June 2011 – Page 4 – elaine nelson, aka epersonae

6/14/2011

The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers who Inspired Chicago

author: Douglas Perry
name: Elaine
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2010
rating: 3
read at: 2011/06/14
date added: 2011/06/14
shelves: biography, crime, ebook, gender, history, media, non-fiction
review:
Interesting tale of the women murderers of 1920s Chicago and one of the "girl reporters" who covered them. Sometimes disjointed – I kept mixing up Belva & Beulah – but solid storytelling. Apparently he aims to correct some of the myths about the author of the original play "Chicago" (the aforementioned girl reporter) – none of which I was aware of, but she’s an intriguing character nonetheless.

6/14/2011

Twitter Digest for 2011-06-14

oh, headache. who invited you to the party? #nobody #notaparty #
@Oakwright yes! Not that I'm all that much of a programmer, but my writing background has been quite helpful. Story problems ftw. in reply to Oakwright #

6/14/2011

Today’s Links 6/14/2011

Becoming better mind-readers â€“ to work out how other people see you, use the right lens | Not Exactly Rocket Science | Discover Magazine
"Together, these four studies strongly support the idea that our failure as mind-readers stems from an inability to look at ourselves and other people with the level of detail that they would use."
Poet’s Musings: That Is The Real
a poem by my college adviser. one of the lovely things about my college education is that my adviser was a fantastic poet, still love what he does with language sometimes.

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6/13/2011

Twitter Digest for 2011-06-13

@Oakwright bummer! We actually tried townie+xtracycle but it didn't fit very well. (Newer townie might work better tho.) in reply to Oakwright #

6/12/2011

Twitter Digest for 2011-06-12

@dylanw yay. in reply to dylanw #

6/12/2011

Today’s Links 6/12/2011

Stock andÂ flow Â« Snarkmarket
"Stock is a static value: money in the bank, or trees in the forest. Flow is a rate of change: fifteen dollars an hour, or three-thousand toothpicks a day." as a metaphor for media. strikes home very well for me.

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6/11/2011

Twitter Digest for 2011-06-11

@Oakwright @olybuzz yes, bus is definitely an either/or thing. in reply to Oakwright #
@olybuzz can't believe I'm mixing federalist papers with D&D. ::smooches:: in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz secondarily, lawful-evil ends up meaning that they follow their own set of rules…not nec rules of a lawful neutral/good society. in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz hopefully, due process allows one to hoist the lawful-evil on their own petard, so to speak. hopefully. in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz @Oakwright winter commuting FTW! 🙂 (altho I am fond of reading on the bus.) in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz link: http://t.co/CNhBW4E Federalist #51 which is ostensibly abt checks/balances but I think speaks to rule of law in general. #
@olybuzz IOW (as I read it) – due process, the control of passion by rules, is absolutely necessary to a just/free society. in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz con't: "you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself." 4/4 in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz con't: "In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: " 3/4 in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz con't: "If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary." 2/4 in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz James Madison: "If men were angels, no government would be necessary." 1/4 in reply to olybuzz #
don't have any basic #a11y refs at my fingertips anymore, came up on a mailing listing I'm on (non-webbies, mostly), anybody got good links? #
@olybuzz @kevinmhayward I'm partial to cooperative variants for the 7 – move it to a neutral spot & something nice happens. 🙂 in reply to olybuzz #
@olybuzz aha! that would be Scotland Yard: http://t.co/YcZV13s – many hot summer afternoons hiding in the cool basement…. #
@olybuzz when I was a kid I loved Game of Life, Sorry, Chutes & Ladders, Clue. vaguely remember game w/London Underground theme? #boardgames #
@olybuzz I don't have the stick-to-it-iveness for A&A (or Monopoly for that matter), love Catan #faveboardgames in reply to olybuzz #
Yay! Dinner out! RT @olybuzz: The Gyro Spot ….yummy /going in tonight after work for treats! http://bit.ly/ja0Ij6 #Olympia @TheGyroSpot #
@Oakwright hey, it says I'm influential about south dakota. (admittedly, at the very bottom of the list, but still.) in reply to Oakwright #
protip: updates go WAAAAY better if you upload the files to the right site. #

6/10/2011

Today’s Links 6/10/2011

Seth’s Blog: Which of the four are getting in the way?
I need to frame this (cross-stitch?!) or something.
Change your Hostname without Rebooting in RedHat Linux

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6/10/2011

Twitter Digest for 2011-06-10

less doomed now. maybe. #
why is it that something goes catastrophically wrong at every stage of this project? #DOOMED #
I don't know why that's not working. #vaguetweet #storyofmyday #

6/10/2011

Today’s Links 6/10/2011

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