The truth about growing up

09.28.2006

Formerly, when I was a reasonably young person, there were certain things about reasonably older people that I could not understand.  Like, the slipping eyeliner bit.  A well-groomed woman of a certain age, who was bandbox (i.e., model) perfect–except that the eyeliner on that one eye was askew.  Just a bit, but enough to notice. How could she? Didn’t [...]

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Ugly Betty, a review of sorts

09.28.2006

  It’s thirtyfive minutes into the first show and I’ve got the sound turned off.  That’s my review.  Don’t we have enough nastiness in the world, what with Darfur and Iraq and Pakistan and Fundamentalists of all stripes, without TV producing another 60 minutes or so? 

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L’shana tova…

09.25.2006

Here I am in the land of almost-no-Jews and at work on Friday, I felt compelled to go around and say to various people “Happy New Year to me!”  Some just looked blank; a few said, ‘Yeah, yeah, it’s that holiday for you, isn’t it.”  Yeah, yeah, it is.  I found a nice little synagogue [...]

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Potpourri – Fall version

09.19.2006

1. I got suckered into attending a Christians for Israel evening on Sunday, and I’m still mad.  At myself, mostly, for not trusting my instinct that the whole thing was a disgusting right-wing, fundamentalist scam.  Which it was and is.  Blech!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2.  I’m trying to be more present in my life.  Doesn’t that sound disgustingly [...]

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Website Woes -

09.17.2006

Jesus H. Christ, what does it take to create a website in Yahoo with a blog by Movable Type?????  I have been working at it for days and short of unscrewing my laptop and digging in with my hands–okay, yes, I know that won’t work.  But the urge is there.   The problem is that when [...]

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Rock Star Supernova

09.13.2006

Okay, I am well and truly pissed.  That skunkhead, Lukas Rossi, won.  The guys picked him over Dilana.  I was actually considering going to their concert, but I cannot stand the weeney boy.  I literally cannot listen when he sings because he is so grotesque.  The sight of him prancing actually makes my retinas ache.

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So I didn’t …well, kinda….but not yet…

09.08.2006

My manager is nothing if not empathetic, sympathetic and a master of making one feel “heard.”  And well she should be, given her profession.  I find her easy to talk to, sorta like a friend, and I unloaded on her my frustration, some of which had to do with her.  She took it.  The bottom [...]

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Should I or should I not….

09.07.2006

I actually think I’m going to go into that 9:30 am meeting with my manager and pull the plug.  If I do, I will surely detail all.  If not…

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The Third Woman

09.06.2006

The Third Woman, originally uploaded by byjane73. Another night shot…

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The Harold Gassner Memorial Redwood Garden

09.05.2006

The Harold Gassner Memorial Redwood Garden, originally uploaded by byjane73. Harold Gassner–my dad–was a nature boy born in Brooklyn. He loved the outdoors and claimed there was more of interest to see in a square inch of earth than in all the great cities of Europe. I spend many a day with him in the [...]

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