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10 Books that have stayed with me
I was invited to do this on Facebook, of course, but seeing as I’ve failed to blog for *mumble3ishweeksmumble* I’m answering the meme here. In no particular order (except for “YES! I should mention that book!”), herewith 10 books that have stayed with me. 1. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy I read…
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3 careers I briefly considered during my childhood
Because I know my extensive fan base cares about these things. Career 1: Archaeologist Consideration inspired by: A general interest in ancient cultures and vague ideas of somehow discovering Atlantis. Career option ultimately discarded due to: The realization that I would come to detest the likely poor ratio of long hours in often-arid conditions vs. awesome finds.…
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My 3 favorite posts of 2013
Happy new year and all that! Hereby I brag on how awesome I was in 2013 with the following posts: 3. Ode to Black Truffle Salt 2. On being a POHC writer 1. 3 Nemeses of curly hair
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3 unfortunate truths about myself
It’s quite possible that when I’m old, I will turn into one of those curmudgeons shouting at children to stay off her lawn. (Maybe I should avoid ever getting a lawn.) If I had superpowers, there would be a lot of mostly good (I assume) people missing eyes, appendages, and well-functioning limbic systems because they…
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On being a POHC writer
I’ve been thinking about race recently, and how I fit in to it. Which is a somewhat of an odd concept, one might say, how one fits into race: because to most people, it ought to be obvious. Visual. Sometimes auditory, due to the inflections, timbre, phraseology, and dialect of one’s voice. Either way, out…
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Post the first
Hi. Future posts will include recipes. This one does not. If you think about this site like you would a cookbook, cookbooks don’t dive right into the recipes. There’s a table of contents and maybe a dedications page and quite frequently an introduction. All the lead-in material. And maybe most people don’t read it, but…