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Category: Blogging Challenges
C is for Charientism
Ok, the collective term for cats is clowder. I just had to say that. Clowder of cats. not a herd but a clowder. Guess that’s like a mope of goths or a stomp of rivets. Â That said Today’s word is Charientism <–click on it to hear the pronunciation. I …
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B is for Bibliophagist
Bibliophagist: One who devours books, literally or figuratively. http://www.forvo.com/word/bibliophagist/ <–How to pronounce. I read. A lot and very fast. I started reading at about 4 and I never stopped. I read so fast I have to make myself slow down sometimes to savor a very good read. Like  The Wool …
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A is for Ailurophile : The Story of Buzzy the Persian Buffalo
Hello I’m Jyllian and I’m a cataholic–or more properly an Ailurophile. I’ve loved cats for as long as I can remember. I like dogs too, they are nice but cats have always been my favorite animal. They are independent and very much themselves–which makes it meaningful (at least to me) …
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What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything? Vincent van Gogh
 A to Z Blogging Challenge Well here we go again. I am going to give another blogging challenge a try. Why? I failed the last one quite miserably. And the reverb/resound whatever the heck that was didn’t work very well either. I have always made it through Nablopomo though. …
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On wrongs swift vengeance waits. Alexander Pope
Prompt A: Talk about a time when you intervened. What prompted you? Did you regret it? Â I have stepped in front of the swinging hand, the thrown punch. I have called for rescue as a child from drunkeness. I have threatened a firestorm of retribution on what was done …
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There is a time for departure even when there’s no certain place to go. Tennessee Williams
Day 10: Tuesday, March 27, 2012 Prompt A: Talk about breaking someone else’s heart, or having your own heart broken. I had to leave. It was time. He was never going the direction I was going, though he tried. I was never going the direction he was going, though I tried. …
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Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs. ~Aldous Huxley
Prompt A: Talk about the ways in which your body is awesome. Â Well first of all I suck. I do and I don’t I guess. We had a lot planned in March and did all of it. I wanted to do this project, very much. But I also wanted …
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I must take issue with the term ‘a mere child,’ for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. Fran Leibowitz
Day 2: Thursday, March 15, 2012 Prompt A: When did you realise you were a grown up? What did this mean for you? Shock to the system? Mourning of halcyon younger days? Or the embracing of the knowledge that you can do all the cool stuff adults do: drink wine, go …
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I is merely one of the world’s instantaneous spasms.― Clarice Lispector, Passion according to G.H.
Prompt A: Who are you? Come out from behind that curtain and show yourself. Â I am the Bean’s mom. I remember when that wouldn’t have been first, but I am happy it is now. She’s the best thing I’ve ever done and I feel lucky every day that out …
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Well Mars Edit it is
Well, I’m betting this one is going to work. For $40 for a freaking blogging client I’m expecting it to write my damn posts for me. Anyway, tomorrow I will be getting setup for the scintilla project. I should do it today, but I’ve instead decided to have a massive …
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A test of Qumana
This isn’t supposed to work in Mac Lion. Let us see if that is the case. And now for a picture Well that didin’t seem to work Powered by Qumana
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"A poet is someone who stands outside in the rain hoping to be struck by lightening." James Dickey
oh dear god. It’s been too long again. Do I have good excuses, of course I do. Some of them are quite silly. My desk where I do #wineparty and such isn’t comfortable. I have this amazing table –well it’s beautiful, from my mom’s vast antique collection but it doesn’t …
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I was thinking of how you broke my heart
We took a walk. The things you told me were like the things I told you. But then that gift and truth for me were not the same not for you. Did you lie because of love or expediency? What was your small lie lived forever …
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Yes it’s this again
I have two weeks until Max Raabe in Dallas. I’m guessing nearly everyone is over hearing how crazed I am about he and his orchestra. And This Good god, I love them both. I love Nena. I always have. I have NEVER EVER listened …
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For that guy. Yeah
So I had an episode the other day or month. I’ve been meaning to blog again for awhile but the new jorb and the tension with proving myself all over again got in the way. Before that it was just coming down from the job I had before. I was …
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The Year of the End of the World with Thanks
I’ve been gone awhile. The year ended roughly for me but more roughly for my family. My husband’s father died and his current wife neglected to tell him There is SO MUCH I’d like to say about that, that Iâ€d like to DO about that. But we’ll just leave the …
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Eureka it all works
Well I think I have all of the various ways to connect set up now, though in less than 30 days I have to decide between ecto and mars edit when I’m using the MacBook. It seems true that the MacBook will become the choice for blog posting but BUT …
