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Tue 31 Aug 2010

All too human

Posted by PJ under being human, quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Nothing is irrelevant.  The strongest temptation is to think, Oh, but they wouldn’t be interested in that.  But the most ordinary parts of our lives are the very things that tie us to the human condition.”

—Barbara Scot, interview with Linda B. Swanson-Davies, Glimmer Train magazine

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Mon 30 Aug 2010

Humbling

Posted by PJ under humility, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice; and yet everybody is content to hear.”

—John Selden, Table Talk. Humility.

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Fri 27 Aug 2010

Weirdly fascinating

Posted by PJ under movies
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This seems modern and at the same time, strangely old, another world. Which, of course, it is.

A Kodak Kodachrome color film test from 1922, 13 years before the first full length color feature was made.

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Fri 27 Aug 2010

Well, that draft’s done

Posted by PJ under drafts, finishing, venus in transit
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I don’t want to see it again for a long, long time, until the betas have had at it.

I’m moving on to something new!

Huzzah, huzzay!!!

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Fri 27 Aug 2010

Har!

Posted by PJ under laughter, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“A laugh’s the wisest, easiest answer to all that’s queer…”

—Herman Melville, Moby Dick

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 26 Aug 2010

Signs I thought I saw

Posted by PJ under auras, misreading, signs, spam
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Santa Barbara Auras*

Considering the way things often go here on the Left Coast, most especially in Santa Barbara, I would not be at all surprised to see a bus full of auras.

On a (un)related note, I just had to share some spam names from this morning’s batch.  They showed up in my queue one on top of the other—if you’ll pardon the expression:

Hans Wiggins

Yuk Concepcion

*Airbus

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Thu 26 Aug 2010

Yeah, yeah, yeah, all right

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning.”

—Peter de Vries, interview, The Observer (London), 1980

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Wed 25 Aug 2010

With fortune and men’s eyes

Posted by PJ under paranormal, prophecy, quote of the day, religion, tricksters
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Random quote of the day:

“Fortune-telling is often associated with carnivals, gypsies, and fraud.  Yet many saints have had the gifts of prophecy and of knowing human hearts.  Do fraud and sainthood have something in common?”

—George P. Hansen, The Trickster and the Paranormal

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Tue 24 Aug 2010

I’m at that phase

Posted by PJ under novels, rewrites, writing
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Of thinking my novel-in-revision sucks the suck monkey’s toes. I’ve been cutting and fixing, but I think there’s plenty of mess left over. I want to see if I can cut at least another 2k before throwing myself on the mercy of my betas.

No matter how promising a novel starts out, it always reaches this despair stage. But that’s probably a good thing. Otherwise, we might love them so much we never wanted to let them go.

And every novel must be let go—and not just in the sense of “If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s yours. If not, track it down and kill it.” Oh wait, that’s not how that goes, is it?

Well, letting go means never having to say you’re sorry.

Wait. That’s not what I’m trying to say, either. What I’m trying to say is that letting go of a novel is about liberating yourself to work on the next thing. I am so ready to work on the next thing.

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Tue 24 Aug 2010

The mistress of life

Posted by PJ under history, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the mistress of life . . .”

—Cicero, De Oratore

Disclaimer:  The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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