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I am not immune to the year in review meme

books
Of the thirty-odd books I read in 2009, well over half were short story collections. So it isn’t surprising most of my favorite books turned out to be story collections: Demons in the Spring and Bluebirds Used to Croon in the Choir by Joe Meno, Tunneling to the Center of the Earth by Kevin Wilson, [...]


The Power of Unplugging

First, I went away for a week and didn’t bring my computer. Then I decided to turn off my phone — no constantly checking voicemail, no sending text messages. No responsibility to check in, no pull to respond to other people (except my sweetie, and she was there in person with me), no hurrying.
Being [...]


I earned DP while writing this post

I fell in love with Zelda on Super NES. I played Illusion of Gaia all the way through, more than once. It’s possible that, just maybe Final Fantasy VII made me cry. But I am not a gamer.
World of WarCraft? Not really my thing. Never was interested in Doom. I can’t see the point [...]


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