Monthly Archives: November 2009
I’m Not Waiting, I’m Stalking
Today’s sermon at the local UU church ended that way. It was an interesting message about active waiting, and the phrase was based on a piece from Annie Dillard‘s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek in which the narrator “stalks” a muskrat, … Continue reading
French Revolution Talc-Explosion… Is Still Not a Good Look
Saw New Moon this weekend. Yes, I know. I’m 32, I shouldn’t be seeing a Twilight movie on opening weekend. I have seriously decided that magic must be real because as many complaints as I have about those books, I … Continue reading
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Epiphanies
Ira Glass from a series on writing… This was really interesting to me, because I had a sort of epiphany. We always talk about “killing our darlings” as in getting rid of scenes that don’t work or whatever, as if … Continue reading
“And in time, and in time we will all be stars”
Normally I’m not a science person; it was totally my dreaded subject in high school (even more-so than math, if that’s possible). But on Sunday I was checking out the local Unitarian Universalist Church (they got a cool philosophy) and … Continue reading
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Good Lord; The Human Machine is Amazing
And stunningly beautiful. The Chinese State Circus does Swan Lake.
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