Archive for November 2006
day 12: ducks in bonnets!
After several thousand miles of flying logged by the seat of my pants, I finally (finally!) took a quilting class this weekend. I was afraid I was going to be surrounded by disapproving, anal retentive, Thanksgiving-themed sweater-wearing biddies. I am very sorry I just said that. And on the whole it wasn’t true. This teacher…
Read Moreday 11: let me hear your body talk. plus, free offer!
I want my gym to be as little of a “scene” as possible. I called my last spot in San Francisco “The People’s Gym”, as it was grimy, gray, utilitarian, and attended by palefaced denizens who would have been at home at a rally in the Eastern Bloc circa 1972. That kind of atmosphere suits…
Read MoreProtected: devil’s cake: post 05
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Read Moreday 10: cups runneth over
My friend Alison is in a band called the Sippy Cups. The chances are higher that you’ve heard of them if you own a child. She’s been with the group for a while now, and they have been making a big splash. Like, they are rockstar famous among the 1-7 year-old set. I saw the…
Read Moreday 9: no one cares what i had for lunch today
One of the modules of my get-a-grip regimen is about food. As in: I am eating differently. If you want to read an agonizing, day-by-day account, ask me for the password and read the devil’s cake posts. Warning: not for anyone sensitive to extreme longwindedness. A byproduct of eating a boring, well-balanced diet is that…
Read Moreday 8: what is this strange feeling?
I give full credit for the good election results today to Chris E. I like to think he started a chain reaction all over the US, just by calling 20 people and telling them to vote. However, it’s apparent I failed to sufficiently sway all the people in Orange County to not vote for Arnold.…
Read Moreday 7: keep yer mouth shut
I think this subject matter is appropriate to Election Day — the time when I actually give more than passing thought to the many bureaucracies that run every aspect of my life. There’s plenty of press about people, businesses and governments cracking down on bloggers — threatening them with litigation and worse if they don’t…
Read Moreday 6: just when you thought it was a hopeless quagmire of american apathy
My pal Chris E just called from New York. He’s sick and tired of being sick and tired and is making a call to action! He took it upon himself to call twenty friends and remind them to vote tomorrow. Something got jarred inside me. When did I stop being so involved? When did I…
Read Moreday five: New World (Money) Order
I’m in a “get a grip” mode these days — trying to put myself on (workable) regimens to create positive life changes. Slowly, surely, with a bit of hope, I inch forward. One of these changes is putting myself, for the first time, on a financial plan. Urgh! I have been semi-together moneywise for a…
Read Moreday four: Words of nuance, words of skill
Whenever a particularly good, interesting or significant email comes my way, I will quickly move it to my “personal†box and promptly forget about it. This is why I have 477 messages in this box. I guess that’s not bad, considering this archive goes back to 1999, but still! Electronic pack-rat am I. I like…
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