My sister just sent my attention to this terrific story on NPR about 3-year-old boy who memorizes and recites poetry. Watch the video of Samuel Chelpka reciting “Litany” by Billy Collins and you’ll understand quickly how phenomenal and just plain awesome this is. I need more poetry in my life, especially like this. Thanks, Sis!
It’s that time of year again. I’m 10,000 words into another NaNoWriMo project (I’m not calling it a novel because, well, it just isn’t and probably never will be) and already bumping into some kind of wall. Such fun! What’s not so fun is Laura Miller advising people against NaNoWriMo. Why? So people can read [...]
A new colleague of mine occassionally says “I like the cut of your jib,” which is a great phrase and, well, makes me like the cut of his jib, as well. Most people are probably roughly familiar with the nautical origins of the phrase, but I’d never considered speculation that “there may be an allusion [...]
This online outliner is awesome. Far more useful than any Windows outliner I’ve tried, and I’ve tried many. It works great in Safari, but I only have IE 4 at work (yes, it’s that bad), so who knows if this kind of magic will be available there. (Via Scripting News.)
Sadly, I just finished reading Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman. I say “sadly” because it was such a great book I just didn’t want it to end.
The 2007 Public Defender Blogger Awards, aka, The Rodneys, are now in full swing over at Public Defender Stuff.
How great would it be as a lawyer to be able to go back in time and file that motion you forgot to file or find that witness you forgot about? Talk about making this job easier! I’m thinking it would be awfully tempting to keep going back and back.
It’s November, which means it’s NaNoWriMo, which means I’m once again, for the sixth year straight, trying to write 50,000 words in 30 days. After just two days, I am not optimistic for this year.
It’s coming—just four days from now. I don’t seem to have time to update this blog or any other ((I have been cautioned about the risks of any posting from the office, even during lunch hour or outside of regular working hours.
One of the benefits of being a state employee is that we get quite a few holidays, including today in honor of Veterans Day.
