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The Loss of "Cool"
Thanks, dooll! You can count on me, too. Btw, Lisa did invite us for a poolside drink or two this summer. Let's hold her to it ;) My mother and aunt are going to the Virgin Islands mid August and if I am well enough I am going to go, so we'll have to work around that...didn't you say you were coming back in August?— May 7, 2009 11:36 p.m.
The Loss of "Cool"
You know what I think you should do? Write about being a mother. What does it feel like? What kinds of smells, sights, textures, worries, joys are involved with being mother to your child? Some of us don't entirely know, and can't know, because there is nothing like that bond, and the way it engages all of your senses and soul. (Just don't write it when you're mad at him ;) but maybe some night after you've put him to bed and have time to reflect. Or write about music? Whatever affects you deeply? Or--not, if that feels too stressful. One thing I've found helpful, and learned myself to tell students, is to just 'freewrite' about the day, starting with that cup of coffee or tea. One word after the other, and pretty soon you've built a kind of framework you can then go back to and add detail. Now that I've attempted to give you writerly advice, I have to write something in order to not be such a hypocrite! Actually, I did write a restaurant review a couple of days ago, but can't post until they get the restaurant listed in the Reader. You fill out a form for any place missing, and they say they'll get it up within a day. Thanks for your support on that whole situation btw, dear--I think a misunderstanding. I'm placing this comment further down so it won't head up in "comments" on the home page :)— May 7, 2009 11:28 p.m.
The Loss of "Cool"
She's been busy...sigh. Magics, where is that blog, girlfriend? You need to carve out a space of your own on Banker's Hill so we have a place to kick back and have a cyber-cocktail ;)— May 7, 2009 11:10 p.m.
The Loss of "Cool"
For the record, we miss you, dear lallaw! Hurry back :)— May 7, 2009 11:06 p.m.
Star Trek
Looks like the pun got checked at the door, jhutt. :)— May 7, 2009 10:52 p.m.
The San Diego Pot and Coke Connection at work
Amen!— May 7, 2009 4:56 p.m.
San Diego's Antiochian Orthodox church surprises.
And unfortunately, if he ever existed, Socrates took himself out of the food chain...:)— May 7, 2009 4:35 p.m.
San Diego's Antiochian Orthodox church surprises.
Spliff wrote: "People are like disobedient children that want everything except rules and guide lines. [...] It's easier to say there isn't a god then to believe there is one , because there some many people influence by the devil with power." Spliff, you should rethink your first comment. The reason we have religion, and the reason we've thought up sky daddy is because human beings DO have a peculiar need to make up rules, then transgress them in pointless, circular fashion. This is a practice integral to Christianity in particular; break a rule, confess and absolve, break a rule, confess and absolve. This includes creating a morality of black and white (and my friend, contrary to your statements all over these sites, you do appear to think very often in terms of black and white, good and evil), so we can bracket off and identify those who have evil in them, as opposed to those who do not. Don't you find it tiresome to live in such rigid dichotomies, always playing the same opposites off each other? As for your (rhetorical?) question: "Because in a world of evolution nothing is perfect so why hasn't man evolve yet? Why hasn't man begin to use more of the brain?" We've managed to bypass much of the usual course of natural selection, because we are at the top of the food chain, and idiots can not only survive but procreate.— May 7, 2009 4:34 p.m.
Federal Defenders fights to stop courtroom shackles in San Diego
Don't get me wrong--all of that came through, except I thought you meant tacos were served other evenings at the Dandy, not just on the corner :) Yes, sir! I needed a kick in the ass, and the better kind of shot in the arm :) I will hopefully start on something this week, and will follow your stuff.— May 7, 2009 3:07 p.m.
What's your least favorite commercial?
Oh, yes. I think I've seen Smokey Robinson on one of those "Don't you miss the [insert era here] and don't you need this 50-CD collection to help bring it and your youth back?" I averted my eyes in shame. You remind me of the Ron Popeil infomercials, Josh. Everyone has got to have seen one of these at some point--even the B-52s have a song about him! Ever seen the "flavor injector" he goes on and on about? They show maybe 20 syringes filled with different things, and how you inject it under the skin of the bird: Garlic! Parsley! Garlic and Parsley! Butter! Garlic and butter! Etc.— May 7, 2009 2:38 p.m.