The Writing Life II

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R.I.P. The Writing Life II 2006-2013 As part of the personal and professional downsizing I've been doing for some months now, I a...

New York City Opera files for bankruptcy http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/03/us/new-york-city-opera-bankruptcy/index.html

Thursday night football of special interest to me. Before then, will make a batch of scrapple using the leftover brother from yesterday...

How the Shutdown Is Devastating Biomedical Scientists and Killing Their Research - Wired Science : 'via Blog this'

Oregon Poetic Voices- Charles Deemer : 'via Blog this'

Human Assault Pushes Ocean to Limit Unseen in 300 Million Years | Common Dreams : "'We are entering an unknown territory of marin...

Are the Republicans Crazy? No! | Kathleen Reardon : "The Republicans have chosen not to be good, not to be fair, not to be rational i...

Daily Kos: Poll: Tea party approves Republican shutdown, everyone else disapproves : 'via Blog this'

 When I was a freshman at Cal Tech, we had an incredible, creative final in our Physics class. You are an astronaut and have landed on a dis...

Meet Butch Matthews, A Republican Who Came To Love Obamacare After Realizing It Will Save Him $13,000 | ThinkProgress : "But after do...

Yesterday after taking H to PT, instead of reading in the waiting room I drove to a nearby Starbucks, got my ritual iced coffee and ... hung...

Why Are There Still So Few Women in Science? http://zite.to/18T9oIu

Jennifer Lawrence 'told to diet' to save career http://zite.to/1aNSxs4

Franzen: writers 'coerced' into social media http://zite.to/GAJGQU What a different world! Young today, I can't imagine becomi...

Caltech, Oxford and Harvard lead world university rankings http://gu.com/p/3j8ne

Homer + Lombardo + Iliad = Sanity in an insane world

Should have been given the Nobel Prize.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sally-steenland/have-they-no-shame_b_4029668.html

World baffled by America's self-inflicted wound http://zite.to/15JD7GU

These Republicans In Congress Really Hope You'll Forget The Government Shutdown Is Their Fault http://zite.to/170In3d

Mothers whose kids are being deprived of health and nutritional benefits lead the march, followed by at least a million citizens being hurt...

Cooking therapy. First step, fresh turkey broth, which takes all afternoon. Perfect.

Dangerous levels of radioactivity found at fracking waste site in Pennsylvania http://gu.com/p/3j89b

Guerrilla Screenwriting: PowerPoint Presentation For Movie Financing http://zite.to/1fJ1lW8 I had an indie producer believe in a splay of...

Are You Unwittingly Sabotaging Yourself by Talking About Your Writing? http://zite.to/16gEpI5 "The problem is, if you spend too much ...

The Two Basic Facts That Should Be in Every Shutdown Story http://zite.to/19kSuR2

America’s Long-Simmering, Semi-Civil Civil War http://zite.to/16gD1F9

Great start to my class. No complaints.

" ...there is something more here. How does one party that has lost two presidential elections and a Supreme Court case – as well as tw...

Timothy Leary's Transformation From Scientist to Psychedelic Celebrity - Wired Science : 'via Blog this'

Fellow from New Zealand on bombing after a big lead to lose the America's Cup ... "You won the cup but we have free health care!...

CNN Host Asks GOP Representatives Whether They'd Give Up Their Salary During A Shutdown, Hilarity Ensues | ThinkProgress : 'via Bl...

Just 30 Out Of 233 House Republicans Actually Want The Shutdown Fight | ThinkProgress : Tells you something.

Obamacare Enrollment Is Beating Expectations | ThinkProgress : Anything to piss off the Tea Party, man, ha ha.

PHOTOS: World War II Veterans Force Open WWII Memorial During Shutdown | ThinkProgress : 'via Blog this'

In my office for the new term. It occurred to me, everything this year is "for the last time", i.e. my last "first day of a f...

4 essential books of the event, 1 thought-provoking read, 1 poem and a ballad. 1. Who Really Killed Kennedy?  Recent overview of the vario...

The best - and worst - places to grow old are... http://www.cnbc.com/id/101075450 U.S. 8th. I believe it.

Orofino Maniacs

Stumbled on Monday Night Football in time to hear 5 seconds of butchering the National Anthem. I didn't have to hear more. There are t...

"Soldiers sprawled on the ground, closer now to vultures than to their wives." Still listening to, enjoying, impressed by Lombardo...

Screenwriter and producer Bryce Zabel (Dark Skies) has written a gripping novel, SURROUNDED BY ENEMIES, based on the premise that JFK sur...

Three Stooges film discovered in garden shed http://gu.com/p/3j6d6

How we made Monty Python's The Meaning of Life http://gu.com/p/3j6nd

Oregon storm 2013: Portland, Astoria see highest September rainfalls on record http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/20...

A Single-Payer System, Like Medicare, is the Cure for America's Ailing Healthcare | Common Dreams : "I start my approach to hea...

Not running on all cylinders this morning. The new term begins. A year of transition. Many personal changes ahead.

The Sixth Mass Extinction Is Upon Us: Can Humans Survive? http://disinfo.com/2013/09/sixth-mass-extinction-upon-us-can-humans-survive/

Associated Press Top 25 Poll Updated: Monday September 30, 2013 01:28 AM                                                       Mor...

This Year's SAT Scores Are Out, and They're Grim http://zite.to/1eT2Pfm

http://www.9news.com/sports/football/nfl/denver_broncos/357508/72/Manning-ties-4-game-record

Denver is beating you so bad (49-13 early in 4th), TV switched games so I can't watch in awe as Manning picks you apart.

http://cdretire.blogspot.com/2013/09/sunday-mourning.html

I believe this is the last story I published in a print journal, then only because The Portland Review asked for something. http://cdretir...

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2013/09/20/nez-perce-victory-us-forest-service-forbids-mega-loads-along-highway-12-151372

A climate report that gives you the chills http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/09/29/4349179/a-climate-report-that-gives-you.html

Meteorologist Who Says He Will Never Fly Again Has A Compelling Explanation http://www.businessinsider.com/meterologist-eric-holthaus-quits-...

The grad student screenwriter I'm mentoring got the for-hire gig with a very sweet contract. Hey, this makes my last year. So fine.

News from @AP: Professors chide KU for sanctions over tweet: http://apne.ws/1aAfLld

Why TV Is Pummeling the Movie Industry http://zite.to/16TKF57

New York City Opera near bankruptcy; Kickstarter effort falling short http://zite.to/16TJUc5

WV upsets Ok St, 30-21, in Morgantown, homecoming, and I heard it on WV radio, first rate old school announcers, exciting to listen to. Does...

First rate announcing team! I'll listen to more through the season.

Great fun to listen to underdog's radio station when they are competitive. My morning team ends up being West Virginia, leading Ok St in...

Screenwriting venues don't like promoting my free tutorial because it competes with (and is superior to!) products they advertise. Makes...

Wind and rain outside, good day for the entertaining escape of college football. Navy and Harvard games early, later two good Pac games toni...

According to the LA Times, Portland is the strip club capital of the world. This came out in an article about a NJ politician having a Twit...

Here's one to be on ha ha ... http://roundbendpress.blogspot.com/2013/09/chuckie.html