Monthly Archives: January 2013

Organization and the fallout

Well, as I often do at the start of each year, I’ve recommitted myself to becoming better organized and keeping up on my task list better. And that means, of course, that I’m racing ahead trying to knock as many … Continue reading

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Novel pronunciation

After waiting in vain for a copy of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn to come available at my local library I finally just put it on my Christmas wish list. At least that way if I didn’t like it, it would have … Continue reading

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Blog year in review

Mary Robinette Kowal gave me an idea for a quick review of my blog for the past year. The idea is to take the first sentence of the first post of each month. So here goes:   This article from … Continue reading

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Twelve Upgrades to Your Vocabulary

Jessica Hagy is back at it again, and comes out swinging for 2013 with an article titled Verbal Resolutions: 12 Upgrades to Your Vocabulary For the New Year. One highlight: August: Practice your acceptance speech. In the mirror, while getting … Continue reading

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Baubles and trinkets

It should come as a surprise to no one that I am an odd duck. But I can’t imagine I’m so unusual, just a different shade of unusual. For example, my work group was recently reassigned to a different team … Continue reading

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Another sci-fi year

When I was young years like 2013 was the stuff of science fiction. A lot could happen in 30+ years! Why, we could be sending Roy Schieder and John Lithgow to Jupiter by then. So it’s strange to be living … Continue reading

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