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Goodbye, and Thank You 9 Mar 2009 | 06:18 am
It's time for me to end this blog -- I think for good. The flimsiness of its anonymity has always felt like a liability, and the truth is I simply don't feel like posting any more. Stuff is happening...
Eliot, Woolf, Plath, Mitchell... 22 Feb 2009 | 10:04 am
I live and exist through art. The older I get, and the further I get from my rebellious pre-teen years, the more it seems like my identity and existence are defined through my interactions with other...
Letters 18 Jan 2009 | 03:10 pm
Dear Orchid, I didn't know what it was you needed. In fact, I still don't. Did I give you too much water, or too little? Is the controlled environment indoors too warm at night? Do you need sunlight ...
Lying 12 Jan 2009 | 09:01 pm
Currently the Nonbelieving Literati are writing posts about, or in response to, The Postman by David Brin. The Postman takes place in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. After wars and famines and the break...
The Land of High Metaphor 26 Nov 2008 | 08:52 am
Plain-language poems are easiest. Say it honestly, say it in verse, say it without obvious contrivances of rhyme or style and you've done well. But once you enter metaphor-land, well, it's a bit like ...
Jumping the Broom 6 Nov 2008 | 04:42 pm
In marriage, let communion of the mind meet with your bodies on the earthy ground, and as the ordinary days unwind, embrace the roses where they may be found. Together, let your understanding grow. Ha...
Grad Student Election Night 6 Nov 2008 | 01:45 pm
Slightly altered excerpt from my most recent email home: There were two tubes of paint: one red, one blue. The rule was, generally, that you couldn't paint the state on the map until CNN had called i...
Atheism 30 Oct 2008 | 03:38 pm
Imagination suffers, being free. The real world gets more curious with time. So play with method. Study how you see, and by a prism unweave the rainbow and do not fear to write in red on lime, but if...
If you tag people, people tag back . . . 26 Oct 2008 | 02:06 am
. . . which is why I'm now doing this atheist meme, courtesy of Susan over at Intrinsically Knotted. Can you remember the day that you officially became an atheist? Nope! If I'd wanted to stop being...
Meme: Five ways blogging changed my life. 20 Oct 2008 | 08:38 pm
This meme was begun by L. L. Barkat. The rules are as follows: 1. Write about 5 specific ways blogging has affected you, either positively or negatively. 2. link back to the person who tagged you 3. ...
