Archive for October 4th, 2005

40th Anniversary of In Cold Blood

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

I happened to catch the piece about the fortieth anniversary of Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood on Weekend America Saturday, the last day of Banned Books Week. It made me smile because when I read the book for a class assignment in high school, someone complained to the teacher about it not being appropriate [...]

Lucid Dreaming of Blogging

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

While I was out sick Monday, I listened to some of the podcasts that have been piling up. The July 23 Weekend America has some segments about dreaminig, including a mention of lucid dreaming. While napping later, I suddenly became aware of the dream I was having. I was blogging–I think it was part of [...]

The 4,000th Item

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

I did the thing with my weblog that I usually do with my car’s odometer: “Oooh, I’m approaching the 4,000th post! I should post something when it flips or to honor the occasion.” Just the other night, I realized the odometer was going to flip to 277,000. Then, I forgot about it. Post 4,000 is [...]

A Not-Work-Safe Letter Reminds Me of a Hero

Tuesday, October 4th, 2005

Thanks, Jessamym!
(Seriously, though, the letter mentions a sex act some people will find bothersome. Don’t look if you’re at work.)
Uh … I guess I need to say that it’s not the proposed Library of Congress Subject Headings in the letter that remind me of this person. It’s that someone is suggesting new headings that’ll probably [...]


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