habitually probing generalist

Tuesday, I was sought out and offered another job. It would be academic hourly doing “stacks maintenance.” I would so love to be able to help with this important work; but I have made commitments to others. The beautiful thing is—I was the 1st choice and I have a couple weeks to decide. Yes, as [...]

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I woke up feeling sort of unanchored and not quite sure how I felt. The morning (and day) was beautiful! 40 degrees and sunny. I left work early as I needed access to some tools that we seem to have temporarily lost access to again. I could have started something new, but I did not [...]

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Just finished my last class for Information Modeling with Allen Renear. I also managed to send in the last bit of work I owed him before class so I am really done with 590IML. Yay! The ‘sort of’ comment is due to the paper I still owe Carole Palmer. I’m in a sort of slow [...]

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there’s a crack in the concrete floor that starts at the sink there’s a bathroom in a gas station and i’ve locked myself in it to think Ani DiFranco. “Shy.” Not A Pretty Girl. I do not mean to alarm anyone, nor is this a promise, but I intend (and hope) to more or less [...]

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I have to go get the 2nd half of my root canal today. They only did so much last time because it was infected and the endodontist could not get it cleaned out properly. So he packed it with medicine, prescribed some antibiotics and said “Please come back so we can do it again.” With [...]

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When the flames rise around us and I can’t see the door This is still my home and it has never burned before This is where I’ve taken my solace and my peace The walls are caving in but I am still a stubborn beast. Jolie Holland. “Stubborn Beast.” Springtime Can Kill You. I have [...]

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To any WordPress users or mavens out there, do any of you know how to make the categories on an Archive page display in the hierarchy that they are in in the author area(s)? See my Archive page for what I mean. Scroll down below the months and you’ll see the Categories. They are in [...]

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Validation Results for [user-supplied text] Document validates OK.—————————–OK, OK, only my DTD and document instance validate, but that is good enough at the moment. And, in fact, my DTD and document have been validated for a couple days now. Just a bit ago, I finished answering the 5 questions we also had to answer, verified [...]

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590IML – Information Modeling — We got our marked exercises on conceptual modeling (ER, EER) back a couple of days ago and I was super excited to discover that I had aced it. Yay me! I’m working on my DTD and document and got an early but nearly complete version to validate earlier today. Yay! [...]

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This evening I finished watching a movie I started last night, Schlock! The Secret History of American Movies (2001). Pretty interesting history of exploitation films and larger changes in American society. But on the DVD I rented—in the extras—is something even better: The Atom and Eve. By the Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power Company, 1966. Oh. [...]

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