Monthly Archives: November 2010

Damaged: Bullying’s Effects and Fighting It

Bullying may alter your brain chemistry, and not because you hit your head when the school creep shoved you into your locker. I don’t sit around and worry about my brain chemistry. I do wonder sometimes whether my lack of … Continue reading

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Gropings, Mopings and the Copings

I haven’t been on an airplane since last year, so I haven’t been subjected to the new Transportation Security Administration (TSA) procedures, which have been likened to Naziism, sexual assault and pornography. I find myself a little glad I have … Continue reading

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Games, Laughs and Generational Speculation

A few random pieces of amusement for you, many of them garnered from BoingBoing: Dogs Don’t Understand Basic Concepts Like Moving, a blog post about trying to move two dogs across the country, one of whom has approximately three brain … Continue reading

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Thousands and Thousands of Words

A few very strange photo galleries you might enjoy, most of which have been posted at BoingBoing!: A grandmother and Holocaust survivor was feeling depressed, so they dressed her up as a superhero and took pictures. Hilarious, cool pictures. She’s … Continue reading

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The Fickle Fame of Favorite Writers

Success can be harder to take than failure. Even though I write on a regular basis in both the online and traditional versions of the Daily Globe, I am always surprised when someone tells me they liked something I wrote. … Continue reading

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Superheroes

I successfully kicked my World of Warcraft habit. WoW is a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Games (MMORPGs) with orcs and trolls and elves and stuff. There’s a whole mythology behind it, but basically there are two sides played by gamers, … Continue reading

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The Wreck of the Edmund

Today is the anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Not the song, but the actual, awful, tragic wreck. Check out the Duluth News Tribune’s story about the wreck, and also be sure to check the News Tribune Attic … Continue reading

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A Swift and Terrible Pie-Filled Vengeance

By now, you’ve probably already heard of the Cooks Source scandal and the swift, terrible vengeance meted out on a copyright infringer. If you haven’t, here’s the short version: A writer found her article had been put in a magazine … Continue reading

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Red Poppies

I’m turning 30 this week. As always, I get to share my Nov. 11 birthday with all members of the military, who we honor on Veterans Day. Supposedly, Memorial Day is supposed to memorialized deceased veterans and Veterans Day is … Continue reading

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Another Child Dead

Bullies seem to have claimed another victim yesterday. I doubt they meant for Cassidy Joy Andel to take her own life. I hope they didn’t mean it. I wouldn’t be surprised if one or two of them did; adults routinely … Continue reading

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