Archive for the ‘life’ Category

Sometimes, you’re up. Sometimes, you’re down. Things were looking more in the up direction for awhile… except then (to continue the metaphor and stretch it perhaps too far) they turned upside down and I fell out of the little harness and splattered all over the pavement. Faulty lap belt. Or something. In short, things aren’t [...]

Food is such a weird subject sometimes. It’s hard to keep what you’re eating straight most of the time, between all the pseudo news science and fad diets, organic versus local versus whatever you can afford, food allergies and new labels and what the hell is a Xanthan anyway, and why is it gummy? Labels [...]

Book Update

In: life

20 Apr 2011

Since my last book update, I have finished Diet for a Dead Planet (Christopher D Cook) and The Consumer’s Guide for Effective Environmental Choices (The Union of Concerned Scientists), gotten halfway through Redwall, and read The Last Little Cat. I highly recommend Diet for a Dead Planet to anyone who wants to read about the [...]

Bookstore Bingo

In: life

1 Apr 2011

*crossposted from Seven Deadly Divas* The phone rings. I answer it (within the first two rings, of course). “Hello, this is <Bookstore Name> in <Location>, Anna speaking, how may I help you?” ***** “Hi, do you sell books?” No, the whole “Bookstore” part of our name is a joke, we really sell sticky widgets. ***** [...]


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NaBloPoMo 2011

NaBloPoMo 2011

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