Monthly Archives: October 2010

I am writing a post about the literature that had a significant effect in creating who I am today.  And while writing it, I could not help but think of the woman who introduced me to some of the best … Continue reading →

I’m late for the train on this one, but… I can’t say that I blame the folks at NPR for firing Juan Williams.  But they should have fired him for having anything to do with Fox News to begin with. … Continue reading →

“You should work as hard as you can — whether you are paid for it or not — at something worth doing.” Sandra Day O’Connor.

Me: “Do you know what a group of crows is called?” Echidna Boy: “Yes mom *eyeroll*, a murder.… There were a couple of murders of crows going after the geese.” Me: “Does that make it a serial killer of crows?”

It is October now. It has started raining here in Northern California, which means the hot days of fall are over, and we are entering into the “other season.”  We here in the Bay Area really only have two seasons, … Continue reading →

I have never read the work of  China Miéville.  I had heard of him — I read a lot of blogs with a high concentration of SF/Fantasy fans.  I am not reading much of either genre these days (I’m probably … Continue reading →

Jan* has died.  Or, at least the hard drive has.  Attempts to run Disk Repair resulted in a message that the disk was beyond repair. With the exceptions of iTunes, any software would crash within seconds of being opened.  (Hey, … Continue reading →

The Jesuits were fond of saying “Give me a child until seven, and I will give you the man.” It don’t know if they’re right, but I think there was one man who may have believed that:  Theodore Geisel, better … Continue reading →

The notion of privilege can be a difficult one to explain sometimes in terms that people can feel viscerally.  All too often, the discussion exists at a safe distance, at least on the part of those having the privilege.  (For … Continue reading →

Adventure day! I was ostensibly conducting research for a novel I may or may not be writing during NaNoWriMo.  The novel begins with the heroine standing on the shore at San Simeon state beach.  Since I could not actually remember … Continue reading →

Jan (my computer) may be dying.  He’s crashing every five minutes, from an “unresolved kernel trap.”  I do not know what that is and the people in my house who do are not currently home.  We will see.

Tonight, after the 100,000th time seeing an ad for paper towels, I came close to losing it. See, in each of those ads, whatever the brand, you see kids, or even worse, a dad, making big messes, that Mom then … Continue reading →

My father, who died in 1996, was a football player.  He played for Georgia Tech, and had half a season with da Bears before he blew out his knee.  He loved the game. He had three daughters and two sons. … Continue reading →

Good News: I seem to be getting over whatever it was I had.  No fever, only minimal sore throat.  I was out and about today, going to a DOR jobs workshop and to the library. Bad News: The Rangers beat … Continue reading →