Oh, Boston
I love Copley Square. There was a summer, forever tinged with nostalgia, where a friend was taking a class near there, and the rest of us spent a few hours once a week rambling around the area waiting for her … Continue reading
Category Archives: rambling
Some Things to Think About When Discussing Privilege
First of all, this post stems from John Scalzi’s post, “Straight White Male: The Lowest Difficulty Setting There Is.” Go read it if you haven’t. Put on your hip-waders if you delve into the comments. While the readers do a … Continue reading
In These Idle Hours
Today has been quietly full. (I type this a little before six in the evening, windows open, sun still out, thoughts of bed still hours away.) A large chunk of it was taken up by one of those boring domestic … Continue reading
Talking Myself Into the Shiny
I’ve spent enough time hemming and hawing over whether to get a netbook. Tomorrow, I place the order. My hesitation came from a few things: wanting a bit of a buffer in my bank account, first and foremost, but also … Continue reading
This Farm is a Mess!
I had this book when I was little, called This Farm is a Mess! (Okay, yes, I had a lot of books when I was little. This was one of many.) Anyway, in the book, Farmer Woods was notoriously bad … Continue reading
(Deliver me in a black-winged bird)
Total word count: 11,187* I’m not one for signs and portents. Were I to apply for a job as an oracle, I’d never get the gig. That didn’t stop me from being fairly certain my flight was doomed last night. … Continue reading
In Which Your Hostess Gets Annoyed
Weekend word count: 1382 Total word count: 9711 I’m about 4,000 words behind. I’m okay with this. Spent a chunk of Saturday with google maps, making sure the route the characters take in flight makes sense. I ran into another … Continue reading
Smile…it’s the law
I walked from Park Street instead of South Station this morning. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have seen the memorial to Bob Wright in the window of the Park Street Church. I never had a conversation with him, outside of … Continue reading
Geek is the New Hip? Count Me Out
So, there’s this new website, “The Society for Geek Advancement.” They made a video. How cute! In it, a smattering of geeky icons (Wil Wheaton, LeVar Burton, and Jonathan Coulton among them) proudly declare their love for geeky things alongside … Continue reading
Scent and Memory and Mage
Just got a whiff of something — someone’s hand cream, maybe, or a perfume, I’m not really sure, can’t quite identify what I’m smelling. Vaguely floral, maybe, I think. Whatever it was, it sent me reeling back more than ten … Continue reading
