Archive for March, 2005
Tuesday, March 29th, 2005
Wisconsin Bar
I’m getting mail at work again, which is nice. I went so long without it at AOL — somehow I’d given it to the State Bar incorrectly, and in the last 6 months I was there, I was never able to get it sorted out.
Today, I got the one-page info sheets about the three men […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
Scottrade Doesn’t Get My Business
I’m disappointed to report that Scottrade will not be getting our business.
I went in to my local branch late this afternoon, power of attorney for Jill in hand, to open up a traditional IRA for her so she can get her taxes done. (She gets a traditional IRA this year, not a Roth, because her […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
Grammar Test
I found this clicking around various links from Dave or Liz’s blogs and decided to test my English grammar. I blew it on the ever challenging it’s/its, stationary/stationery, and then in the expert section, missed a few "both a and b" answers and incorrectly thought that a river might flow into the ocean through both […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
The Kin
Ordinarily, I like long books, historical fiction (especially pre-historic era) and young adult books.
And since I love love love Philip Pullman, I was drawn in by the cover quotation from him calling, The Kin by Peter Dickinson, "A magnificent work from one of the real masters." Frankly, I was very excited to buy this 628 […]
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Monday, March 28th, 2005
Onion Girl
Charles De Lint is a wonderful author, and Onion Girl is a nice addition to his collection of tales about the city of Newford, an American anycity where magic and ancient spirits live in parallel to the rest of us, if only we could learn to see it.
Onion Girl tackles some ugly issues, child abuse […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2005
Escaping into Young Adult Books
I like Young Adult books, as you’ve noticed if you read my book lists.
But when I’m upset, stressed out, feeling alone, etc, I dive into YA lit and read like my life depends on it.
When I was in Portland, I went to Powells 3 separate times, including the airport Sunday morning. I was there […]
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Monday, March 21st, 2005
More Wanda
I cried reading the Washington Post’s coverage of Wanda’s funeral today.
