In an article in the New Yorker Roger Rosenblatt writes about the death of his young daughter and how her family is dealing with the loss of a mother, wife and daughter. I was particularly taken with this piece of the article where he writes about the novel Deaf Sentence by David Lodge. The book is about a retired linguistics professor..."Desmond Bates who is losing his hearing and who is also deaf to life until, ...

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A cop car, lights blaring pulls a dark Saab into a shopping center for an unknown offense. Curiously the Saab’s dome light blinks on just as its wheels slow to a rest, then all disappears in darkness from view. The bus continues on regardless, its first morning run in almost three weeks not to be canceled or rerouted due to “adverse weather” or “holidays”. I am of course not on the usual ...

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A lot of people are posting 2009 goals posts, and reading these posts keeps spurring thoughts in me. I already keep track of a lot of goals with my 101 things list, but I think it's also good to talk about some specific yearly goals. I achieved some awesome things in 2008. I left a situation that wasn't working for me (grad school) and moved into a job that I'm really enjoying. If ...

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A week ago, as Israel began pounding Gaza in retribution for rocket attacks by Palestinian militants, I observed that Democratic leaders had been just as complicit as Republicans in giving Israel's government their blessing to drop as many bombs and lob as many shells as they want:Democratic leaders in the United States are busy releasing statements of sympathy and support for Israel. No condemnation of Israel's blockade of Gaza. No acknowledgment that there simply isn't ...

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Complete and unedited text of a recent email...SUBJECT: ok I'm new at thisI love my wife but she refuses to dominate me in any way, shape or form. My secret desire to to have a woman with a strap-on to, well, fu(k me in the ass. I would wear panties while this happened. any help?Yes, clearly you are a beginner, dear man, or you would not have written such a ...

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[@375]Twits du JourShe also mentioned that Walmart subcontracts phone sales. So when you buy a phone you sign a contract with both the carrier and subcontr ... #Interesting talk w/ the gal selling phones at Costco. They don't carry the iPhone because Apple releases new models too often and they b ... #Erik's Tumbles - Brown Delivers tinyurl.com/7nztkf #I just dropped my phone getting into the car. Slippery piece of sh... A few scratches on ...

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         Inviting friends for dinner or a cocktail party is a pretty common occurrence.  Having a weekend brunch is probably the next most popular entertaining option.  Lunch, however, is often overlooked as a meal suitable for entertaining and that's a shame.  Lunch might be the easiest entertaining opportunity.  It's generally more casual, you can choose to serve courses or serve everything at once.  If you choose courses there are fewer than for a dinner, in most cases.  Lunch ...

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Another victim of the economic downturn: the Roosevelt district's beloved bastion of young geekery. Seattlest just got an email from Doug Livingston of Science, Art and More: "Due to the current economic conditions and due to personal reasons we can no longer continue in business." The only silver lining: Everything in the store is on sale, until the store finally closes in a few weeks. Until then, regular hours apply so stop by between 10 ...

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