Out of the Blue

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  • Deciding not to go to Paris

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    I decided not to go to Paris. It would be more hectic than it\’s worth (to me, right now). The Norfolk hike would be more intimate. I wouldn\’t otherwise get to the seaside, or explore the Broads much. That would be rather a shame, living in Norwich. I\’ll get plenty of exciting continental travel fever…

  • Weather Blogging and Paris

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    Thank goodness. It\’s overcast and windy and cool again. Current temperature: 57. Much more reasonable. While I don\’t mind nice sunny 75-degree days every once in a while, a long run of them overwhelms quickly. What\’s more, Thursday and Friday have 30% and 20% chances of rain. I will have to head downtown tomorrow while…

  • Another rain post

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    It\’s been hitting 70-80 every day here for a few days. It hasn\’t rained in a week. I already miss it. The forecast doesn\’t call for rain in the next week, but hopefully we\’ll get a thunderstorm or something to make up for this dry spell. Because I am in danger of only talking about…

  • The pieces that fall apart

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    The skin between my thumb and forefinger on my right hand is dry and cracked and flaking. Tonight, more than most nights, I need to immerse myself in music. Desolation Row and Tangled Up in Blue; Sitting and 18th Avenue; Vienna and Piano Man. It\’s only the pieces that fall apart, you know? I\’ll be…

  • First exam; ice cream; future plans

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    I took my first of two exams today. It was difficult; it took the entire three hours. I wasn\’t fully prepared for every question, but knew enough to write at least something valid for each. Only grades will tell how well I answered. My coursework had respectably high marks. As is usual, I started studying…

  • Random Book Update

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    Another name in the annals of writers who do genre fiction and are known in fiction award circles: Michael Chabon. His book The Yiddish Policemen\’s Union just won the Nebula Award and is up for the Hugo Award (the two biggest science fiction/fantasy awards). He won the Pulitzer in 2001 for his book The Amazing…

  • We have to touch people

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    I\’ve been reading a lot about Ben Stein\’s film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. It is, to be blunt, a deceitful sham of a \”documentary\”. Darwin is selectively and misleadingly quoted. Noted atheistic scientists (Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers) were interviewed under the false pretenses that it was to be a balanced account rather than creationist propaganda,…

  • Happy Birthday, Cami

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    I hope it\’s treating you well, and that you\’re not doing too much work today.

  • The Midnight Summons Retrospective

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    And he said it was very well done. He liked the structure, and said that my enjambments worked well. We talked a bit about the form as opposed to other forms, and what form is to poetry. I walked home with a grin on my face. I couldn\’t help it. I will show it to…

  • The Midnight Summons

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    That\’s the title of my first terza rima poem. I don\’t know whether I\’m going to share it with you. I\’m glad it\’s finally in a state of completion, though. I\’ve had something of a block on it for a few days. In a few minutes I\’ll go see if my professor is available to…