Things related to that reality thing people are always going on about.
Even as I was trying to work, these juvenile delinquents were knocking things over and destroying stuff! Can you believe it? Now, I’m not usually down on the youth of today. They have their own set of struggles, God knows. But I ask you. Is this kind of destruction really necessary? No remorse at all, […]
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Fuck all the badness in the world right now. I say, let’s do some good. Not One More. Now it’s Seattle Pacific University a school in Oregon†in the crosshairs. This has GOT TO STOP. I could go on for a while, but it would mostly be swear words. Unless you actually need them, stop
So I posted my angry rant about #YesAllWomen. That has consumed me for a few days–I think it’s important and I don’t want it to just taper off into silence. I’ve been discussing, and angrily reading tweets, and I’ve got to step away. Today on my Twitter timeline appeared a link with a picture of
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I’m totally an adult. I’ve been paying my own rent, working my way, for more than twenty years. I’ve worked in the same challenging office for ten years. I’ve thoughtfully considered and bought cars. I’ve changed jobs. I’ve (partially) raised a child. So why am I half-convinced that in less than a month I’ll be
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Yesterday my daughter ran away to chase her dream (being a rock star) even though she can’t sing or play. She’s barely fifteen, and apparently she’s headed to California. All her friends seem as surprised as I am. All I can think is she found a “helpful” new friend who offered to get her to
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Predictably, next in my reading was Gryphon in Glory, the second book in the trilogy. I haven’t read it as many times (because for a long time I did not know that The Crystal Gryphon had a sequel) so it’s not as much of a remembered favorite. I remember how Andre Norton enraptured me as
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First up, The Crystal Gryphon by André Norton, given to me for Christmas by my marvelous roomie. After deciding months ago that it had been too long since I’d read the trilogy, I managed to locate the sequels. The first book, however, had eluded me. Luckily my roommate is a skilled huntress of books. The
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