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Monthly Archives: May 2009

general idiocracy

So, over on my favorite copyeditor’s blog (You Don’t Say), today’s post is about how many people are calling Sonia Sotomayor an immigrant, or a daughter of immigrants. She’s Puerto Rican. Puerto Rican citizens have been granted U.S. citizenship since 1917 (more than 90 years ago). Puerto Rico is part of the United States.
My curiosity [...]

meanwhile, back at the ranch

I have:
• Rearranged my bedroom furniture
• Been to a doctor (I have problems, but not big ones)
• Watched half of Generation Kill (excellent, btw)
• Traveled a lot
• Worked a whole lot
• Gotten a haircut I enjoy very much
I wish I wasn’t so busy all the time. And I wish I didn’t hate fun so much.

secondhand swordfish?

So, in the middle of this month-and-a-half of crazy traveling and people visiting and events and stuff to do, yesterday I decided to rearrange my bedroom furniture so it makes sense. The room is L-shaped, but the natural place to put the bed (in one of the L ends that isn’t where the closet is, [...]