It’s a LeGuin story, so there’s a lot going on, names and dragons and heroes (or “heroes”), and of course the hoary admonition not to judge a book by its cover, which LeGuin turns into something surprising and delightful. FOUR. Maur. Yes, the business with the dragon skull in ...
We chatted with the gregarious garbage men who were there, getting ready to start their morning runs. Other than sensing some tension had developed between Mike and the guys, things seemed to be going well from my lust-addled perspective. We arrived in Kentfield and dropped our hitchhiking par...
” provided colors for the book: “That project was one of the first coloring jobs after my full-time work with Jeff Smith had ended, so I had to keep on schedule and try to hit all of my deadlines.
June 10. I was there; I could not stop myself from going, hard as I tried to convince myself that my conscious resolve to renounce the Nick Cave imaginary – a universe of murdered women, murderous men, romanticized carnal cruelty, and desolate, tortured, hopeless eroticism – was enough ...
I realized it would be helpful to put my backpack in a garbage bag to protect it from my dripping wetsuit once I hung it on the rack after the swim. Plus, the grass was wet from rain the night before too. Other than that, it was a pretty standard setup. First thing in the ...
Women, children, and men“To help us all prosper and grow?”“We need houses and schools. We need farms, orchards, pools,” Came the answers she’d wanted to know. “Now, tell me the names Of the work you all love.” And people signed up, two by two, To take on the jobs, Al...
Nah – they’ll just use electronic signs, changing the names at need: AOC visiting? It’s the “AOC Job Training Facility”; FBI delivering the next busload of Capital “Riot” detainees? It’s the “James Comey Detainee Transfer Center”; Allowed “hands-across-the-aisle” Loyal Opposit...
Cost: Still garbage Most difficult part: Finding a use for it (seriously, we’re talking cutting and taping) Materials: Soda can fridge pack, or other long box or cardboard tube (Why Diet Dr. Pepper? Because now Diet Dr. Pepper tastes more like regular Dr. Pepper. Now back off!) ...
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It may seem a small and insignificant thing, but, with smaller classes, I always make a point of learning my students’ names early in the semester. Doing so starts to show them that I am interested in them as individuals. Knowing one’s teacher has such an attitude improves a student’...