“In every artist’s life, it is inexorable that environment play a determining part”- Eric Walrond  Hello Blogiteers! I’m feeling pretty good these days. My blood sugar is slowly getting under control, I’m putting back on the weight I lost during my brief sojourn at John C. Lincoln Hospital, and I finally got to see “White…
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“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.”- Benjamin Disraeli Hello my loyal Blogiteers! It has been a rough couple of weeks, let me tell you. My previous screed wrapped up a six part story arc regarding my hospitalization back in 2009 from the complications of diabetic ketoacidosis while simultaneously celebrating Artbitch “turning” fifty. Middle age…
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“Writing is like sex. First you do it for love, then you do it for your friends, and then you do it for money.”- Virginia Woolf “All I need is a sheet of paper and something to write with, and then I can turn the world upside down.” – Friedrich Nietzsche “When asked, “How do…
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Diabetes is a lousy, lousy disease.”- Elaine Stritch Hello Blogiteers! Do you hear that? Those are the forceful, yet calming, Winds of Change. Granted, they’re a bit tardy in getting here, but it’s nice to see them eventually show up, nonetheless. With all that’s happening in the PAS, I’m hoping they hangout a while, and…
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“It’s now very common to hear people say, “I’m rather offended by that.” As if that gives them certain rights. It’s actually nothing more… than a whine. “I find that offensive.” It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. ‘”I am offended by that.” Well,…
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“To use for our exclusive benefit what is not ours is theft.” – Jose Marti Hello Blogiteers! May I have the envelope please? And the first winner of SMoCA’s 2014 Good N’ Plenty grant is… Mimi Jardine for her project “Mobile Remittance Unit”! This project as you all surely recall, is “a faux government office…
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“I am as I’ve said, merely competent. But in an age of incompetence, that makes me extraordinary” – Billy Joel Hello Blogiteers! Isn’t today just an absolutely wonderful day? The birds are singing, the sun is shining, puffy clouds drift lazily in the sky, and in a very short while, “Sleepy Hollow”, “Agents of Shield”…
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“You only live twice: once when you’re born, and once when you look death in the face.” – Ian Fleming, You Only Live Twice. Hello Blogiteers! Welcome back to the Snarklands.When last together, I had just started to expound upon my near-death experience back in June of 2009, after engaging in a one-sided battle of…
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“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” ― Isaac Asimov Hello Blogiteers! I’ll admit it. I have a serious problem. Recently, I find myself trapped between a rock and a T-Rex in regards to my writing, and it’s starting to become an irritant of epic proportions. It’s well known that I…
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