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Stupid is as stupid does. Ish.

March 26, 2009

Life and work and writing have forced me to pause on the breast beatings about my mom and the continuation of the story of the story that I’m working on—but something I read this morning has prompted me to interrupt for a sidebar.
Every now and then I check in at Alyson B. Stanfield’s Art Biz [...]

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Life Irritates Art: Making time is one thing, but inventing time is another

February 17, 2009

Everywhere you turn, someone somewhere—from magazines to blogs to junk mail bulletins—has advice on “making time.” David Allen turned the simple act of “getting things done” into an empire and a trademarked initialism; Danny O’Brien coined the term “life hacks” and inspired the seventh most popular blog on the net; Merlin Mann threw real-world solutions [...]

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Interlude: Kellie tries to burn the house down

February 9, 2009

I have had a surprisingly productive day — especially for a Monday — of a few hours of research coupled with a few thousand words of writing on the project-as-yet-to-be-described, a.k.a., The Book. I was lucid enough to post a brief bio on the About page over the weekend, but while my brain is slowly [...]

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Labyrinthitis: like acid, only cheaper

February 6, 2009

The doc told me today that I’ve got labyrinthitis, an epic title for an epic illness known colloquially as a balance disorder due to a middle ear infection.
Sounds fairly innocuous, but what gives this fun little ailment gravitas is its ability to make the world melt. No shit, melt. When I stretch or yawn or [...]

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