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Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books And A Beat.


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May 6 Writer Birthdays
* 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist and the founding father of psychoanalysis.
* 1868 - Gaston Leroux, French journalist & author of detective fiction, best known for the novel The Phantom of the Opera.
* 1902 - Harry Lewis Golden, Jewish American journalist & author who wrote satirically on race relations.
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You know the economy is lousy when you get laid off from a VOLUNTEER job.

For 20 years I have anchored a live, bi-weekly radio show on The Washington Ear, a nonprofit radio station that is an on-air reading service for listeners who are blind or have other disabilities that prevent them from reading print materials. This is a volunteer position, ( Read more... )

Last night I figured out how to download images from my new Canon Powershot A650 directly into my computer. Very cool. Today I kept my camera with me all day and chronicled events as they unfolded. Unfortunately, it wasn't a terribly exciting day. But maybe that's the point, recording whatever happens, good or bad, earth-shattering or routine.

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