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Photography

Taking a seat

Another pattern to my photography is photos of chairs, taken in such a way that I hope they imply that someone has either just left, or is about to take the seat. They’re a part of my attempt to capture the effects of people, without showing people. Okay, so this does sound a bit artsy. […]

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Weblogging

Recognizing Limitations

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I visited the Blogshares page for this weblog recently, only to find my stock value has gone through the roof again. I have no idea why. However, I gather from the value of my P/E that the sudden high value is artificial and will most likely be adjusted quickly. I believe this […]

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Writing

Jade Bookends

There is a great Center of Learning far away in a country whose name cannot be pronounced. It is a simple place made of simple materials, but it provides comfortable shelter for those who study there. However, not all that the Center holds is plain, for it possesses a beautiful set of bookends made out […]

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Just Shelley

Race for the Cure

An estimated 39,800 women will die from breast cancer in the United States in 2003. It is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death among all women, and is the leading cause of cancer death in women ages 40-59, which so happens to be my age group. In pink rose I wrote about […]

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Web

Press Release – for immediate distribution

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. St. Louis, Mo. Burningbird completed its first international transaction this week, with the sale of the threadneedle.org domain to an undisclosed overseas company. Acting as agent for the Bird, Malcolm Baker, otherwise known in financial circles as Baker’s Dozin’, was heard to say, “Well, that was fun. Time for a beer […]