An outsider’s view

. . . of a fantastic Quaker meeting: “pretty much the weirdest thing I have ever been to.”

It’s really a fantastic essay by a college student who visited Freedom Friends Church.

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Rodrigo y Gabriela

If you’ve seen that stop-motion video of the books dancing on the bookshelves, you’ve heard this duo.

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Favorite websites

Funny how odd it seems to be making this list on my blog! I’ve never been much of one for blogrolls, even back when that was a major part of most blogs. I am, however, a voracious consumer of RSS feeds. I use Google Reader to manage them. Here are a few of my favorites.

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In my bag

Or, in my case today, in the pockets of my jacket!

  • cell phone
  • Framley Parsonage (The World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1957 hardcover pocket edition)
  • bus schedules: 92 and 93
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Blog goals

Goals? Who said anything about the blog having goals?

  • originally, as the subhead says, an aide-mémoire (but only useful if I actively blog!)
  • to vent on political or social topics for which I feel I have no other venue
  • to be on record publicly
  • to influence whoever might come across or follow the blog
  • to be findable by old friends and coworkers
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Least favorite words

I don’t think I actually have “least favorite” words per se (at least not that I can put on a blog), although context does put me off as an editor.

  • “And” or “but” when used to begin a sentence.
  • “However” when used to begin a sentence with the sense of “although.”
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Weekend goals

Oh, so mundane!

  • do laundry
  • buy cat litter
  • sweep and vacuum (aka: terrorize the cats, unfortunately)
  • launch “Opera with Otenth” on Radio Riel Sunday at noon EST with Don Giovanni
  • turn futon (already partially accomplished!)
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Today’s playlist

  • Haven’t even started iTunes today.
  • Going to a dance in Second Life tonight, so whatever Fuzz plays.
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I am looking forward to . . .

  • the weekend
  • seeing Janny
  • Spring
  • my sabbatical
  • eldering for PSP at the Weed Lecture
  • reading The Crippled God
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Things I’m good at

  • putting together the big picture from little details
  • knitting
  • making homefries
  • avoiding doing laundry
  • enjoying the sky
  • providing a warm, soft place for cats to sleep
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