I ended up not being able to get my original room for a second night, so I had to go across the road to the…
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What’s in Vegas
I’m sitting in a restaurant in Las Vegas as I type this, reminding myself that having a touch of heat stroke does not put oneself…
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Something just for fun today! A friend emailed me an article titled: Do we owe our human existence to the dog? (if that link is…
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Oh, again! Almost forgot: the bus driver on the way out to the hotel was an old Asian man, and on the way back was…
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There were some amazing names present at the conference — women whose writings I’ve read and been moved by; women I’ve read about as ground-breaking…
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Heehee! This stream-of-consciousness stuff is way fun — but I’m almost afraid to re-read it later, for fear I’ll want to bang my head against…
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Hastily typed out in stream of consciousness, while returning from the ASWM (Association for the Study of Women & Mythology) Conference — typing on BART…
Continue ReadingBelated Hallowe’en: Rat-on-a-Stick & other delights
Once a week we usually have some friends over for dinner and gaming or video-watching. For the night falling on Hallowe’en week I decided to…
Continue ReadingCatching up to the end of the year… sort of
I’ve been effectively running at a frantic pace for the past three or four months, in order to keep up with all the things happening…
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I had an interesting bit of cognitive dissonance the other day, upon hearing about Slutwalks. For those who haven’t yet heard of them, earlier in…
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