I’ve been reading about the anthology Yes Means Yes on Bitch PhD. I think, despite the fact that just yesterday I started (but did not finish) a blog post about my large stack of unfinished projects and books, that I need a copy of this book pronto. I almost ordered it online last [...]

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A mention of government cheese in another context sent me flipping back through old livejournal entries looking for something I wrote years ago about memory and food.
I didn’t find the entry in question but I did find a link to The Surrealism Compliment Generator.  The fact that this site still exists six or so years [...]

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This morning, while driving through the Sepulveda Pass, I looked up to see what looked like a baby dragon flying overhead.  Big wings, long thin tail.  I suppose, given that this is LA afterall, it is possible that I was looking at some sort of movie prop.  But given the lack of the normal annoyances [...]

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Someone in the office likes signs.  Signs stating the obvious.
In the women’s bathroom there’s a sign saying “don’t forget to flush.”  I suspect that in reality the problem is not that people forget to flush but that they forget to check that flushing accomplished its intended goal (sometimes it takes a second try).
Today there is [...]

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