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This morning on my way to work, I heard a story on NPR that I thought merited sharing. (WARNING: Now that I’m commuting again, I suspect many future blog entries will start this way!) Essentially, there’s a school somewhere in Texas that has banned what they called a “cross-dressing day” because some local conservatives and …

Very interesting.

For those who can’t wait to hear how the garage/yard sale extravaganza went this weekend, you need wait no longer. On the whole, we managed to get rid of a lot of stuff (though, there’s still A LOT left! eeks!) and between the five of us, make just shy of $1000. Not too shabby, eh? …

I’ve been meaning to post some stuff on the blog all day … but, seeing as how it’s 1:30 a.m. and thus *technically* “tomorrow” (though I’ve always held firm in my belief that it’s not “tomorrow” until I sleep, which I haven’t done yet). At any rate, here’s some random bits o’ news for y’all: …

Last week, more than ten days in advance of the due date (!!), I finished Sammy’s Hill, this month’s YAP book club book. It was fantastic! Kristin Gore (daughter of Al) crafted an inspirational, completely human main character in Sammy — she’s just neurotic, insecure and prone to fumbling enough that you feel she could …

In the last 24 hours, three different people have asked me if I’m okay. Since I’m a tad obsessed with trendspotting, this is worrisome enough to merit its own blog posting. If you felt so inclined to flip through the papers on my pink translucent clipboard, you’d understand that my faraway stares and comparatively quiet …

Not to put Julie on the spot, but something she wrote yesterday in a comment has really made me think today — On the topic of law school vs. a poli sci ph.d., Julie comes wholly down on the side of the ph.d., suggesting I wouldn’t do well in law school because I’m not analytical …

I just talked to the leasing agent for the house in Plano — and the application’s been approved, we’re good to go, and a lease should be in place within the next 24 hours. I had planned to stay in Denton tonight — after all, I have class tonight, it’s nice for everyone to have …

It was on my birthday in the year 2000 when I first understood the direction my life needed to take. Funny, isn’t it, how we have these glimmers of absolute clarity wedged within otherwise fairly murky days and weeks? On my birthday that year, I had a full 15 minutes on the agenda at a …

It’s that time of year again (past due, actually) … time to sit in the big chair at the eye doctor’s office and go through a tormenting series of “one, or two?” choices that seem to be arbitrary and inexact. I understand that I ought to have a concrete preference on most — if not …