when i am very stressed and i close my eyes, letters and words seem to hurl themselves at me, shrinking and expanding and changing hues. it seems to be my minds way of attempting to order the chaos of my emotions. it can be very annoying, however, as i seem to have no [...]

i have printed out all of the lists on what to do…and not to do…stuck them in pretty compendiums and given them to students, but the truth is, these ‘blogging truths’ are self evident. original content, research, something to say, blah blah blah. that is really not the advice the new bloggers need [...]

arhg! my blog has been attacked all week by comment spam! i am so sick of it!
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(picture via <a href=”http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/noflash/roaches/”>yucky roach world</a>)
any recommendations for the best way to rid myself of these internet <a href=”http://roachcom.net/rofacts/”>roaches</a>?
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today in the lab i sat and spoke with a chinese friend about a paper he is writing about a chinese dam project (will refrain from giving any specific information here). his paper is very descriptive rather than critical, and he mentioned that he did this for a reason. while the western culture [...]

according to the reviewers, the buns were great. i could not try one due to the <a href=”http://www.sumofmyparts.com/archives/000042.html”>hara-kiri </a>bet i am still in

i ran 15k today for the first time in a long time. it was pushing it a little, i think. i am completely exhausted! this morning i promised to bake cinnamon buns with the kids, so i need to reach down and pull out some energy from somewhere! at the moment, [...]

to sum up the last year in one word (fitting for a one year ‘birthday’)…
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<a href=”http://seblogging.cognitivearchitects.com/2004/03/24#a1250″>sebastian</a> and <a href=”http://blog.humlab.umu.se/therese/archives/000419.html”>therese</a> have been discussing presence in blogs, specifically in relation to the <a href=”http://www.humlab.umu.se/jokkmokk2004″>jokkmokk blog project</a>. today <a href=”http://blog.humlab.umu.se/samuel”>samuel</a> was showing me the stats for the blog