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Dept. of Not Quite What's Needed
What Makes One Bright, Or Perceptive, Or ... You know?
After finishing "This is How You Lose the Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone - which is a very good book and worthy of its awards - I am again reminded, as I am, inconveniently, at times, that I need to get better at writing, or stew in a lazy brew of jealousy and inadequacy. This ( Read more... ) -
Dept. of Stupidity, C'est Moi
Well, If Not Stupidity Then Unbelievable Ridiculousness
This week has been notable for only a couple of things chez CasakaffyrBB, (other than the 90 degree heat we're now experiencing) and both of them have to do with my apparent inability to walk and chew gum at the same time.
On Wednesday, I put together some cashew chicken, and mixed it up with ( Read more... ) -
Dept. of You See What You Want to See and Hear What You Want to Hear
Hot Water Blues, or How to Handle Something Badly
Manually crossposted from Dreamwidth, because LJ is being petty and stupid. Again.
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Dept. of Watch Your Language
When You Just Can't Get Enough Stupid ...
... I'm here to point you in the direction of more. With much thanks to Anu Garg's delightful A Word A Day, who pointed this out; one writer's contemplation about the reaction one school community had to hearing the Pledge of Allegiance spoken in Arabic.
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Dept. of Raging Disappointment
Boosting the Signal
Just so you folks know, I sent this email to the Wikimedia Foundation earlier tonight.
To Whom It May Concern,
This year, for the first time, I donated money to support the Wikimedia Foundation, and I thought I had done a good thing in doing so.
However, the recent news that your Arbitration Committee has made a decision to ( Read more... ) -
Dept. of Catching Up
The Far Less Swozzled Update
I have a rather busy day ahead of me, seeing as how I'm going to get the chance to meet and have coffee with the delightful
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NOT Doctor Who
Oh, look - she's posting something that isn't about Doctor Who. About damned time.
I finally got back to work today, starting my return by walking into the newsroom with a shiny set of new Illinois license plates for my car. Which is now my car, following 1.5 days of remarkable adventure at the Secretary of State's office. (That is, for all intents ( Read more... ) -
Grumpiness, Dept. of
Attack of the 50-foot Protestant Work Ethic
When you think that you've done nothing of a weekend, then look at your to-do list and realize you have, in fact, done something -- well, what does that tell you about yourself?
Ah, unrealistic expectation, thy name is, uhm...me.