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Quick Round-Up for the Low Attention Span Reader
Comedy, Movies, IG, Music - no reading required
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My Many-Tentacled Mini-Empire
Dear Friends: I appreciate that the title of this newsletter is a little obtuse. I explained it my first post this way: The name of this newsletter, The Octopus and The Ant, is taken from my two tattoos, which are, well, you can probably guess. The Octopus, to Aristotle, was
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A Weekend At Writers Fantasy Camp
Well, Not Quite
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Too Much To Write About
I have so many things rattling around in my brain that I’m not even going to try to connect all my ideas into a single coherent essay. This is a numbered list kind of day. Pens Have pens gotten better? When I was younger, pens smeared all the time.
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A Round-Up, Finally
Dear Friends, I’m sorry I’ve been quiet for a couple of weeks. I needed to consume some content so that I’d have something to talk about, and I finally have. Two books, a movie, a short story, some new hobbies, and few call backs to my pet
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Animals and Other Protagonists
Dear Friends, Yesterday I attended a Hands Off! protest at Oakland City Hall with friends and family. The area in front of City Hall is called Frank Ogawa Plaza. Frank Ogawa was a civil rights leader and the first Japanese American on the Oakland City Council. The plaza is also
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Quick Grab Bag
While most people strive for work-life balance, I strive to find the exact number of projects I can juggle without dropping all of them. Haven’t exactly perfected this skill, but I’ll never stop trying. With the addition of yet another newsletter (The Pushback, if you haven’t subscribed)
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Excused Absences
I couldn’t post last week. My friend’s child - 16, brilliant, wonderful - died last month. This week, we traveled to London for the funeral, and I couldn’t write past the sadness I felt. Mentioning it now makes me tear up. In a year full of sadness
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A New Pet Peeve in Time for the Holidays
and one more recommendation
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2024 Recommendations
Gift Guide or Year End Wrap-Up. You Decide
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Getting Out More
A Recommendations Grab Bag
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A Little More About The Election
and then some random thoughts about stuff from (makes wavy hands in front of face) culture