My Life to Live

Tit for tat

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:19:07 -0400

When you were a small thing, anything could hurt you and make you cry. Skinning your knee....

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Found Quotes #2: Blackbird, San Francisco, CA, 9:30 pm on a Friday night

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:17:55 -0400

Kevin is telling me about his estate sale excursions. It’s loud in here. Here is a bar done...

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Found Quotes #1: Red Rock Coffee, Mountain View, CA, 1:30 pm

Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:51:43 -0500

Two middle-aged men sit in resigned silence. One is wearing rings and sunglasses. The one opposite...

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Perusing the aisles of a homewares store of a different ethnic...

Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:50:00 -0400

Perusing the aisles of a homewares store of a different ethnic extraction always proves to be a more satisfying experience than it should. Oakland’s Koreana Plaza features an inventory studded with...

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In an alternate world, are you happier? You can see the scene...

Thu, 20 Sep 2012 02:33:10 -0400

In an alternate world, are you happier? You can see the scene play out in your mind as clearly as a movie you’ve watched countless times, only you watch it through the honeyed gauze of a memory that...

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Last week, a gray sky opened briefly and let down glass sheets...

Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:41:00 -0400

Last week, a gray sky opened briefly and let down glass sheets of rain over the South Bay. Children peered agape out of windows, saucer-eyed. What is it like to grow up in a place where a late...

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A maiden sits alone at a wooden table in a simple house on a...

Wed, 05 Sep 2012 03:16:46 -0400

A maiden sits alone at a wooden table in a simple house on a high plain, playing with her flowers. The chill autumn wind rushes through a window, slamming open the shutters, shrouded in trailing...

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Swimming through an aquarium of young urbanites; haven’t...

Tue, 04 Sep 2012 00:10:00 -0400

Swimming through an aquarium of young urbanites; haven’t slept since Wednesday Sound waves thrum and colored lights shift on walls; a laser galaxy in 2-D The fish in this tank are black-clad, eyes...

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A little insidery for anyone who's ever had to give a high-stakes standardized test.

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 20:25:22 -0400

Lee: How them boards go bawse. Me: Yeah, is you a real doctor yet? Wing: Ugh, them boards was...

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A former student was shot and killed this weekend

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 22:03:36 -0500

She was a very difficult child, but she didn’t deserve this. She was but one of many shooting...

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vivatvintage: Frigidaire present the Sheet Look - coloured...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:53:42 -0400

vivatvintage: Frigidaire present the Sheet Look - coloured appliances, 1957 All my life, all I’ve ever wanted was a 1950s-style kitchen completely outfitted in pastel appliances. Real rap.

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Notes about writers: To be a writer means you talk about your...

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:50:00 -0400

Notes about writers: To be a writer means you talk about your novel, your story, as if it were something which always already existed somewhere in the universe, as if you were an archaeologist...

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adventuresinlearning: it is preparing some of them for that....

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:37:04 -0400

adventuresinlearning: it is preparing some of them for that. Many it is preparing for low wage, low skill jobs by disengaging them and teaching them to not think for themselves. Also by destroying...

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love me a flowchart

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:27:35 -0400

love me a flowchart

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Fri, 21 Oct 2011 09:59:12 -0400

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Strategies for Test Anxiety?

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 23:33:41 -0400

world-shaker: iamlittlei: Tumblr teachers—anyone have any good strategies for helping older...

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Tattoo your words on the skin on my city, so that all around me...

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:51:00 -0400

Tattoo your words on the skin on my city, so that all around me I see your voice, hanging in midair like sunlight caught on the wind. Give me an annotated earth, not pristine and untouched, but one...

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Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t)

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:29:24 -0400

Why Finland’s schools are great (by doing what we don’t): kateoplis: For the past decade,...

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winter is coming!

Sun, 16 Oct 2011 10:03:45 -0400

winter is coming!

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On nights like this, the city wears on you and you wear your...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:46:00 -0400

On nights like this, the city wears on you and you wear your city. You wear it like a wool pullover, rain-damp on the outside and sweat-damp on the inside and tugging all over because it no longer...

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