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It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.

It Is Time For a Change.  A Rededication.

I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will

jamie June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 personal, web design No Comments Read more

Word of the Day

Today’s word is:   robotics   Definition from TheFreeDictionary   Coined in 1941 by Isaac Asimov, born this day in 1920 (or thereabouts).

jamie January 2, 2014 just for fun, word of the day, writing No Comments Read more

Word of the Day

Today’s word is:   autologous   Definition from TheFreeDictionary   My blood donation today was not autologus, and it didn’t leave me feeling so great either.  Though I probably didn’t do myself any favors by reading The Island of Doctor

jamie July 17, 2013 just for fun, word of the day No Comments Read more

Why the 20 Years Ago Podcast Is Coming Back

I bring a lot of my own memory and experience to the history in “It Was 20 Years Ago Today.”  It’s fascinating because I can look back at events which I knew at the time were world-changing.  But, even more

jamie August 4, 2011 20YearsAgo podcast, announcements No Comments Read more

Topics on the Teahouse for April 15, 2011

A sampling of topics posted this week on the Starlight Teahouse forums (all links should open in a new window or tab): Links to pictures of Playland at the Beach, a San Francisco landmark in the time of the Chamber

jamie April 15, 2011 announcements, teahouse No Comments Read more

Beliefs and Beginnings

I love history. I consider myself an amateur historian — that’s what the It Was 20 Years Ago Today podcast is all about. I listen to a few podcasts that have to do with history; one is the remarkable series

jamie October 6, 2010 personal, writing No Comments Read more

We’ve Spilled It All Before — Proposal

(Crossposted on Daily Kos and should appear on Facebook as well.) As I write this, it looks like the BP – Deepwater Horizon oil spill may actually be coming to an end. The actual spillage, anyway. Despite the White House’s

jamie August 4, 2010August 4, 2010 announcements, political, writing No Comments Read more

Literary Geek Meme

Got this one because someone thinks I’m a literary geek.  As I go through the questions, I’m beginning to wonder about that, I’m afraid … I’m only tagging folks I think might want to see my answers.  No one’s on

jamie April 28, 2009 personal, writing No Comments Read more

The Starlight Teahouse Is Open For Business!

Looking for a relaxed, easy-going online spot to chat about the latest in news, events, and pop culture?  Want a place to compare notes on writing, art, sports … or tea?  Looking for a friendly place to share your favorite

jamie November 21, 2008 announcements, just for fun No Comments Read more

Just a Little Twilight Vent

This was one of the three quotations on Google’s Quote of the Day gadget today: Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a

jamie November 20, 2008November 20, 2008 personal, writing No Comments Read more
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  • It Is Time For a Change. A Rededication.
    I have lived the last six years of my professional life trying to serve two masters, pursue two paths, to eat my cake and still have it. I’ve been advised many times this is a fool’s errand, that it will never work, that it is a waste of time and energy. And yet, I have
  • Monday Meme #51 — Intellectuals in America
      This is the final Monday Meme in the series.  I’m shifting my focus to a more fully realized webcomic series, which I call Musings In Grayscale.  The first comic in the series will be published October 15 and future installments will appear twice a month, on the 1st and 15th. Thanks for sharing this
  • Opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    Monday Meme #50 — Harry Potter
    My penultimate Monday Meme honors the way the whole Harry Potter phenomenon got started: the opening line of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, published just 20 years ago.

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