year, as the ball drops at 9pm and the kids can be in bed by ten. Then we … Read more

During the recent illness of my friend/employer, she couldn’t move around much and found it difficult to concentrate on reading, so we spent much of our time watching television. This was a treat for me, as I don’t often watch television. Because she wasn’t feeling well, she preferred easy-to-digest shows such as cooking shows, procedurals … Read more

For about a month—from early November of 2008 to early December I worked for an exceptional lady. According to wikipedia, the word “diva,” is someone who is accomplished in opera–and by extension in theatre. It can be used with the sense of “goddess” or “fine lady,” or with a negative connotation to denote someone who … Read more

Yesterday was Monday, so I took a moment of silence to mourn the loss of My Own Worst Enemy, cancelled after only nine episodes. I found the show compelling. It reminded me of the first season of Alias, except less annoying. I liked it because it really worked with character–it felt like a show about … Read more