Rants and Raves
February 2, 2008
- The sky is black over California. It looks like goddamn Moscow outside. There is nothing going on tonight. Things are too quiet, and I am bored.
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January 28, 2008
- A new year. It simply must be better than the previous one, which was substantially better than the one before that, but the one before that was so bad that saying that the next one was better is not, in fact, saying much at all. Whatever. Never mind. Happy New Year. The good folks at RedRoom.com were kind enough to invite me to their community, and to give me blogspace to rant, ...
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January 18, 2008
- blog = web log log = the record of the rate of a ship's speed or of her daily progress; also : the full nautical record of a ship's voyage : the full record of a flight by an aircraft: a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities Welcome to my blog. I am still unclear as to blogs. I know some blogs are the beginnings of book deals, and others exist ...
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December 31, 2007
- Fundie Christians are an interesting bunch. On the one hand, they profess to love God "with all their heart," and yet, on the other, they regularly send around unhinged e-mails about how God causes natural disasters or other tragedies as a way to punish the U.S. for abortion, or "taking prayer out of schools," or some other perceived slight against the Almighty. If I were to ...
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December 20, 2007
- I'm a big fan of brevity and simplicity, the less is more approach. I love reading something that is seemingly simple but then discovering the hidden layer of meaning. Reading is after all, a participatory activity, an archaeological dig of sorts. I enjoy working with schools and getting kids excited about reading. All the reports about the declining interest in reading are very depressing. ...
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