I lived in McKinley Park in Chicago and temped at Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation as a file clerk with the Department of Neurosurgery. About one-third of my income went toward rent and another quarter toward the engagement ring I’d put on layaway for Jessica.
… Read the rest– DECEMBER – is Stress Free Family Holidays Month. (Okay. I don’t buy that for a moment.)
– TODAY – is St. Nicholas day.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Ira Gershwin and Macy Gray.
– PICTURE OF THE WEEK –
A lich.
New York Times: At Hearing, Gates Say U.S. Not Winning War in Iraq.
New York Times: Clinton’s Talks With Democrates May Signal Bid for President.
New York Times: Votes in Doubt, Bolton Resigns as Ambassador.
An Un-Flattering Picture of Paul Oakenfold Wearing Sunglasses.
After the most recent of the papers I’ve submitted to my Literature Seminar (which I’ve posted here) on Michael Palmer’s Sun, my seminar tearcher Mark Bibbins said he’d be interested in hearing what my beef with postmodernism is. I’ve written a short statement on this, and will hand it in at class tomorrow.
… Read the rest– DECEMBER – is Drunk Driving prevention month.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – Walt Disney and Little Richard.
– QUOTE OF THE WEEK –
“When the wind blows from the East, ’tis not fit out for man nor beast.”
– Anonymous
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Who do you hate to love?
– DECEMBER – is cookie cutters month.
– NEWS OF THE WEEK –
Bloomberg.org: Supertyphoon leaves 804 Dead, Missing in the Philippines.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
Who do you love to hate?
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While I didn’t finish the project as I conceived it (this is going to end up being a 150,000 word thing in the end I suspect), I did reach the 50,000 words necessary to claim victory.
I’ve updated the project website.
… Read the restI was living with Ben Buckley in a shithole apartment in East Humboldt Park, Chicago. While the roaches had not yet become the problem they would later on, the radiators weren’t reliable. We’d stopped going up on the roof. My writing was suffering in general, but I kept the spirit alive by working on Harry Potter fan fiction.
… Read the rest– DECEMBER – is the Birthday of Bingo month. (What?)
– TODAY – is World AIDS day.
– HAPPY BIRTHDAY – To mom! Also, Bette Midler and Woody Allen.
– COUNTRY OF THE WEEK –
Peru.
– QUESTION OF THE DAY –
But why did s/he do it?
So it’s the end of the liturgical year.
Last Sunday was the Feast of Christ the King. The gospel reading, drawn from John, is one of those things that seems so simple as to be trivial then turns in upon itself.
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