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It doesn't matter what I do, not for all my little words

2009-11-16T09:31:01Z

I am slowly drowning in a transparent sea. I know it to be true because the world around me carries on, unaware. Sunrise beckons, the dogs nudge me gently, outside the air is crisp and there is a scent of rain whispering in the wind. I go about m...

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What's wrong with me

2009-11-15T19:56:51Z

I kind of liked this list over at Schmutzie's. And I felt sort of compelled to write my own. It was scary and hard, but here's to airing everything in public. I took a puppy home from this lady with a free sign, and a sad look in her eyes, which...

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Epic Journey

2009-11-13T08:51:11Z

I yearn for silence. I spend my minutes, hours, days, constantly searching for a stillness that I don't possess. If I listen closely enough, I can capture it for a moment. When I watch the trees sway, at a drum circle, where my head naturally co...

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Booking Through Thursday: Life's Too Short

2009-11-12T17:54:09Z

Suggested by JM: “Life is too short to read bad books.” I’d always heard that, but I still read books through until the end no matter how bad they were because I had this sense of obligation. That is, until this week when I tried (really trie...

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In remembrance

2009-11-12T04:07:07Z

At the age of eight I was a freakish bookworm. I spent long hours immersed in other places, magical lands, other times. It brought with it surges of emotion, sometimes longing, sometimes disgust. And then one day I stumbled across a book about the...

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Pomp and Circumstance

2009-11-08T23:21:52Z

It was a big day for Penny yesterday as she completed and graduated from her Family Dog I class. For the past month and a half or so, we’ve been working on sitting and staying and heeling and coming when called – all the things that are needed to...

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Lost My Coffee

2009-11-06T14:34:31Z

Xkcd is usually pretty good -- but this is genius. Happy Friday!

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Compose Yourself

2009-11-05T22:17:27Z

So, one of the things I’ve gotten to spend some more time with during my – err – sabbatical from gainful employment – is my piano. For those who’ve been around here a while, you might recall that a couple of years ago, I was stressing about and t...

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Sayonara Means Good-bye

2009-11-05T05:29:26Z

I’m still bummed, so I’ll keep this short. Great season. Good playoff run and lost to a very good team that got more clutch pitching and better clutch pitching in this Series. Hideki Matsui (who had SIX RBIs tonight – holy crap -- and who hit t...

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What Would You Call a Social Networking Site for Scientists?

2009-11-03T19:05:26Z

Today, the NIH announced that they are spending $27MM of your Recovery money on creating a social network for scientists in the biomedical research community. You can read about it here. The goal is summed up as follows: These Web-based initiat...

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