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Keeping things Brief

Posted on March 19, 2007 by Steve

Monday in review — I didn’t go to bed, so that I could grad papers. I got a lot done but not everything. I put oats, milk, sugar, and other tasty things in the Crock Pot and set it overnight … Continue reading →

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A Saturday in Review

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Steve

More Bread: I used Angelas recipe again (1.5 packages of yeast, tablespoon each of salt and sugar, 2 cups of water, and 5-6 cups of flour) to make a couple more loaves of bread, and ooh — the taste, the … Continue reading →

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So say the film reviewers: “Casting spells is wrong!”

Posted on March 13, 2007 by Steve

This evening I finished Frances Hodgeson Burnett’s The Secret Garden, which I first read back in the third grade. There was already an assumed gender divide in the children’s fiction at the school library. Once we got beyond Peter Rabbit … Continue reading →

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Insects and the Subjunctive

Posted on March 12, 2007 by Steve

Sitting in my office this morning before heading off to teach I took a detour to YouTube for a search of and for a few old videos. Let me channel a Valley Girl for just a second: Oh. My. Gawd.

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Brief Saturday post

Posted on March 10, 2007 by Steve

Movie: 300. Short evaluation – “Gay movie plays it straight.”

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Wednesday in Review: Battenberg, Lunch & Coffee

Posted on March 8, 2007 by Steve

I awoke this morning almost ten minutes before my alarm was to go off. The 2nd half of season 1 of “Türkisch für Anfänger” had finished encoding overnight. I checked my email, showered, packed my things, had a glass of … Continue reading →

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Am 10.10 um 10:10 zogen 10 zahme Ziegen …

Posted on March 6, 2007 by Steve

Stella lent me season one of Türkisch für Anfänger (TfA), and when I played the beginning of the first episode this evening I immediately recognized a few Berlin locales. Homesickness of sorts resulted.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? And Pie.

Posted on March 4, 2007 by Steve

I got online before noon to write with Helen, Richard, Amy, Gabrielle and others for my weekly Sunday “brunch” writing. This week instead of three prompts total provided by two of our “hosts,” spread out over about an hour but … Continue reading →

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Another Friday, another week

Posted on March 2, 2007 by Steve

Woke up and wished I didn’t, if only because I was tired still and did not feel like rolling out of bed, even if Lordi was blaring from the speakers in the other room. Put a pillow over your head, … Continue reading →

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A week in review

Posted on February 24, 2007 by Steve

The pumpernickel (see last entry) turned out tasty but not particularly elegant as a loaf of bread. A bit dense and not well-formed as a loaf, I can only call it a noble failure. I’ve had similar problems the other … Continue reading →

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