Author Archives: Susan

REALITY?: Where’s Martha?

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Susan

I for one simply do not believe Martha should go to jail. I need her valuable help in planning our Easter family dinner (although I’m not quite sure that kielbasi and sauerkraut is something she would approve of). I did … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: CODE

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Susan

Well this is interesting. Maybe a sign from the heavens, but my About Me Page is a total blank. Either I pissed off a higher authority or, and this is more likely, I screwed up the code again. When will … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Split Personality

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Susan

Lynn at Reflections in d Minor just made mention of the fact that Spinning is a Literary OR a Personal Journal. This is one of the things that I have noticed since the beginning, and waffled back and forth about … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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People: Work Ethic Calculator

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Susan

Ever wonder how you are evaluated as a worker by your employer? What is expected of you and how you measure up? Well, I got a hold of one of the crazy methods used by corporate today. Check this out: … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Titles

Posted on March 29, 2004 by Susan

As I mentioned once before, sometimes all you have is a title: “Somebody’s Eating Uncle Andy” I have a vague idea where I could take this, but there are so many directions if I choose to follow it up. Psychological … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Poetry

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Susan

I am in anapestic shock–somebody call a doctor! (Or an English Professor!) My recent frustration with some contemporary poetry–reading, which leads to writing–was in the seeming lack of form or recognizable structure as well as the metaphor that is either … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: Point to Politics

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Susan

Just pointing the finger to a very interesting article called “Goodbye, All That: How Left Idiocies Drove Me to Flee” by Ron Rosenbaum. (via The Forager) (RINA – This one’s for you!) Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Attitude

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Susan

From God of the Machine, this has to be one of the best mission statements about blogging I’ve seen, and one that I aspire to follow: “Culling my readers to a select few since June, 2002” Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Design

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Susan

After spending a good part of the last three days attempting to redesign Talespinning, I think—am not quite sure, yet—I may have almost gotten something accomplished. It was terribly frustrating. I simply wanted to change colors and add a new … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Spotlight on Neutrino Man

Posted on March 28, 2004 by Susan

There are so many wonderful weblogs to keep up with, and so many amazing people who write them. They run the gamut from politics to culture to recipes and ruminations, but all, without real exception, contain the personality of the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Cost Equation

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Susan

Well the plumber came today and he was hell to pay… For the third time this month, we have had to get a plumber in to fix a leak. Thankfully it happened on a Friday rather than its usual weekend … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Thought for the rest of the day

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Susan

It is so much harder, I think, to walk the edge of someone else’s life. Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Lyrics

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Susan

Can’t resist sharing a few lyrics from Waylon’s beautiful CD for kids, “Cowboys, Sisters, Rascals & Dirt.” I gave a copy to my niece for a drive back home from Connecticut to Virginia, alone with four-year old Zoee. it drove … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Dehelling

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Susan

That’s de-helling. Like Pharoah relented before Moses, I have come around to the good side of Christian thinking–doing good for its own sake. Well, except for the benefit of that do-good feeling. We don’t do anything totally without thought of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Hell

Posted on March 27, 2004 by Susan

Realizing that I have indeed stated here clearly my doubt in the existence of a Hell, let me just say that I would probably LIKE to believe in one right now, and if I did, I have already prepared a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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