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July 22nd 2010
Tags: Finances, On Life and Love, Reflections, Society, black, investing, money, race, racism, retirement, sam greenlee, spook who sat by the door

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The spook who counted her money

I finished The Spook Who Sat By the Door yesterday morning. Sam Greenlee has one hell of a knack for sharp writing, and regardless of my not being a proponent for militantism, the book struck a chord with me. Greenlee got at the heart of the loneliness of ...

July 17th 2010
Tags: Book discussion, Writing, black, race, racism, sam greenlee, spook who sat by the door, witches of ming ung

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New Witches Story: “Interception”

Part seven of The Witches of Ming Ung: "Interception" Here's a snippet: "Yeah, sure," Markos said. "When are you coming home?" he whined. "This place is all big and lonely without you." "Markos, it took forever just getting here," she said. "We're just getting into the swing of things. It could ...

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September 9th 2010
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“Stealth” posted

"Stealth"--Chapter 11 of Witches--is up! "Actually," Darnell said as Hardi's hand moved toward the comm, "I don't think we're going to solve anything over a comm. I want to meet in person." Hardi hesitated, then said slowly, "I'll... talk it over with the folks here." "Hardi!" hissed Robert through the doorway. ...

September 8th 2010
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Weekly linkage

Just a few: Passive voice is killing your design documents - " I would argue that if the goal is to communicate clearly, actually stating and explaining the uncertainties is going to be much more helpful to readers." The Size Of Our World - Bad graphical quality, but cool comparison. 6174 (number) - ...

August 27th 2010
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Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...