My Own Thoughts

One woman’s written responses to the world around her.

Archive for March, 2010

Unpublished

Posted: Saturday, March 6th, 2010 @ 10:23 pm in Books and Reading, My Life | No Comments »

One of my chapters was supposed to be published this summer. But the press appears to be folding. So that’s not going to happen. I went to a conference and heard of a new press, know another press that is soliciting, and looked up university presses that publish in the topic area and that the [...]

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Art History and Music

Posted: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 @ 5:50 pm in History | No Comments »

I don’t like the music, particularly, but the art incorporation is good. 70 Million by Hold Your Horses ! from L'Ogre on Vimeo.

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Guns

Posted: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 @ 5:45 pm in Politics/Military, United States | No Comments »

I am a strong believer in the second amendment. I like guns. I think everyone who is not mentally deficient or a criminal and is over 18 (or possibly 21) should own one, at least. American Daughter has an interesting post on the differences between US gun ownership and Swiss gun ownership. The Swiss come [...]

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Benign Delusions

Posted: Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 @ 5:34 pm in Blogging, Fun Facts | No Comments »

My wife and I often have very different recollections of events. And not just the little details. Sometimes our shared memories don’t even feature the same mammals, themes, or points. The scary part is that we don’t realize these differences until we have some reason to compare memories, which doesn’t come up that often. Every [...]

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Spreading the Mess

Posted: Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010 @ 9:46 pm in My Life | No Comments »

I am spreading my mess. It’s growing. Someone help me. Soon I will need the clutter people! (Okay, not really, but I did put a whole stack of papers on the bed. Gotta move those.

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John S is dying.

Posted: Monday, March 1st, 2010 @ 10:16 pm in My Life | No Comments »

John is in the hospital right now. Nancy took him this morning because he wasn’t feeling well yesterday. He had a heart attack in the doctor’s office. He has some kind of infection they can’t find. He has coded four times. His liver and kidneys are failing. I know that God has some fishing gear [...]

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