In: Blog
27 Dec 2002We had a nice holiday meal, with everyone behaving well. At least I thought so. Found out yesterday that my homeless alcoholic ex and his girlfriend each took my roommate [the ex's sister] aside and tried to persuade her to move out on me and get an apartment with them! She’s the prize because she [...]
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27 Dec 2002Religious Sect Says It Will Announce the First Cloned Baby “Ra?lians are followers of Ra?l, a French-born former race-car driver who has said he met a four-foot space alien atop a volcano in southern France in 1973 and went aboard his ship, where he was entertained by voluptuous female robots and learned that the first [...]
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25 Dec 2002Sometimes I need to decide not to do something in order to decide that I really do want to do it, you know? Like tell you how our Christmas is going so far. We stayed up late making cookies [and burning a batch], fixing the turkey and discovering where the giblets are kept. Robby got [...]
In: Quotes
25 Dec 2002Some people say lutefisk has a very fishy taste and an unpleasant smell. To me, it tastes like Christmas. –Allen Vevang, quoted in NY Times
In: Blog
23 Dec 2002I think it’s time to retire the blog. It began two years ago as a way to work on my writing, but that fell by the wayside after a few months. Now the blog itself is an embarrassment of not even semi-regular posts that don’t say anything. Kd has generously shared server space for active, [...]
I'm not really famous. In case you were wondering. But I tried. I once believed that fame makes you real - a perversion of "The Velveteen Rabbit" theme that love makes you real. Guess I equated fame with love. Sad. You can read more about that here.