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

nobody@vox.com(Jess) — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:31:01 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Jess) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:56:51 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Jess) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 03:51:11 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:54:09 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Jess) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:07:07 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:21:52 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:34:31 -0500

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

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Compose Yourself

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:17:27 -0500

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

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:29:26 -0500

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?

nobody@vox.com(Steve Betz) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:05:26 -0500

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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