Living the Liminal

Ok, not really: I still want to have my cds & dvds & books & vinyl displayed in nicely neat, alphabetical or genre categories so that I can peruse & browse & yes, show them off.
Considering that I have roughly 475 cds and 500 books (here in my NY apt, I probably have another 400 [...]

Ok, I’m all for making up words. Hell, as a Joss Whedon fan, I buy into the validity turning almost any word into an adjective or adverb, and I don’t have too much trouble turning nouns into verbs on a regular basis since most things are process in a philosophical sense, but reading this publisher’s [...]

I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while, but you should go over to FreeRice.com and play their vocabulary game. For each word you get right, they donate 20 grains of rice to hungry people across the world.
Fun and a little slice of doing good. Everyone wins.

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5-year-old mistaken for criminal at airport
January 8th, 2008
It?s a case of a mistaken identity for a 5-year-old boy from Normandy Park. He had trouble boarding a plane because someone with the same name is wanted by the federal government. Mimi Jung reports from Sea-Tac Airport.
The report goes on to say that when the Mother, wanting [...]

Tons of fantasy stories and historical documents use the term “league” as a unit of measurement and I honestly had no real conception of how far a league was until I decided to use it in one of my 10 10 Minute Plays and needed to look it up:
League (unit) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
A [...]

I’m stealing this straight off of Neil Gaiman’s journal because . . . well, because it’s a damn good sentiment and reminder to myself as well as the people I care about–which includes each and every visiter to this site. So, from one of my favorite writers to all of you:
May your coming year be [...]

My friend Sandro posted a while ago about a “no buy” Christmas, and just recently reposted with an update. I have also tried to limit my purchases and get creative with my gift giving this year. There were the mix cds I made for my parents (actually, I have been making those for my folks [...]

This is a great set of online archives from the inimitable Lifehacker site. A must for anyone with an interest in historical documents.
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I haven’t been fishing in decades. I can still remember those days at camp when we could get up early to bundle into L’s truck, me, my dad, my brother, L and his sons S and C. Early wasn’t a problem because the day was an adventure and so eagerness and adrenaline got you [...]