Monthly Archives: April 2006

I’m Not A Young Man

4/21/2006 – 8:56 am

Let me preface this by saying I don’t have a drinking problem. So Amy’s got a friend in town and she wanted to meet us at the Essen Haus last night, and who were we to refuse? The Essen Haus is always a recipe for disaster and last night was no exception. (No, I don’t [...]

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Scatterbrained

4/20/2006 – 6:11 pm

Two very nice rejections the other day from Sheila at Asimov’s and Gavin at Lady Churchill’s. I would prefer grumpy acceptances, but whatever. Too much thumb twiddling at present. I have a couple things I should be working on, but I’m finding all sorts of creative ways to avoid them. Breaking news on Brett Favre. [...]

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qUiZ CRazY!

4/19/2006 – 12:43 pm

Your Scholastic Strength Is Deep Thinking You aren’t afraid to delve head first into a difficult subject, with mastery as your goal. You are talented at adapting, motivating others, managing resources, and analyzing risk. You should major in: Philosophy Music Theology Art History Foreign language What Should You Major In? I feel so much better [...]

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World Cup Roundup – Group G

4/19/2006 – 9:26 am

Every week from now until the World Cup I’m going to analyze a group and give my predictions, moving from the least interesting groups to the most interesting, ending with what I consider the Group of Death. This week it’s Group G. Group G 1 France 2 Switzerland 3 South Korea 4 Togo My Prediction [...]

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Tumbling Down

4/18/2006 – 9:54 am

Spurs lost to Man Ure yesterday, 2-1. Either side could have scored more, but two for Man Ure settled the deal. This upcoming weekend the Spurs play the Arse on their pitch. I don’t know if I can bear to watch. If Tottenham can get a point with a draw, that would be enormous. If [...]

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“Stories for Men” and School

4/17/2006 – 11:39 am

I read John Kessel’s “Stories for Men” this weekend and, as always with Kessel’s work, I really enjoyed it. It was Nebula nominee and deservedly won the Tiptree Award a few years back. Normally, I’m not a big fan of “role reversal” stories (often involving race, where blacks are the oppressors of whites as in [...]

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So Much To Read…

4/14/2006 – 1:40 pm

I finished this month’s F&SF a few nights ago. My favorite of the issue has to be M. Rickert’s story. The lady can flat out write. I enjoyed the Cowdrey as well, but it was pretty light fare. Rickert’s stories always have a dark undertone and sharp edges—I like that. What next? I’m taking “The [...]

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Springing

4/13/2006 – 6:07 pm

Things are coming up like crazy around here. Our daffodils seem to have no patience and our tulips aren’t far behind. The irises in the front should explode shortly. Only the hastas seem to be sleepy. Perhaps my favorite piece of botanical life, our lilac tree, is just starting to wake. Should it bloom while [...]

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Priceless

4/13/2006 – 10:07 am

From the always wonderful Football365.com’s Mediawatch: A Word Of Warning Mediawatch’s non-existent ‘rather disturbing story of the day award’ has to go to the Daily Mirror for the tale of Lorraine Robins – a 20 stone woman who refused to leave her sofa for four months. Ms Robins ‘died of a heart attack brought on [...]

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World Cup Roundup – Group D

4/12/2006 – 10:33 am

Every week from now until the World Cup I’m going to analyze a group and give my predictions, moving from the least interesting groups to the most interesting, ending with what I consider the Group of Death. This week it’s Group D. Group D 1 Mexico 2 Iran 3 Angola 4 Portugal My Prediction Group [...]

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