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Thoughts I’ve Been Thinking

If you believe in freedom and liberty, then you support gay marriage, right?

Why do hospitals and medical offices–places where people are all ready feeling unwell or stressed or angry or sad or scared–insist on setting their tvs to the most divisive, emotionally charged, angry, vituperative channel? FOX can’t be good for anyone’s blood pressure.

Lost works [...]

This Liminal Life for February 2010

For those who might want to be caught up on my liminal status:

Job

I am currently temping at the Rhode Island Hospital where I’m covering for the secretary/admin assistant for six doctors in the Pediatric Critical Care department. The hours are 8:00 – 4:30. I’m mostly taking the bus these days, though I have walked the [...]

Now What Kind of Pies?

Wherein I discuss one bad thing and one good thing that happened today and share a video of Tom Waits from 1976.

Yummy Scrambled Eggs

I’ve been meaning to post this for months now and never got around to it: Gordon Ramsey sharing how to make the perfect scrambled eggs. I’ve got to say, even without adding the fresh cream at the end of the process, this technique definitely works to make really good and really yummy scrambled eggs.

Bon Appétit!

Other Changes

Wherein I discuss some of the changes over the past few months.

Animated xkcd Equals Awesome!!

I Love xkcd from NoamR on Vimeo.

I loves me some xkcd.

Stranded on an Island, Do You Choose an iPod or an Ebook Reader?

Those who know me are aware of just how important music and stories are to me. If I were to be stranded on an island and could only have either a 160gb iPod filled with music, or an ebook reader filled with stories, I would be hard pressed to choose between the two.1 If I [...]

RSS Dependency

Wherein I discuss my addiction to RSS feeds and what I plan to do about said addiction.

Spaced on Hulu

If you are a fan of Shaun of the Dead or Simon Pegg’s work in general, if you like British comedies that are fun and full of pop culture references from comics, movies, and tv . . . you really should watch this series.

Yay Hulu!!!

5 Year Goals – Revisited

Over two years ago, I wrote out a list of 20 accomplishments I wanted to achieve within the next five years. Let’s revisit them, shall we . . .

Attend Clarion Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers’ Workshop Start my own business & make at least 1/2 my necessary income from that business [...]