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Fine Distraction: January 2007
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Thursday, January 04, 2007. Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple. I'm in New York City on vacation, and loving it! I'm staying with friends in a much nicer neighborhood, for one thing. And my time is much more leisured (last time was a class trip). I'm also quite a bit different from who I was back then.
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Fine Distraction: June 2007
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Thursday, June 28, 2007. Two items in the last couple of days:. 1 Bob Evans died, may he rest in peace. But was I the only person who didn't know Bob Evans was a real person? I thought he was pretend, like Betty Crocker. His obituary:. Http:/ news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070621/ap on bi ge/obit evans. The first, ever?
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Fine Distraction: August 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Wednesday, August 16, 2006. This Is Why We Do It, Baby. Well A few days ago I was ruminating on (is that the right preposition? Should I use "over"? Sigh) my work "personality" and what that might mean for my future. Today I've had two people come to me and remind me (all unknowing) why I do the work I do. I've bee...
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Fine Distraction: December 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Thursday, December 14, 2006. This other Eden, demi-paradise. How English am I? Well, my Dutch/German/French/Scottish/Irish ancestors might all have something to say about it, but the English in me seems to have won out:. You are 82% English. You are either native and stupid, or you are foreign and knowledgeable.
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Fine Distraction: September 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Tuesday, September 26, 2006. I've been pondering a mystery that many women, at one time or another, have pondered:. What is it with men and sports? Example: Last week I met a guy I'll call- since I don't use real names on this blog- "HB" (short for "Hot Businessman"). Why is sports (nearly) a universal among men?
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Fine Distraction: July 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Sunday, July 30, 2006. From the Sublime to the Ridiculous. This weekend I started watching a movie I've wanted to see for a long time:. With Alec Guinness. Guinness is one of my favorite actors, and I enjoy him in everything I've ever seen him in. He just. And thought, "This guy is unbelievable! To Play the King.
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Fine Distraction: October 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Tuesday, October 31, 2006. Well, I'm back at last after a great vacation and a crazy work week. This week is also crazy, but I couldn't let this news item pass without comment:. Bob Barker, host of. The Price Is Right. Is retiring in June:. Http:/ news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061031/. Ap en tv/tv bob barker retires. I've ...
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Fine Distraction: November 2006
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Thursday, November 30, 2006. I'm a fan of. Even though it can be hokey and David Caruso can be wooden. But somehow, the hokey-ness (a word? And wooden delivery of cheesy one-liners is comfortingly predictable. And I find him strangely sexy, even though he's kind of weird-looking. Posted by Violet at 8:46 PM. But yo...
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Fine Distraction: March 2007
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What I'm doing: reading, writing, observing. What I like: literature, essays, humor, music, film, theatre, tv, fashion, travel. This is my first blog, and the description will probably change. Sunday, March 18, 2007. Coffee and a Hamburger Sandwich. Okay I finally switched this blog over to Google (Ben, this is why I wasn't blogging- I didn't feel like hassling. But I did it.). Speaking of Ben, this is a shout-out that he will understand: yesterday I got a big cup of coffee (from Starbucks, where else?