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From the Books: Douglas R. Hofstadter on the Rubik’s Cube

My uncle Jerry once told me an awful joke: What goes, “Click–do I have it yet? Click–do I have it yet? Click–do I have it yet?” Answer: Stevie Wonder doing a Rubik’s Cube. I know. Awful. Anyway, many squeals of … Continue reading

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Linking some stuff!

Time to link a few items that have been languishing while I’ve been otherwise occupied! :: Friend and fellow writer SK Waller has been paying tribute to the rock bands of California’s Gold Coast: But the Tri-counties didn’t adhere to … Continue reading

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Building a Library

When the prospect of finally moving from the old Casa Jaquandor into a new Casa Jaquandor started shaping into more of a realistic goal than a “here’s something we should do one day” dream, maybe a year-and-a-half ago, there were … Continue reading

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Brief dispatches

Let’s see, what’s going on? Well, we’re still moving and settling. My Heavens, what a process this is. It’s awful. I hate it…except for the parts of unpacking, settling, and building a new life. That’s pretty cool. But we still … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

I wanted to post something by Dougie Maclean and couldn’t decide which of his many wonderful songs to use, so…here’s the entirety of my favorite album of his. Enjoy! It’s just a Scot and his guitar and his audience. Sometimes … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

I was going to ask something about moving and how much it sucks, but I figure we’re all tired of hearing me whine about that by now, right? So here’s something random: Describe your perfect taco! (Including tortilla preference — … Continue reading

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Huh.

Now here’s something I didn’t know octopi could do….

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A bit less long ago, still in a galaxy far, far away….

So, the dust is slowly settling from The Move That Ate Manhattan (which isn’t even done yet, so there’s still dust to be…rendered unsettled), at least enough to the point that I can start to think about taking my writing … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

Lord, what a task moving a household is. And we’re still not done! Probably about eighty percent of our stuff has made the move, and then there’s still the cleaning to be done in the old place. It really is … Continue reading

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A Random Wednesday Conversation Starter

So, what’s up out there?

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