Author Archives: Susan

CURRENT AFFAIRS: State of the Union

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Susan

Something becomes fodder for jokes when it both appeals to and appalls common sense.  The strangest part is that it then becomes accepted fact, and a sad joke at that: American Business at its best… Toyota, a Japanese company, and … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: On Comments

Posted on January 25, 2006 by Susan

From John at J-Walk, in his post on Kottke’s post on weblog comments: "Without the comments, it would be like talking to myself and I’d soon lose interest in my own blog." Yep. Numbers mean nothing.  As a matter of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Similes that Sizzle/Fizzle/Drizzle out Your Ears

Posted on January 24, 2006 by Susan

“Peeked out into the three a.m. darkness to see yesterday morning’s snowfall damaged by the warming afternoon.  Sunken in depressions like a Temperfoam mattress.” OR “Went shopping for a back-relieving foam mattress, lumpy like the morning’s snowfall melted by the … Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Ex-Bloggers

Posted on January 23, 2006 by Susan

Where are they now? We’ve all been through it, go through it again and again–the decision whether to keep it up.  We regret the decision made to leave by friends we’ve never met.  We snicker, they’ll be back, because we … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Superstitions

Posted on January 22, 2006 by Susan

I search and search for the last sympathy card of three I do remember buying a month or more ago.  I cannot find it, and wonder if it too was sent and where.  And the first two, sent out together … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: The Bible

Posted on January 22, 2006 by Susan

Something else from beyond the centuries to ponder: What does it profit a manif he should gain the whole worldand lose his own soul?Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?                    … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Birth and Death

Posted on January 21, 2006 by Susan

Two children on my mind:  one born on Monday, unheralded and unexpected, fighting for a life that reads as grim; the other, full of fifteen years who’s given up the fight and chooses death instead. So close I touch them, … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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EDUCATION & REALITY?: Education & Purpose

Posted on January 20, 2006 by Susan

Not a little sad that even now, in seeking employment after taking even that one step further in education, my own alma mater won’t bother responding much less ecstatically welcome my offer to serve.  Odd that what we supposedly learn … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Wisdom

Posted on January 19, 2006 by Susan

The symbol of freedom, the eagle. The symbol of wisdom, the owl. Man’s need for symbols, for pulling from nature that which is just what it is and creating for it a crown it must bear, when all it wanted … Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Misery Doesn’t Want Company

Posted on January 19, 2006 by Susan

Good day today, interacting with others.  A young friend, wise beyond her years, visits and we spend time discussing the ways of human nature.  But how can I assure her of anything, of any of the worth and knowledge that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Justice and Truth

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Susan

Today I looked a lawyer straight in the eye as she sat across the bargaining table and I pointed out that no, we did not HAVE to grant a 6% discount on the sale of my dad’s house.  She said … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA: Scratches

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Susan

At long last!  Scratches will be available on February 26th. Guess I’d better catch up with Still life before then… Just haven’t had the head lately to respond to these narrative games, but I’ve been away from it too long … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Synchronization

Posted on January 18, 2006 by Susan

Reason over feeling.  The knowledge of the need for rest above the rest itself.  Slipping in and sliding into spooning.  My breathing takes on the rhythm of his own.  An image seen in a documentary of two heart cells beating … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Sustenance

Posted on January 17, 2006 by Susan

I desperately need a chocolate cake.  Or a peaceful night’s sleep.  One I can make happen; the other, out of reach. Continue reading →

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WRITING: Help Wanted

Posted on January 14, 2006 by Susan

Vacillation is one of my most highly developed traits, and one that is self-defeating to a writer.  So I’m going with Joe Bazooka’s advice (God, weren’t these comics funnier when I was a kid–this one’s about Wall Street and M-TV!) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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