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Birthday, SWTOR, and funnies

Birthday, SWTOR, and funnies

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Holiday I am generally a very antisocial person.  Or at least I used to be.  I don’t really have speaking anxiety, for which I credit Russian education.  Over there, declarative reading, poetry and prose, is considered to be a talent  

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On Broadening Horizons

On Broadening Horizons

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Kid 1: Why do I have to read something else? Me: Because books are part of our cultural heritage and education and your father and I want you to have a well rounded education. Gordon: We want to talk to  

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Question without an answer

A few days ago I received an email from another writer.  She is working in the fantasy genre.  She is self-published and while she tried submitting her work to publishers, she received several “while it is very well written and  

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Admin Poll and Other Assorted Silliness

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I hope you don’t mind doing a quick poll.  We’re trying to figure out if it is worth it for us to invest in responsive design theme, which would change depending on the device you used to access the website.  

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Kindle Fire

Kindle Fire

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Weeks ago, before our problems started, I asked Gordon to buy me Kindle Fire and the nice guy that he is… Okay, wait a minute, I just got interrupted.   Just have to share this, because this is very indicative of  

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Song of the Scarabaeus

Song of the Scarabaeus

SONG OF THE SCARABAEUS by Sara Creasy. Synopsis: The best cypherteck in the galaxy, Edie can reinvent planets with little more than a thought. Trained since childhood in advanced biocyph seed technology by the all-powerful Crib empire, her mission is  

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Silly Rabbits

Silly Rabbits

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Earlier this week, as we were driving home, Kid 1 told me that one of her teachers in high school told her class that their generation lacks a solid work ethic.  As evidence he cited things such as the Xbox  

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The demise of Borders as discussed on the Daily Show.

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Ilona and I were saddened by the recent news of Borders impending closure.  I liked going in there, in fact I prefer them to B&N, they always seemed to have a better selection, but were also oddly disorganized.  Honestly, the  

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Scandalous

Scandalous

Dear Readers, On Tuesday Lady I__, who as we all know, loves swimming for it is the only sport besides badminton in which she ever showed a passable proficiency, could be seen within the crystal clear waters of her backyard  

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Graves and Parents

Parents [hr_small] Ever notice how the time when your children reach your height, your things start to mysteriously disappear?  Things like make-up, and hair brushes, and clothes?  Such a strange phenomenon it is.  And nobody ever knows where these things  

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