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The Daily Tweets 2011-03-03: RIP John Haines
What do Vietnamese cuisine, Jewish study of the Talmud, and "Goldilocks & the Three Bears" have in common? http://goo.gl/fb/2iFN4 # Celebrated Alaska poet John Haines dead in Fairbanks at 86. http://bit.ly/ehOnBH || May your words live on. Rest in peace. … Continue reading
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Congealed remains of porridge
What do Vietnamese cuisine, Jewish study of the Talmud, and “Goldilocks & the Three Bears” have in common?
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Tagged bear, Dexter (TV), fairy tale, food, Goldilocks, Henkimaa blog stats, humor, Judaism, religion, Steve Aufrecht, weird Google searches, What Do I Know? (blog), writing
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Anchorage & LGBT: if those words apply to you, we need your help
My review shows that there is clearly a lack of quantifiable evidence necessitating this ordinance. That’s what Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan stated on August 17, 2009 when he vetoed Anchorage Ordinance 2009-64, the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, which had been … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska LGBT Community Survey, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Dan Sullivan, lgbtq
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Kimmee, in recovery
I’m happy to say that Kimmee, who was attacked by two neighbor dogs on February 14, is recovering nicely.
The Palin February briefing
Over the past month I’ve been keeping track of news about Sarah Palin in order to brief those people who had accepted the Dana Milbank challenge, so that they could catch up quickly & easily when February came to a close.
The Daily Tweets 2011-02-28: No more Starbucks
One of the things I did when I overhauled my dietary habits five years ago was to stop drinking lattés. Here & there, sure, but for the most part when I drink coffee nowadays, it’s an Americano (or, when I … Continue reading
Hyvää Kalevalan päivää!
My cat Väinämöinen and I celebrate the birthday of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic.
Alaska Hate Crimes Act: My letter in support of SB11
Today the Alaska Senate Judiciary Committee is hearing testimony on Senate Bill 11, the the Alaska Hate Crimes Act, “An Act relating to the commission of a crime when the defendant directed the conduct constituting the crime at the victim … Continue reading
Whatever in hell I’ve been doing…
I haven’t been writing many posts on Henkimaa lately, but I have been (1) writing on Bent Alaska; (2) organizing my writing; (3) writing; (4) thinking about writing posts on Henkimaa.
Posted in Cold, Journal, LGBTQA, Long Dark, NaNoWriMo
Tagged Anchorage Write Club, Bent Alaska, Scrivener, writing
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The Daily Tweets 2011-02-23: Aggro
There was some good news today, but there was also some pretty shitty news. That, on top of not getting enough to eat today, made me feel pretty damned aggro. As is evident in just a few of my tweets … Continue reading
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