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Archive for July 2002

note to the future

Posted on 7/7/2002

write about: coming out (David’s entry), trying to explain blogging to Kat, communicating with someone I don’t know. also, recent entries by burning bird, Dorothea, and stavros. yes, and sleep at some point.

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the yard sale

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some rough thoughts to smooth out later….
yesterday was gorgeous, gorgeous weather. the first people turned up at 8:20, while we were still pulling stuff out of the garage. we never did get everything priced - there was lots of “how much is this?” “hon, how much?” “um, I don’t know? is a dollar good?” […]

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The Sea-Limits

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Consider the sea’s listless chime:
Time’s self it is, made audible, -
The murmur of the earth’s own shell.
Secret continuance sublime
Is the sea’s end: our sight may pass
No furlong further. Since time way,
This sound hath told the lapse of time.
No quiet, […]

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giant freaking spiders

Posted on 7/5/2002

and not in the movies either…been cleaning up in the garage preparing for tomorrow. I honestly don’t know how well we’ll do - I’ve never had a garage/yard/moving sale before, though I ran two of them for the museum. advertised in the paper, put up signs. hopefully the magic words “furniture” and […]

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celebrate the birth of your country by blowing a small piece of it up

Posted on 7/4/2002

I hate the 4th of July, if only because every yahoo in sight (and earshot) thinks it’s cool to explode fireworks for hours at a time…which was what happened last night. except, um, last night was only the third day of July, ya idiots!
the poor kitties were so freaked out. as was I. […]

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so depressing.

Posted on 7/2/2002

the Internet Law Seminar, as blogged by Dan Gillmor - hard to navigate, but worth reading. makes me wanna cry…esp. when combined with this: “John Gilmore, original “cypherpunk” and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Internet is broken” (what’s with the Gil(l)mor(e) synchonicity?) and TCPA/Palladium FAQ.
so I imagine I’ll be […]

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Hi! This is Elaine Nelson's site, which used to be at epersonae.com, and which is sometimes known as emergency weblog.