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quote for the day

“People do not deserve good writing, they are so pleased with bad.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson Seems like this quote, which illustrates one of the things the union is up against, is about as close as I can get, for the

jamie November 4, 2007April 26, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

Real Life, Found in Death

I had a rather unusual experience today. I was spreading out newspapers to carve our Halloween pumpkin and the spread was on the obituary page for about ten days ago. Along with the standard form listings, there were a number

jamie October 31, 2004May 5, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments Read more

NaNoWriMo ideas

A few days ago I decided I’ll try my hand at the National Novel Writing month project, after Ali pointed it out. I’ve got it narrowed down to four ideas that I think I could have a go at, and

jamie October 14, 2004May 5, 2008 writing No Comments Read more

The words are dark, but the heart is lighter

My dreams have been getting kind of weird lately. I finally decided to capture a couple of them and some of the feelings they’ve evoked in a poem, which I posted up on Poetry.com. If you’d like to read it,

jamie September 27, 2004May 5, 2008 personal No Comments Read more
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“You have to patiently learn to live together with your shadow. And carefully observe the darkness that resides within you. Sometimes in a dark tunnel you have to confront your own dark side.”Haruki Murakami

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From the Blog

  • 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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