The Day People

Terry Brooks When I was about 13 (1986ish), my father apparently got tired of me reading only comic books. He was (and probably still is) and avid library user, my dad. He reads junk, just like everyone else, Tom Clancy and James Michener and whatnot, but he definitely reads a lot, which is more than […]

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Things I Haven’t Had Time For

One good thing about being unemployed is the time to appreciate things that you tend to naturally cut out of your life when you are busy. Things like seeking out new music when the stuff you have has gotten stale, or reading those books in your “to read” pile that never seem to make the […]

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Kitten!

I’ll be applying for jobs and writing about demon attacks tonight and for the foreseeable future. In the meantime, here are some picures of a particularly cute kitten:

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Jinx!

Allow me to introduce the newest member of my family, Jinx! Jinx is somewhere between 8-10 weeks old, and was found abandoned in a parking lot when she was too young to survive without her mother’s milk. The animal hospital had to bottle-feed her for a month before she was ready for solid food, but […]

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Damn My Propriety!

Sometimes I wish I was more of an eavesdropper. Case in point: The other day I get on the subway, heading out to meet a friend for dinner. I have my iPod on, as usual. My hatred of crowds and public transport has made the iPod and reading material an absolute necessity when commuting or […]

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