Monthly Archives: October 2004

Unconscious Mutterings for the week.

Today I sorted the boxes of books and magazines I’m getting rid of. I tore off labels or blacked out addresses to anonymize them and sorted them by title. I posted a long description on the Freecycle lists I’m on … Continue reading →

Miffed artist doesn’t want to correct misspellings; Muralist offended by ‘nasty’ criticism of Livermore piece She misspelled 10 names and one word in a mosaic outside a library. The spelling was fine in her sketches but she messed up while … Continue reading →

This week’s Whatevers, a little early. Hooray for me. I’m on the ball, for once.

\ih-FYOO-siv\, adjective: Excessively demonstrative; giving or involving extravagant or excessive emotional expression; gushing. When I’m in the presence of one of my fanly obsessions, I can become frighteningly effusive… or completely unable to speak at all.

Today’s the first day in what, over a week that I’ve written? Geez. That’s kind of pathetic. Sorry, kids. As I mentioned over on my NaNo blog, I have seven jobs right now so my blogging is sort of taking … Continue reading →

It’s up.

I’m going back to doing a Word of the Day. Wish me luck. indigence \IN-dih-juhn(t)s\, noun: A state of extreme poverty or destitution. His indigence of spirit made him a poor match for the lively artist.

by Terry Pratchett, Ian Stewart, and Jack Cohen. Am taking anothe rstab at this after getting distracted halfway through last time and misplacing the book before I could finish it. One good thing about moving: I found it again. Hooray!

by Lydia Flem Wow. I have GOT to read Casanova’s memoirs now. What a fascinating guy! And not a jerk or a Don Juan – he really did love all those women. Amazing. Brave! So Cool!