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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Stimulus

Posted on March 31, 2009 by susan

Basically I don’t believe in stimulus packages because under the current economy, most folks either use it to pay bills or to save it in case of potential need. And, via taxes, we’re going to have to pay it back … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Gaming Perks

Posted on March 30, 2009 by susan

NOTE: I sincerely apologize to Jeremy Szanton, for my commentary, now deleted, about his father’s death. My (mis)information was based on what I’d heard fifty years ago as a child and I sincerely regret any distress this must have caused … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Skillet Night

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

At least once a week I don’t have a clue what I’m making for dinner until it’s time to start it. That’s when I start opening the refrigerator, the freezer, cabinet doors and take a run down the cellar to … Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: How to be unpolitically correct and still be president

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

I love this, from the BBC News: “It is a crisis caused and encouraged by the irrational behaviour of white people with blue eyes,” the president said, “who before the crisis appeared to know everything, but are now showing that … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Well if it isn’t one thing, it’s another…

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

Interesting article in the New Scientist that intimates that if the global warming don’t get ya, a plasma storm will.  Interesting article here: Space Storm Alert: 90 Seconds from Catastrophe.

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WRITING: Tunxis Writers Festival (Correction)

Posted on March 27, 2009 by susan

Evidently, despite what the website notes and information received, the 6th Annual Tunxis Writers Festival is open to the public and it looks to be an interesting and informative day for writers. Here’s the schedule: Tunxis Community College – 271 … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: White House Spam?

Posted on March 26, 2009 by susan

Missed the high tech online town hall movement today with the questions for President Obama coming from folks just like you and me so I started reading the reports of it and stopped at this: “And with more than 100,000 … Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Unconsoled – Story

Posted on March 26, 2009 by susan

This is sort of Twilight Zone-ish in that something’s going on that the town all knows about and is plotting for while the narrator is rather oblvious to the situation. Even before Jakob Kanitz had finished speaking, a low assenting … Continue reading →

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POETRY: Goodbye

Posted on March 26, 2009 by susan

How do you say goodbye in Spanish? Seeking from the rolling r’s a pillow for the words, syllables that trill and spill like petals falling from a rose. How do you say goodbye en español? or for that matter, French?

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WRITING: Update on Writers Conference

Posted on March 25, 2009 by susan

Usually I check links immediately but it was taken right off the flyer–unfortunately, it was wrong and I’ve corrected it in the post and here, for the Wesleyan Writers Conference. In checking, I happened to notice that there’s some nice … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Connections

Posted on March 25, 2009 by susan

With the advent of social networking and late flu season, I recall with a smile a great little company I worked for many years ago. Bob, Nancy, and I–and sporadically a manager if he could survive us (we drove two … Continue reading →

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HYPERTEXT & WRITING: Relative?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by susan

Very disappointed to see that not only is hypertext or any other form of new media not represented at the Tunxis Writers Festival this year, but that the public is not being offered the ability to attend this community college … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION: Follow the Yellow Brick Road…back.

Posted on March 24, 2009 by susan

With the economy turning things upside down and the remedies themselves changing the playing field, many folks find themselves switching plans and directions out of necessity. From today’s msnbc, “Experts expect fewer manufacturing jobs, more health care work”: This summer, … Continue reading →

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WRITING: Writers Conference

Posted on March 24, 2009 by susan

Got the flyer in the mail the other day on the Wesleyan Writers Conference which is scheduled for June 14th-19th this summer. It appears that there are a couple of new speakers and instructors and I’m sure it will be … Continue reading →

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WRITING, HYPERTEXT, ETC.: A Fun Project

Posted on March 22, 2009 by susan

So glad I agreed to join the 100 Stories Project. Last summer, Steve Ersinghaus and Carianne Mack dedicated their summer break from their usual campus duties at Tunxis Community College to put together an awesome creative collaboration of paintings and … Continue reading →

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