A Ken Burns Sepia-Toned Archive of Posts
-
In which I coin the term panicfic
This post is brainstorming, not research. Clearly. I’m fascinated by these little stories we create in the middle of a moral panic. I was going to coin the term panic-dote but it’s used for something else according to the Urban Dictionary (though, in an extenuating circumstances there is a way this established definition could fit). Continue reading
-
A Medical Story
I had a conversation with the clerk at my pharmacy the other day. I was picking up a prescription for a family member and he said “You know it costs $XXX?” “Yes, and I still don’t know why you ask me. It’s not like we don’t need the script.” “Well, we let people know because Continue reading
-
Some thoughts on grad school
None of my opinions about grad school make me popular in any discourse. Continue reading
-
Tom Nook is not a crook. He’s an entrepreneur.
I was thinking about the regret I felt after buying Animal Crossing and not enjoying it. Perhaps because I never played any of the previous console versions of the game, only the mobile version, I had a misunderstanding of what I was getting into. What I found, what I got into was a whole lot Continue reading
-
Note to self: Stop hoarding and start reading
I’m awesome at collecting Tweets and articles from Feedly and various tidbits of interest from all over the Internet and social media. I’m a practiced hoarder. Continue reading
-
Is it okay to blog about me on my blog in this economy?
What would you call a flock of caveats? An “apology”? A “press release”? A “special message to my fans”? I didn’t sleep well last night and that’s part of this. There was no end to the tossing and turning and limb pain and just general shifting about that I think I managed about an hour Continue reading
-
a post about a post
During my writing group meeting this morning, I wrote roughly 1200 words in tears. I didn’t know what to work on so I just started free-writing about my feelings, thinking that somewhere in those 30 minutes I would find a thread to one of my projects. Apparently, that project is me. But now I don’t Continue reading
-
A Wall of Sound
I wonder if I should preface any post that isn’t about the current chaotic state of the world with a statement that: “I am aware of the current chaotic state of the world but for this one moment have chosen to write about something trivial with the full awareness of its triviality and me, writing Continue reading
-
Docs Dungeon #2: American Flea Market
Occasionally I go through my Google Drive and pull out these little snippets and thoughts that, at the time, must have been so important that I saved it. This is that. Continue reading
-
Docs Dungeon #1: Horsicles
Occasionally I go through my Google Drive and pull out these little snippets and thoughts that, at the time, must have been so important that I saved it. This is that. Continue reading
H.B. FLYTE 