http://www.freak-list.net/mt/ group grafitti scribbled around the `net en-us Copyright 2005 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:39:00 -0500 Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:30:07 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.0D http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I have another 2nd-baby baby shower to attend tomorrow.  The 2nd-baby shower is a trickier beast than the standard first-baby shower.  I have no problem getting gifts for a first-baby shower, because ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/In_which_I_am_cheap_but_also_trying_to_be_nice..html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/In_which_I_am_cheap_but_also_trying_to_be_nice..html Summertime Fri, 11 Mar 2005 20:39:00 -0500 My literary reading has taken a bit of a hiatus, as I'm currently reading Scar Tissue by Anthony Kiedis. Hebdomeros beat me to the punch in reading it and gave it a good review, and so far I wholeheartedly... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Cult_of_Personality.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Cult_of_Personality.html LitBlitz Fri, 11 Mar 2005 00:57:59 -0500 As soon as I'd typed the title for this entry, the phone rang. It was my neighbor's girlfriend, asking me for advice on where to get her hair cut. I was flattered that my haircut inspires such ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Further_evidence_of_my_cheapskate_nature..html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Further_evidence_of_my_cheapskate_nature..html Summertime Thu, 10 Mar 2005 21:54:00 -0500 So here's a writerly question. For those of you who have gotten published, do you ever feel like some of your friends actually don't want to read what you've written? Don't get me wrong, I have several friends who... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Is_Silence_Really_Golden.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Is_Silence_Really_Golden.html LitBlitz Thu, 10 Mar 2005 03:32:47 -0500 The hero of the day is my cousin.  Even though he's got a two-week-old baby at home, when he heard about our plumbing problems he came out after work to help us fix the trainwreck that is our shower.  ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/To_flush_is_royal..html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/To_flush_is_royal..html Summertime Thu, 10 Mar 2005 02:35:00 -0500 Check out this story from The New York Times. The upshot is, literary novelists "finally" address 9/11.I find that weird ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Say_What.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Say_What.html LitBlitz Thu, 10 Mar 2005 00:48:41 -0500 Two rejections came in while I was away. A slightly late, impersonal rejection from Tin House and a personalized rejection from Night Train. The latter gave me some nice suggestions for the story in question and invited me to... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Literary_Update.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Literary_Update.html LitBlitz Wed, 09 Mar 2005 01:17:59 -0500 I have to admit, I fell in love with New Orleans from the first. Despite the fact that it takes a bit of adjustment to get used to the pace of the place. It's intense... just in terms of... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Back_From_the_Big_Easy.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Back_From_the_Big_Easy.html LitBlitz Tue, 08 Mar 2005 00:33:33 -0500 http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Yuppies*_living_in_squalor.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Yuppies*_living_in_squalor.html Summertime Sun, 06 Mar 2005 14:56:00 -0500 We fixed the bathroom mirror, and we fixed it good.  We fixed it by ripping it off of the wall.  Those big-tooth tiles were too firmly stuck to remove, so I ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Aggressive_Fixes.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Aggressive_Fixes.html Summertime Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:23:00 -0500 I managed to get through the Rodney Yee Power Yoga DVD without stopping, falling on my head, or cursing (much).  I then took some arnica (which is good for overexertion and muscle strain, as well as ...... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/A_measure_of_success..html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/A_measure_of_success..html Summertime Thu, 03 Mar 2005 14:57:00 -0500 Well, I left work today with quite a feeling of well-being, seeing how I got all my work done so that I could safely go on vacation to New Orleans tomorrow (Thursday). I'm not much of a traveler, and... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/The_Big_Easy.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/The_Big_Easy.html LitBlitz Thu, 03 Mar 2005 04:59:33 -0500 All right, I found the voting site for the StorySouth Million Writers Award -- here's where you read the stories and vote. (In case you forgot, one of my stories was nominated, but didn't make Notable Stories, nor the... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/No_Sour_Grapes_Here.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/No_Sour_Grapes_Here.html LitBlitz Wed, 02 Mar 2005 01:24:43 -0500 Jen's lit mag is up for the spring... and it looks great! It's good to know that spring is here, even though we've had quite the blast of winter today here in the DC area... (although for the most... http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Check_It_Out.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/03/Check_It_Out.html LitBlitz Tue, 01 Mar 2005 03:39:51 -0500 http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/02/Farmer,_Builder,_Yoga_Failure.html http://www.freak-list.net/mt/archives/2005/02/Farmer,_Builder,_Yoga_Failure.html Summertime Mon, 28 Feb 2005 16:04:00 -0500