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The missing links …
Growing up “The Links” were the friends of the family; Mrs. Link had been a high school friend of my aunt, who isn’t really my aunt, for she’s my father’s first cousin, about 11 years older than he, and sort … Continue reading
I’ve tried to get off their list …
I have little to report today. It was my “day off” — a Tuesday, no teaching, just dissertation work … supposedly. February 13, the day before my least favorite Hallmark Holiday of the year. My colleagues and I have discussed … Continue reading
Smooth and aromatic with a hint of light citrus
Back to Gn’R if only briefly, a continuation from yesterday. I started listening to Guns N’ Roses in the 8th grade by way of the radio and bus rides to track meets, but it was in Germany that I came … Continue reading
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Tuesday in review
I had a hard time getting up this morning, as if someone else were sick but had transferred the exhaustion to me, but not the other symptoms. It’s the cold weather — the walls are thin, poorly insulated, and my … Continue reading
I hate foodies
Eagle lugging a deer head causes outage: “JUNEAU, Alaska – About 10,000 Juneau residents briefly lost power after a bald eagle lugging a deer head crashed into transmission lines.” I am not fond of foodies. That is a generous and … Continue reading
It’s 15 degrees and dropping
When I was in high school Jeremy Gress dressed in black, had painted his bedroom black, and listened to Depeche Mode. He wasn’t really that goth or such. This was all pre-Japanese-Lolita and such, the right time for Sandman but … Continue reading
I should read Ten Monkeys, Ten Minutes
Sundays I “get together” with friends — since I am in Madison and most of them are in Boston, they get together, I tele-commute so to speak — and we spend about an hour doing “prompts.” There are three prompts … Continue reading
Snow and Dough
Day long snowing in my neck of the woods. Gentle, though. After an hour of fiction writing around noon with friends I turned later in the afternoon to some baking. Last week it was white bread, today wheat, but after … Continue reading
Mitteilungen aus Madison, or: “who prompts visions of sex with a Smurf”
My office has not been touched since December; the week before xmas I came in twice to hold “office hours” of sorts, allowing my students to come by and pick up old homework, quizzes, exams, and papers.I always want my … Continue reading
MyDay, iDay, we all make way for Friday …
The story is nearly two years old, but it doesn’t get any less interesting or amusing: Russian Man Grows Penis on Arm: “Russian doctors have conducted an 11-hour operation to replace a patient’s deformed penis with one grown on his … Continue reading