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Addicted to dancing
The best thing I’ve done for myself so far this year is to take up dancing. Hands down. Looking back to even November and December, I was struggling just to get up in the morning and go to work. All sorts of drama at work was making me question my own value professionally and personally.
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Writing long-hand
A coworker of mine was sweet enough to give me a gorgeous Moleskine notebook–120 pages, can lie almost perfectly flat when open, and a paper cover that can be drawn on. Perfect for writing short stories. It’s great because I don’t get caught up in the foibles of technology that interfere with getting into a flow. I don’t have to worry about making sure I have the right USB drive in, or having internet access. It also really helps with letting a story go until its real end. It’s not a matter of word counts and limiting terms like “flash fiction”; it’s just… writing. Problem is, of course, it’s slower.…
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New Witches story: “Blackout”
After entirely too long a hiatus, I have a new Witches story/chapter ready. There’s no good excuse for the lapse aside from the heartbreak of leaving my job of two years and the stress of starting in a new position. An amicable departure and happy beginning, but stressful nonetheless. Hardi and Robert’s journey continues in “Blackout“: “There will be some changes to your travel plans,” Captain Relburn stated. “Given the incident with Ms. Bran, commercial travel obviously isn’t going to work.” He continued, “To that end, we’re putting you on the J.M.S. Merriweather, bound for Beta. It boards in three quarters of an hour and should get you to Beta…
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Quasi-daily linkage
Just the facts about what health care reform means for you | TheLoop21.com – A nice list of the changes from the healthcare bill. YouTube – Top Secret Drum Corps – They play each others’ drums. Go see. Topless Robot – Fan Fiction Friday: Wolverine, Cyclops and Jean Grey in “Day of reckoning” – Um, wow. Not safe for work. Read it anyway. Letter to Iraq – From two of the soldiers in the company depicted in Wikileaks’s “Collateral Murder” video.
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Quasi-daily linkage
I’m Abandoning iPhone Development. Mobile Orchard To Stop Publication. – This is the kind of response I expected to see to Apple's language restrictions. I have yet to decide if I'll keep my iPhone with these increasingly draconian policies. Ommatidia › Desmolish – Gender construction. Robovie-mR2’s puppy dog eyes make it the perfect spy — Engadget – So damn cute. Watch the video. Shoebox » Chuck & Beans – Intentional misspellings. Came up in a comment at Jay Smooth's blog.