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Month: October 2002

Secret Message #2: Halloween Treat

Secret Message #2: Halloween Treat

I know some of you suspect it, if you don’t already simply know. And the answer is yes, there is another secret message hidden on this site. This time, however, the message is timely—quite perfect for the season and the holiday. It’s a pictograph, though, just to make it a little interesting. So who, who, who-who can guess what it is? Can you? AND… since I’m still giddy from winning Dave’s Tarot of the Blogger contest, I feel generous tonight…

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B is for Beautiful

B is for Beautiful

I had lunch with my sister B on Sunday. I hadn’t seen B in years, so it was nice to catch up and see how she’s changed. She’s slimmer now, much taller than I remembered, and very stylishly dressed. I’ve always envied her lighter, smoother skin, her shapely nose, her height, and her bee-stung lips, but it was odd to see it all come together so nicely in her adulthood. The day made me think of my younger cousins, the…

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Gullible’s Travels

Gullible’s Travels

Watch This Space: Today was an extraordinary day, and I have an unusual tale to tell. Unfortunately, I don’t have the energy to write about it tonight, so it’ll have to wait another day or two. Stay tuned. Update (Saturday, October 26, 2002): Okay, so I’ve written my tale. Click, click. Read, read. It’s rather long, but it’s a Swift tale, to be sure. Prologue: A few weeks ago, we got a new Xserve file server to help us work…

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Bad [Novella] From My Writing Past #2: Of Witches and Sausages

Bad [Novella] From My Writing Past #2: Of Witches and Sausages

Once upon a time, I dreamed of evil burning sausages. Some dark sorcerer had come in and poisoned the sausages being cooked for a party, and as a result, the sausages became deadly little monsters, crawling all over the place and burning every living thing in their path. I had to use my magic powers (1) to elevate my mother, who was sleeping on a futon on the floor; (2) to create a sausage-killing brew, which I poured into some…

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Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow

I’m debating whether or not to cut my hair. At present, it reaches my hips. It’s thick. It’s heavy. It’s a pain in the ass. Well,… more like a pain in the neck, since the weight of it gives me a headache sometimes. For five years though, right after I graduated from high school, I would grow my hair this long, chop it at the chin, grow it back to this length again, then chop it at the chin again….

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