The Lowdown, Yo
I've got two more pieces of the Book Excerpt Article Series up, the second of which is considerably longer than the first. This is to make up for my silence this past week. I apologize for that. I've gone back to selling on eBay and have been so busy working ...
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February 18, 2010
Watch That Blood Sugar
My blood sugar bottomed out on me today. It's never happened to me before. I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes about 3 years ago, and I take Metformin for it. Today I was hanging out with my brother David as he worked on the main house remodeling, and I ...
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February 9, 2010
In Which I Rant
The New York Times today reports (among content about the new health care bill and the release of the names of those killed at Fort Hood) that "There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which ...
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November 8, 2009
English Language FAIL
I've been combing the thesaurus and the dictionary for a synonym for "experience" (verb form). Did you know that, unless you have a very specific experience in mind (e.g. "feel" or "imagine" or "meet," et al), there isn't a good substitute? I need an adjective adverb form of "experience," ending ...
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July 20, 2009
Speechless, Are We?
The email issue appears to be fixed. I know I shouldn't be surprised that no one commented on my Valentine's post after clamoring for it, but I am. It irks me, because it was difficult for me to put myself out there like that. I haven't decided yet how I'll deal ...
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February 24, 2009
A Wish and A Prayer
I received an email from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, the school that also runs the Art Institute Online. I get way too many phone calls and the occasional email from these guys, and I finally got fed up. I usually ignore them, but this time I wrote Al K. ...
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December 21, 2008









































