I need to find someone to interview for my comparative cultures course who 1) Moved from some other country (not Canada, I think) to the US 2) Has not been in the US for more than 12 months 3) If…
Seeds!
We got the first shipment of gardening stuff! Bean-violet podded stringless Bean-jade Bean-maxibel Corn-serendipity Carrots-mokum Lettuce-valmaine Melon-earligold Melon-fastbreak Melon-athena Okra-cajun delight Okra-red burgundy Pea-Oregon sugar pod II Pea-sugar snap Pepper-golden bell Pepper-miniature red bell Pepper-miniature chocolate bell Pepper-sheepnose pimento Pumpkin-lumina…
Happy Birthday!
To celticdragonfly, who I am so glad to have finally met. Wish we could have attended your birthday filk last night. Maybe next time 🙂
The Good and the Bad
The good: Method cleaners rock. I rock for finding and buying them. So there. I bought a basic array of Method products and left them for the maids to use this week. Not only did the products work well, the…
Poetry: Winter Song
Winter Song –Aaron Kramer From Wicked Times Under a willow close by a brook her lap for a pillow her eyes for a book she like a drummer practiced her art all spring and all summer- the drum was my…
Translating the Untranslatable
In Other Words: A Language Lover’s Guide to the Most Intriguing Words Around the World Linguist Christopher J. Moore has made a career of searching out some of the world’s most “untranslatable” expressions—words from around the globe that defy an…
Definitely a Nightmare
I dreamed last night that one of my professors assigned us to do a literary analysis of semiotics in Clifford the Big Red Dog slash fic.
Remember That Article?
A while back, I asked for input about an article I wrote on fibromyalgia and college. The National Fibromyalgia Association published it in their newsletter! Back to School
Rumsfeld Cancels Trip for Fear of Arrest for War Crimes
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned. The Center for Constitutional Rights’ complaint is available as…
I Have to Be Highly Inconsiderate
I must attend class today. I really have no choice. But I am very definitely contagious, and the coughing will disturb others. I’m wishing I had a way to hang a sign around my neck saying, CONTAGIOUS! STAY AWAY! I…