Month: September 2008

(not so much of a) Fat girl.

In the last few months I’ve been working out more and eating less, which has resulted in a fairly predictable weight loss of almost twenty pounds to date. A noticeable amount, and suddenly I have people mentioning it on a pretty regular basis (which… Continue Reading “(not so much of a) Fat girl.”

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Monday morning free write.

This is like every other Monday morning, get to work, stare blankly at the screen, try to think about what I was doing at work last week or even what I want to blog about. Nothing. Nothing. Nothing comes and I give up, throw… Continue Reading “Monday morning free write.”

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A funny piece about the subprime mortgage crisis.

Thanks to Pete for sharing this in his comment – I thought it sufficiently funny to post straight here:

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Economies and elections.

So I guess it’s no surprise, really, that the US stock market had a major meltdown yesterday. I mean, according to friends of mine who pay attention to this stuff, it’s been coming for a long time and was entirely predictable. Even to someone… Continue Reading “Economies and elections.”

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Signed first editions.

I’m not sure I’ve written much here about the small tradition of books Brian and I have given each other over the past year – some simply rare and beautiful, some autographed by their (now deceased) authors. It was an early excitement to discover… Continue Reading “Signed first editions.”

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