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Just Shelley

Rejection

Oh these little rejections how they add up quickly One small sideways look and I feel so ungood Somewhere along the way I think I gave you the power to make Me feel the way I thought only my father could. Alanis Morissette, “So Unsexy” from Under Rug Swept   Rejection. Being last picked for […]

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Just Shelley

The dubious distinction of being Shelley

Saturday, Jonathon posted that he’s now the top Jonathon in Google. He’s also the top ranked Delacour. Mark Pilgrim is top score for Mark as well as the top ranked Pilgrim. I checked my Google rank and found that I’ve dropped a spot and am now the number three Shelley at Google, behind Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and the Keats-Shelley Journal, […]

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The Stealth Turnip

Twelve years ago today, Iraq invaded Kuwait. Following this act of aggression, the Pentagon started the operation known as Desert Storm, and we in the US tied yellow ribbons around our trees to honor the service people serving in the Middle East. We also bombed the hell out of Iraq, eventually forcing it to return […]

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Writing

On Writing Professionally

There’s some form of mystic associated with writing professionally that, in some ways, I don’t understand. It doesn’t exist with, say, web development — there are scores of web page designers and developers who would be appalled at having to do what they do as a hobby, as a job, day in and day out. […]

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Just Shelley

SprintPCS Nightmare

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I’m broke. I barely have enough money to get by through the next month. And my “royalty” check I received this weekend was only 36.00 – I was expecting 1000.00. Still, I can manage. I can manage…until today. Don’t worry – I’m not asking for money. Support, yes. Advice, yes. […]