habitually probing generalist

A friend who was unhappy with her previous attempts at book clubs, in-person and virtual, decided a book club where we each read whatever it is we want to read might work better. Thus, 12 Books, 12 Months was born. Here are the rules for the 12 Books, 12 Months Challenge: Pick 12 titles from [...]

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[This is a copy of the review I posted at LibraryThing. Also posted at goodreads.] Running anatomy : Your illustrated guide to running strength, speed, and endurance / Joe Puleo and Dr. Patrick Milroy. Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c2010 Disclosure: I got a copy of this book for free via the LibraryThing Early Reviewers [...]

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[This post title is, for me, multi-meta in that it refers to several things.] It has been a long time since I’ve been here. Part of me is sad about this fact and part of me thinks that is just fine. A lot has happened since I last wrote here: I quit my job as [...]

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Dear parents of “the Oregon boys”, You should be extremely proud of the young men that you have raised. As a father of 2 children of my own (29 and 26), I can say that you have exceeded any hopes you might have had for how they might turn out. These young men are respectful, [...]

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a little “mouse” grew up; became a new house spouse. wrote a little ditty because he is moving to Iowa; Sioux City. I posted that little ditty to facebook and twitter several days ago to announce that I will soon be moving. In the comments on facebook, I also wrote: I’m going to Sioux City [...]

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Pinks 0046.JPG Originally uploaded by broken thoughts Urbana is ablaze in tulips, and many other flowers, in the ground, in the bushes, and on the trees, right now. They are humbling, gorgeous, vibrant, and call to something deep and primal in me. Sara and I went for a walk this morning and I took a [...]

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In honor of National Poetry Month I have been reading books of poetry and books about writing/reading poetry. I have yet to write any poems this month, but then I haven’t written a poem in a while. One can find a lot of poems & poetry-related information at Poets.org (from the Academy of American Poets). [...]

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As April is National Poetry Month, April is also National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo) [or see Wikipedia]. We have a good friend who has committed to NaPoWriMo and her email alerting us to this and to the blog she will be using to do so awakened our thoughts. So this morning Sara and I decided [...]

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N.B. This post is long overdue. I have written it into other posts for several months now but then never finished them. This is for the possibly two of you who have not seen my wonderful news on facebook, friendfeed, Twitter or heard it in person or via email. As of a mid-October 2009 evening [...]

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The What Wednesday afternoon I posted the following to my facebook status: I have recently instituted a personal goal of trying to catch up with at least 1 interesting person a week (or so) just to see what’s rockin’ their (LIS) world, whether there are any areas of overlapping interest, if we can challenge/cheer each [...]

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