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Not-so-Occasional Comments on Life, Death and Many Things in Between by Laurie Mann

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Results for the "What Kind of Novel Should I Write?" Quiz

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HISTORICALS! - Adventurous and somewhat dark, but that's true adventure. From the heart of Olde England, or the Caribbean isles, adventu...
Saturday, July 23, 2005

The True Story of How I Did Not Meet Billy Boyd

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This is a true story. Swear to Ghu, even though we have no photos to back it up. I bought a ticket to see the Pittsburgh Symphony perform ...
Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Astronomy Delivers a Real SensaWonder Sighting....

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space.com 's report of the discovery of a planet in a triple sun system is one of the most wonerful things I've seen in a long time....
Tuesday, July 12, 2005

Fire Karl Rove

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Teagan Goddard's Political Wire had a link to Fire Karl Rove , a petition urging Bush to fire Rove since it looks like (to almost no on...

Projects/Projects/Projects

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Last week, I was working very hard on getting the Interaction schedule ready for the Web. Unfortunately, various things have conspired to h...
Monday, July 11, 2005

We're Not Afraid!

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I saw a neat Web site today: We're Not Afraid It encourages people to thumb their noses at fear. A splendid idea: We're still trave...
Sunday, July 03, 2005

Yes! Even I Can Canoe Ten Miles and Live to Tell the Tale!

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No, I'm not quite one with my laptop and recliner. Having heard how great the weather was going to be, Jim and I decided to drive up to...
Wednesday, June 29, 2005

MIT Blog Survey and What I've Been Up to

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Yes, I read about this on Leslie Turek's blog: It was pretty painless - give it a shot. I've been pretty quiet here, partially becau...
Friday, June 17, 2005

So Tired and Latest Novel News

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Over the last 2 weeks or so, my insomnia has gone from bad to worse, and I'm averaging under 4 hours of sleep a night. Sleeping pills s...
Sunday, June 05, 2005

You Can't Go Home Again, But You Can Visit

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I'm currently visiting the town I grew up in. I moved there when I was 4, and moved away to go to college when I was 18. I haven't ...

The Archangel Book Meme: Four Questions for Book Geeks

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Origin point of this: http://anarchangel.blogspot.com/2005/05/meme-tag.html Total Number of Books Owned Somewhere around 17,000, probably a...
Wednesday, June 01, 2005

Mark Felt, American Hero

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Even in the early '70s, when I was still something of a Nixon supporter, I couldn't hate Deep Throat. I have way too much respect f...
Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Bush and Cheney Partying Like It's 1984...

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Did you ever imagine there would come a time when the executive branch of our government would say things like this about Amnesty Internatio...
Monday, May 30, 2005

Send a "Thanks, George" Note to Senator Voinovich!

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I was reading Leslie Turek's blog where she quoted from Debra Pickett's column in the Chicago Sun-Times . Pickett wrote about man...
Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Moderation Comments and Novel Progress

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Three cheers for the return of moderation to the Senate (and maybe even the House). It would be nice to not loose our country to the loony ...
Saturday, May 21, 2005

Medical Services: Central Massachusetts Versus Western Pennsylvania

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I'm not sure where to start/where to go with this discussion, but I'm puzzled. I live in Western Pennsylvania. We're all in rea...
Thursday, May 19, 2005

Mini Review and Commentary on Revenge of the Sith

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We went to the 9am showing out at the Waterfront. The theater was probably about 1/4 full (but the 3, 5, and 7 pm showings were all listed ...
Tuesday, May 17, 2005

More Voting Screw-ups

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Well, we all know how things went in November? Think things are any better? Apparently not. I had no problem voting in November. I went to...
Sunday, May 15, 2005

Star Wars in All Its Forms - Honeymooning with Wookiees

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We've been getting in the spirit of the upcoming Star Wars finale by watching the movies. We watched Phantom Menace on Friday and Attac...
Saturday, May 14, 2005

Good News/Bad News Kind of a Day

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Well, first the bad news - I didn't get hired for a full time job, but at least they wrote to me to tell me so (unlike another place whe...
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