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For the past two hours, I've been doing nothing but deep searching the New York Times online! As of today, they've discontinued TimesSelect which was their pay-for-content structure for their website. The site has opened the archive from '87 to present for free as well as the Public Domain content (from the 1850's to the 1920's). Notable reading is first-person accounts of Civil War and...
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The first day of August finds me thinking back on what I was doing last year, decisions I was facing and trying to decide what the best step forward for all of it was. I know it was the right choice for me but, I'm hoping it worked out well for her, too. Knowing her, she's doing perfectly fine, thank you... Likely, grinding characters to...
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Believe it or not, I've missed you a tremendous amount.

I'd recently reread Gaiman's American Gods and it reminded me of something I'd read before whilst living in CA... During their imprisonment, captives at the Japanese-American internment camps turned back to centuries-old folklore as a measure of retaining their identity. The psychological pressure sometimes got released in crones reporting badger sightings and fox spirit possessions....
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You know it's sad when it's been so long since you've posted that you have to figure how to do it again...

So, to briefly update: Today, I gave up smoking...again. It's Day One smoke-free having now been involved w/ this Yale study for 3+ weeks. I originally wanted to do so a month+ ago but, since someone else is picking up the bill for...
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So, dinner happenings worked out quite well! I had the happy company of the Amandae over pad thai, irish car bombs and Albert Brooks last film, 'Looking For Comedy In The Muslim World'. I liked it but not sure the ladies were so diggin' on something other far funnier at 1am. Hooray on booze and thai food orgies with my closest friends!

Tonight Lili is...
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Averaging one entry every three months is a bit sad, isn't it..? Well, life's been moving fast up until this week - My week of from work! I thought I'd stop by more than my occasional admin maintenance on SGCT and actually try to write something...scattered happenings, most likely.

The CT Rollergirls first bout was held last month and was amazing!!! I plan on ref'ing...
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The briefest of brief updates: Yes, I am still alive and no, I haven't been trapped under something heavy.

I'm happily getting acclimated to living by myself and ElmCityDrunk & RxQueen still provide to be amazing neighbors. Phase Two involving networking our apartments together for multiply-massive music sharing should take place soon!

Rollerderby referee life is absolutely amazing! The league has made huge leaps in...
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I hate fucking bugs! I've been sitting here for the past hour writing a new long detailed account of my adventures away from the keyboard and was foolish enough to want to link to a URL...entry exits stage right. I've been fooling around w/ the beta ver. of the new layout now for 2+ months and have been underwhelmed. To find out that all of...
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So yes, I'm still alive... More and more time passes with me away from the computer, which isn't so much of a bad thing. This was ably illustrated by the explosion of Spring! Long walks through New Haven, plans made to get biking on the Farmington Canal Trail again, hiking back and forth to the library... The new season of amazing local free entertainment is...
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Can't talk...driving magnificent new car. As I've been kindly tagged, subsequent answers and possible pictures of the new shinyness may emerge tomorrow. -End transmission.