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let me take some of the punches for you tonight

April 18, 2005

I hadn’t realized that “Sometimes You Can’t Make It On Your Own” was written by a son to his father. It’s a good song anyway, but it’s just a little more to me now.
U2 is pretty fantastic, if you ask me.

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sometimes i draw things

April 12, 2005

I finally took the step to participating in the Weekly Webcomic Jam over at Comixpedia. You should definitely go check out my gruesome addition to the storyline.

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last week’s new words

April 10, 2005

peristalsis
peri: around + stellein: constrict (greek)
undulating muscle action that propels material along the axis of a tube, such as the digestive tract. (google define)
lath
(middle english)
thin narrow strips of wood used as a foundation for plaster; any foundation for plaster. (m-w.com)
mellifluous
mel: honey + fluere: flow (latin)
sounding sweet and smooth; filled with something that sweetens (m-w.com)
meerschaum
meer: sea […]

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4 wheels + alana = good

April 9, 2005

I have acquired wheels. I have achieved independent mobility within financial reason (in other words… gas is too expensive to drive from coast to coast). I have even gone so far as to seek a routine maintenance check for said set of wheels. I need to save up for some more fluid changes, […]

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sin city

April 9, 2005

Hot, sexy, violent, and inappropriate. I find these are qualities I like in a comic, though often it doesn’t transcend to screen. While I adore Tank Girl and what it was trying to achieve, it didn’t get there and it sold the comic short.
Not quite so for Sin City. I feel like […]

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dance dance dance

April 2, 2005

I love books that manage to take the very real world and hold it up sideways so that different things come to light. Murakami has a lot of fun. The characters all have such brazen, honest moments that I laughed often reading this book. There’s a build of uncertainty and suspense but, like the […]

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telesis

April 1, 2005

This word is interesting because it’s used in so many company names and yet every definition I’ve looked for is a bit different. The word pieces are clear:
telos: end + osis: condition (greek)
The deliberate, purposeful utilization of the processes of nature and society to obtain particular goals. (wikipedia)
Progress that is intelligently planned and directed; the […]

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