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A Human Barometer

The weather’s weirding outside, with scudded clouds and dashes of rain.Â My head is weirded, too.Â It doesn’t like the pressure change.Â I walk like my heels are too high, and if I stand up quickly I sway. So of course this has got me thinking . . . wouldn’t it be interesting if certain

Five Tough-Guy Robots

15NovemberSuzanneSpeculative Science

I really will put up a longer blog about robots and all things robotic, but in the meantime, here’s a list of Five Robots You Don’t Want To Mess With.Â The Tetra Vaal Robot Video really weirds me out.Â They think it’s a good idea to give a robot a gun and tell it to

Warning: This is a ‘No Speeding Zone’

14NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, Rumblings

I just finished a final exam in 35 minutes, and I should have a solid B, at least.Â There were 79 questions, plus a questionare which probably took me, say . . . 3 minutes, and two small interuptions, so let’s say I was actually filling in the bubbles forÂ 30 minutes.Â That works out to

This Week in Words (11-13-06)

13NovemberSuzanneWriting

This is rolling in a day late, but better late than never . . . Â Anachronism >n. a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other thanÂ in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashoined: everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow

AlienSkin Magazine Contest

13NovemberSuzanneWriting

I just noticed this contest, over at AlienSkin.Â The deadline is midnight Nov. 15th so if I enter I’ll have to overhaul something already written.Â The genre is Science Fiction. Good luck to any who enter!

Flightplan

11NovemberSuzanneMovies

A movie depicting the desperation of a frantic mother, Kyle Pratt (played by Jodie Foster),Â and her determination to find herÂ missing daughter.Â The majority of the film takes place on a transatlantic flight just afterÂ the death of Mrs. Pratt’s husband.Â Pros:Â The mother is creative in her search and uses her expertiseÂ in planeÂ layout to good advantage.Â

Top Ten Things To Do With Leftover Halloween Candy

10NovemberSuzanneJust for Laughs

10Â – Enamel coat each pieceÂ and use them as gag gifts. 9Â – Take it to a business competitorsÂ officeÂ and leave itÂ in the staff lounge. 8Â -Â Give itÂ to your dentist as contraband. 7Â – Host a game night and make the losers eatÂ candy. 6Â – Wait ’til yourÂ kids aren’t looking, thenÂ put it all awayÂ for next Halloween. 5Â -Â Take itÂ toÂ a clothing store andÂ fill

My Love/Hate Relationship With Hair

10NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery

I have a ritual for cutting my hair.Â I start by letting it grow too long, until all the ends are broken and frayed and even the men in my life can see I’m overdue. I set the appointment and startÂ fretting overÂ what cut to get.Â Should I go for a new look?Â Should I just

Mmmm . . . Purple Tomatoes

9NovemberSuzanneSpeculative Science

Remember whenÂ I bloggedÂ about food colors, and what colors are appetizing?Â Well, apparently tomatoes will now be served up in a new color.Â They’re aiming at blue, but itÂ looks closer to a rotten purple.Â Still, they’re supposed to deliver the great phytochemicals found in blueberries, and who knows, they may aesthetically replace the red onion on

Turning My Face to the Sun

9NovemberSuzanneHome in the Rookery, The Human Condition

We’ve had several days of gray and rain rain rain, but today the sun is shining from a clear blue sky.Â The trees are blazing in reds and yellows, looking like miniature suns themselves, and I’m thinking about sun worship. Days like this, it’s easy to see how and why itÂ came to be.Â The sun

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