That Blasted NINE

There are certain phone numbers I learned and memorised when I worked in an office.
An office where you had to dial “9″ for an outside line.
I haven’t worked there for three years now, but every time I dial those phone numbers I always put the “9″ first.
Who says I’m not [...]

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Back Home Again In Indiana

I am almost insanely excited about visiting…the Midwest.
You don’t read much nostalgia for the endless flat land, the sky that goes on forever like the sea. The straight roads plaiding the countryside in orderly sensibleness broken only occassionally by the river roads which wend like ribbon, parallel to the water. There are [...]

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Wall*E (Or) How Pixar Turned Into Oprah (Or) Casey F. May Not Want To Read This Entry

My husband, being generally more optimistic than I, really wanted to believe that the preachiness of Wall*E would be trumped by the general cuteness and maverick goodtimesness that Pixar is known for. His disappointment was palpable as we left the drive-in, the few initial moments of pensive [...]

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Feel Good Friday

Sharon invited me to participate this week, and to use a video of Ian Anderson doing Aqualung live.
Well, as much as I love Ian Anderson, I can’t use him first.
Of course I’m gonna use this guy.

“Boom Boom Mancini” may seem like an odd choice for a Feel Good song. A boxer killing [...]

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On Oil, Food and Sweet Sweet Candy

With this video now making the rounds, I have to say that I honestly am tired of hearing candidates on whirlwind tours of the United States talking about how we can’t run our air conditioners or drive big SUVs.
The fact of the matter is that the amount of oil on the planet is not the [...]

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The Shield: Should I Watch It?

Knowing how I feel about The Wire and Deadwood, do any of you who have seen The Shield recommend that I get into it? It keeps making people’s top lists.
Speaking of Top Lists, there is no way on earth that Lost and Sex In The Cityare better TV shows than The Wire.
The [...]

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Deconstructing EW’s Book List

I just got done skimming EW’s list of the best 100 books of the last 25 years. I’ll admit that I haven’t read all 100 of the books they’ve got on there, but I do have some thoughts on a few of them.
96. The Da Vinci Code
I was all set to start [...]

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How You Can Tell I’m Procrastinating

I’ve written more blog posts and comments in the last 24 hours than I have in the whole of last month, I think.   Of course, the quality of some of those posts is debateable.
But I’ve learned a lot about myself today.

Insomnia makes me sound stupid.
Jason still reads my blog, even though I criticised Orson Scott [...]

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The Cutest Picture Of My Family…Kinda

Since my husband hates having his picture taken and doesn’t want his picture floating around the internet, I’ve inelegantly cropped this. Maybe you’ll get the basic idea, though.

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I Will Write Something That Makes Casey Laugh

I swear I will. Although I have no idea what hethinks is funny, so I’m just writing all kinds of things hoping something hits the mark.
It’s a good thing he doesn’t want rock poetry, because I’ve just realised that the most perfect line of rock poetry has already been written and [...]

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