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Pictures and Icons
Posted Mar 16, 2001
My space is mighty empty and boring without pictures and icons ...
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The Height of Insanity
Posted Nov 14, 2000
... continuing to do the same things and expecting different results ...
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Transitioning
Posted Nov 11, 2000
Transitioning into another space in one's life can be so disconcerting ... troubling ... yet it is my path to freedom ...
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Quirkyalones: A Personality Type for the 20th Century and Beyond
Posted Aug 27, 2000
The latest edition of Unte Reader contains an article in which the author, Sasha Cagen, describes herself as a "quirkyalone." A quirkyalone is someone who is deeply single, almost never in a relationship, and wonders if perhaps they are weird. Puzzle pieces who seldom fit with other puzzle pieces ... romantics ... idealists ... eccentrics.
By force of their personalities and inner strengths, they are rebels who have no patience for dating just for the sake of not being alone. There is a bittersweet fondness for silence and those nights alone. Being a quirkalone can be difficult --- they are only about five percent of the population.
But they are also free. No one can take their lives away by breaking up with them, and they are not forced to sacrifice for that one all-consuming individual.
The article lists (among others), these obvious candidates for this classification:
Katharine Hepburn;
James Baldwin;
Sandra Bernhardt; and,
Ally McBeal.
But there must be more truly independent spirits ... somewhere out there.
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Latest reply: Aug 27, 2000
Doggie Present
Posted Aug 13, 2000
I just went outside to check on my flowers and found an unpleasant gift lying on one of my lily plants. A dog dropping. YUCK! This happens quite frequently because I live on a corner in a neighborhood where lots of people walk their dogs. Unfortunately, my city does not have a "pooper scooper" ordinance, so it's perfectly legal for animals to do their business anywhere they like and leave it there, just as long as they're on a leash.
I guess the cute but explicit signs I visibly posted near the places where most offenses occur did not help. (I left them up for a few weeks and then removed them so as not to be too obnoxious ...)
I guess it's time to get civic minded and contact my city councilor. Maybe the timing is right to finally get a law passed so people will pick up after their pets!
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Latest reply: Aug 13, 2000
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