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Janis Sawyer, Accidental Photo Wrangler

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I've learned to clip my wings and soften my ways....

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Its Genius Season 2008

They're better than Halloween yet not so perfect as puppies. You'll find accompanying short videos of the recipients this year. Check out the brilliance! MacArthur Fellows Program 2008 ...
Posted by on Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:17:00 GMT

Theres this song in...

...French. No guitar.I was working and needed music.I got the music but quit working.A 30 min break might be in order.
Posted by on Mon, 22 Sep 2008 06:56:00 GMT

Tornado Warning

Despite the rain, the French doors are propped open with a chair. Despite the beating on the metal roof, I hear the chair scrape across the wood floor, the doors suck shut. I don’t care a whit i...
Posted by on Sat, 05 Apr 2008 18:48:00 GMT

I LOVE LUCY

She's been gone so long now I can't hope she'll reappear. I want to believe that Lucy's life was pretty good, that she saw her world somewhat like thissoft and sun dappled, a fine place to venture. S...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:49:00 GMT

Its Genius Season Again!

The MacArthur Fellows Program awards five-year, unrestricted fellowships to individuals across all ages and fields who show exceptional merit and promise of continued creative work. It is limited to U...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:27:00 GMT

500 ml of common sense

A lot of the bottled water you're drinking is manufactured by Coca-Cola and Pepsi, and it comes, basically, from the same place as my tap water and yours. Do yourself a big ass cash favor if you're sc...
Posted by on Wed, 01 Aug 2007 19:47:00 GMT

Epidemic of Diagnoses

Preface:If there is anything the matter with your eyes, you hastento get it put right; but if anything is the matter with your mind, you put off treatment for a year. - Horace (65-8 BC)January 2, 200...
Posted by on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 18:37:00 GMT

I think you can do this without taking any drugs

Do we no longer allow ourselves the normal experience of grief?  We had better learn again. Mr. Stutz is one of many who have endured a process far worse than grieving. It's a long article, but i...
Posted by on Mon, 28 May 2007 22:06:00 GMT

Brains & Mirror Neurons

"Moving to higher levels of the brain, scientists find...other neurons that help the body plan movements and assume complex postures. Mirror neurons make these complex cells looks like numbskulls. Fo...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:34:00 GMT

How It's Done

This is truncated, but if you read at least to Mimi, it's fine by me. Then continue! It only gets different.ObituaryArt Buchwald, Whose Humor Poked the Powerful, Dies at 81 Art Buchwald, who...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:27:00 GMT