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Hi... it's me...
So - I abandoned LJ for FaceBook a long time ago. It was not deliberate, and I didn't abandon the reading part, only the writing part ( Read more... ) -
"""Reality""" TV
I threw in the extra quotation marks in an effort to indicate that sort of air-quote-accompanied sarcastic tone I use when discussing America's latest TV obsession ( Read more... ) -
Touching story about an old friend gone too soon
I recently reestablished contact with a group of folks who were a large part of my life for a lot of years long ago - the Patriots Drum and Bugle Corps of Rochester, NY. The night after speaking to one old friend on the phone, I received a message that another friend had died suddenly. Lynn Hoyt was a truly beautiful soul and had grown into a ( Read more... ) -
Borrowed words that I wish I'd written: Civil Rights Can Never Be Decided by Majority Vote
My father e-mailed the following. It speaks to just my train of thought regarding the idiots who think that granting my partner and I the same rights as any other married couple in this country would disrupt the fabric of humanity. I haven't posted any of my own thoughts in quite some time, but these match mine quite well - save for the fact that ( Read more... ) -
more aspirational than operational...
Sarah says: "John McCain doesn't run with the Washington herd,"
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I'm developing a minor image complex
I have this cute little new car. The old one (a 2000 New Beetle, TDI - great mileage, but was becoming a money pit) suited me to a "T" (besides the money pit thing). This new one is growing on me. It's a fantastic shade of orange-y red (officially called "Tango Red"). Sadly, it's an automatic - something I had vowed never to buy by choice. ( Read more... ) -
Ta-da!
Oh, the relief. I finally got a new job. I have been trying to secure an academic administrative position in Philadelphia since the moment I decided to move here - just over two years ago. My last day here at the nasty refinery (well - I'm not actually AT the refinery anymore, they moved us off-site a month ago) will be Friday, July 11. I'll ( Read more... )
