Author Archives: Susan

TECHNOLOGY: What a PITA

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

It never used to be this hard to upgrade but then again I never had to just replace a motherboard and CPU before.  And that’s where the problems merely begin. Form factor (ATX), Socket type (though the CPU and m/b … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Or is it…?

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

Okay, so lately an awful lot of coincidences have been happening, and I won’t even mention the 3:33 a.m. (digitally displayed, as I sit up to peer over the mountain of man between me and the clock) random wakeups for … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY? & LITERATURE: Life and Art

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

There are tragedies that seem so heartbreaking that nothing could surpass them.  Yet for some people it is compounded by a series of events that one minute, one step in a different direction, one thought, might have kept them from … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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PEOPLE: Francisco Toledo

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

Absolutely amazing artwork by Mexican artist Francisco Toledo.  The color, the life, the subject matter that juxtaposes human figures with those of animals, in particular, rabbits, the graphically sexual, the mix of realism with abstract, all eye-catching and inspiring of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Mood Music

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Susan

Sometimes a mood persists and finds itself a song from out of archives filed by era and I found what I was looking for once I stopped and listened to what I sing. Strawberry Fields (John Lennon/Paul McCartney) Let me … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Perspective

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Susan

Things look different from the other side of the hill.  The green green grass rolls under fences, the sun burns a soft hot, and you can reach out and touch the split of horizon.  And you think that behind you … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: An answer

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Susan

A sad thought today that I shall never find my voice unless we all stop fighting and put forth a single one. Continue reading →

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CURRENT AFFAIRS: That missing spark of life

Posted on October 7, 2007 by Susan

From yesterday’s Guardian, a momentary scare as I first read this headline: I am creating life, declares U.S. gene pioneer.  Deep in my own muddle of wondering and wandering this struck me that it answered some of the questions, some … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Selection

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Susan

In browsing I’m getting the general feeling of wanting a short reading, though I’m not certain I want a short story collection right now.  There are a few I’m considering:  Edwin Abbott’s Flatland, since it would tie in nicely with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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LITERATURE: Up Next

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Susan

Who knows.  Sometimes before I’ve finished a book I’m already looking for something else, sort of as inspiration to read the current one quicker.  Sometimes I stop reading the "learning books" that are always around to be read over a … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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TECHNOLOGY: The Leaning Tower of Computing

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Susan

Interesting article by Doug Eshleman at The Princetonian regarding the swing towards Macs evidenced by the incoming students choice.  This also makes the point that it might be worth waiting for the new Leopard (–is that what it’s being called?) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Morningtime

Posted on October 6, 2007 by Susan

Twenty-one thousand mornings and each is somehow different enough from the others to shape a mood, affect the day, change the tone in preparation for only one of twenty-one thousand nights. Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Those Warnings & Side Effects

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Susan

While it’s been a great idea to make it government-required to list side effects and warnings in all advertising of prescriptions, I’m sure it’s become somewhat of a joke when you see that the dangers are multiple, and seem worse … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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BLOGGING: Changing Spaces

Posted on October 5, 2007 by Susan

Didn’t realize until now that yesterday marked four years of blogging on Spinning.  Though I’m showing 4,260 posts, I know that there are about another 300 that were farmed out or original to other transient weblogs that I’ve had briefly … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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REALITY?: Just when you thought you’d heard it all…

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Susan

One of my favorite sites is of all things a lawyer’s blog called Overlawyered and it’s sort of a report by lawyers on lawyers and some of the sillier things that go on in the justice system.  Believe me, with … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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