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“Feeling Yourself Disintegrate,” by The Flaming Lips, and the Inevitability of Death
I used to have serious ambitions to achieve immortality, first by having my brain transplanted into a cloned body, and then eventually having the information in my brain uploaded into a computer. Basically, I had a severe case of thanatophobia. … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Mental Health, Music
Tagged death, Feeling Yourself Disintegrate, Flaming Lips, immortal, immortality, inevitable, mortality, music, thanatophobia, The Flaming Lips
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“What’s Your Favorite Color?”
I’ve been asked this question at least a hundred times. The answer is that my favorite color is black. Black has been my favorite color for decades. As a college freshman, I even kept a black posterboard up on the … Continue reading
Because I’m a Teacher
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14 August 2018
Tagged back to school, enjoy, fun, life, school, teach, teacher, work
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Hexagon the Kitten Is Recording My Computer Activity
So I’m looking at Facebook, and all of a sudden Hexagon the Kitten is on the keyboard. Zap! Screenshot captured at feline speed — before I could grab the little rogue. This is the first of four pages of information … Continue reading
My Mother’s Epic Battle with an Armadillo
I just found a hilarious tale about my mother (in L. Lee Cowan’s Except for All the Snakes, I just Love It Out Here: The News from Stone County, Arkansas, Where One Life is Put Down Straight Up, p. 120). … Continue reading
Our New Kitten
We have a new kitten. Her name is Hexagon.
Purify Your Water First, Michigan!
The “Pure Michigan” ad campaign should wait until they’ve replaced ALL of the lead pipes in Flint. Until then, the whole thing is just an exercise in hypocrisy.
