http://www.ohjoy.org Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:14:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The other day I was in the thrift store looking at the books. At the end of the shelves, an older balding man was hitting on two SSU students, who were also looking at the books. Here is the conversation I overheard: Balding Man: I read all the time. I ... http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/03/05/the-future-of-the-library/ British toddler coached through Hamlet's soliloquy by a Shakespearean actor = adorable! http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/02/09/cute-cute-cute/ The Pacific Sun just ran my essay on going animal tracking with the Marin County Tracking Club. Excerpt: You haven't lived until you see a group of adults eagerly waiting their turn to smell animal poop. Oh yeah. I went there. Want more? Read it here. http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/02/08/article-the-other-side-of-the-tracks/ My short story "End of the Line" is in the 2010 issue of So to Speak. Published by George Mason University, So to Speak is a feminist journal of language of art. "End of the Line" is about an old woman, Mrs. Dumas, who accidentally takes the wrong bus and ... http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/02/03/short-story-end-of-the-line/ (Warning: spicy (but hilarious) language.) This is so true. Writers, don't work for free! http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/27/pay-your-writers/ A very dramatic storm around here today. Lightning and thunder and pouring rain. This is the rainbow that formed in my backyard a few minutes ago. http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/19/its-been-raining/ Here is a TED Talk on how to live to 100. The speaker is Dan Buettner, who studied the "Blue Zones" around the world, "communities whose elders live with vim and vigor to record-setting age." He found common diet and lifestyle habits that helped these people live past age 100. Good ... http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/14/how-to-live-to-100/ I'm glad to see it's okay to use your fingers and I hate when people bite sushi in half. On the other hand, I am guilty of putting the wasabi in the soy sauce. But I like doing that, so nanner nanner boo boo. From The World's Best Ever via ... http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/09/sushi-etiquette/ Look at the awesome apron I made. It is fancy. Don't you wish you had such a fancy apron? http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/05/i-made-an-apron/ So here we are in a new decade. I just looked back on the last year of this blog and realized that very little of my personal life is making it onto the Internet anymore. That's a good thing for my sense of privacy, but I do like the highlights ... http://www.ohjoy.org/2010/01/03/happy-new-year-2010/