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My new job
Today was the first day of my new job as a full-time writer. The long-term benefits aren’t as good as with my old job as a pharmaceutical industry chemist. But you can’t beat the commute (up a flight of stairs … Continue reading
The Empty Family, by Colm Toibin
I just finished reading The Empty Family, the new short story collection by Irish literary author Colm Toibin (apologies for the lack of accents; I’m not a sophisticated enough blogger to know if WordPress has a way of including accents in … Continue reading
Why I probably won’t join a vegetable CSA next year
Although the title might suggest the opposite, I love the CSA I’m in.  CSA stands for community-supported agriculture; you pay the farm a set amount before the start of the harvest season, and each week you get vegetables. You don’t get … Continue reading
Mystic Signals Magazine
Continuing in the vein of finally getting around to reading magazines that have my stories in them, I recently finished Issue 10 of Mystic Signals. At least I finished this one before the new issue was out! Mystic Signals is … Continue reading
Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine
I finally finished reading the Spring 2011 issue of Strange, Weird, & Wonderful Magazine (in which my story “Sons of God, Daughters of Men” appears). Of course, now the summer issue is out.* Oh well. What with getting laid off … Continue reading
A real letter to the MBTA
Here’s the text of an email I sent to the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s customer service division on Friday.  (Some information has been redacted, because I’m not that obnoxious. Yet.) Although I was not on the bus when this … Continue reading
No, no, no! BAD WordPress, BAD!
For a moment, I was afraid that those responsible for the latest version of WordPress didn’t want those of us who aren’t so good with computers to be able to insert links into our posts. I tried doing the usual … Continue reading
Posted in Complaining about things, Computers, Wordpress issues
Tagged blog, complaints, inserting links, Wordpress issues
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Rules of the road
An open letter to the nice gentlemen who hollered at me to “Stay on the f**cking sidewalk!” as I was bicycling down Cambridge St towards the Longfellow Bridge this afternoon: 1. Bicyclists do not have to ride on the sidewalks … Continue reading
Posted in Bicycling, Complaining about things, Driving
Tagged bicycling, complaints, Massachusetts drivers
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Roman Holiday, Day One
It’s been almost a month since Donald and I got back from our honeymoon, and I’m just getting around to blogging about it now. Donald has already written about it here and here. In case you haven’t read Donald’s posts, … Continue reading
Posted in Food and drink, Vacation
Tagged food, Rome, tourist attractions, trips, vacation
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Coffee Table Cookbook
I recently bought this cookbook. It’s a gorgeous hardcover with a colorful cover, and many beautiful pictures of delicious-looking food inside. It was an impulse purchase. I’d been shopping for a dress for my wedding (yes, yes, the store at … Continue reading
Posted in books, Cocktails, Cooking, Food and drink
Tagged books, Cocktails, Cooking, desserts, food, Laurent Tourondel, Rachael Ray
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