I’m a Magpie
Meet Shelby. He’s not ours — he belongs to our friend Shelley, and lives above Brian’s studio space. The only downside is I don’t think I’ll ever get any work done, ever again. Oh well.
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Back when I had an office job, I was often amused by the post-it notes that adorned my desk. Sure, I’d written them, but more often than not they seemed to have been left for me as signs by some alien intelligence intent upon making itself known. “Mailbox fix?” they asked. “Axial yoga?”
Now that I [...]
So, after reading in the news this morning that Sarah Palin tried to force her town librarian to ban books that ’some voters might find objectionable, here’s a list of books banned at one time or another in the US. (I originally wanted to list the ones Palin tried to ban, but couldn’t find a [...]
Why do I find this result depressing?
Because I’m a Enneagram Type Four, and we’re self absorbed, melancholy bastards, that’s why.
It’s freezing. Brr.
I want my seasonably hot weather back.
A cat playing the theramin
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I'm a freelance writer and perpetual graduate student living in San Francisco. Special skills include dog charming, brochure writing, slapdash cooking and long-winded nattering. I also enjoy watching the sunset reflected in the tall buildings downtown.
For a while there, I taught classes on Classical literature, philosophy, and the history of religion at New College of California. I have an MA and an MFA in Writing, and started library school in the fall of 2009.