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A Trip SouthHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      I’ve never been on a tour before.  I’ve always looked down on them for some reason.  However,  I’ll be leaving tomorrow night to [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2010/03/06/a-trip-south/ Some Good News!

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Some Good News!Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified    My father returned home from the hospital today!  He had open heart surgery last Monday (Jan 25) which went very well.  I guess [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2010/01/30/some-good-news/ Some Bad News

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Some Bad NewsHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      Last Thursday (Jan 21)  my father had some chest pain after returning from the store.  It wouldn’t go away,  and soon my father [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2010/01/24/some-bad-news/ New Years Resolution and a Peculiar Fondness for Old Useless Things

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New Years Resolution and a Peculiar Fondness for Old Useless ThingsHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      Recently I was going through my chest-of-drawers in a long-delayed effort to clean them out.   [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2010/01/01/new-years-resolution-and-a-peculiar-fondness-for-old-useless-things/ Another Christmas

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Another ChristmasHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      It is Christmas Eve, 11:55 pm, and I am alone at work, getting ready to go out into the frosty night.  Once again I [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/12/25/another-christmas/ No, I’m not cheap…maybe eccentric?

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No, I’m not cheap…maybe eccentric?Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified       I was wondering why people were staring at me at the Mississippi visitor’s center last summer after I had pulled off Interstate [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/11/09/no-im-not-cheap-maybe-eccentric/ Killer Whales and the End of the Universe

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Killer Whales and the End of the UniverseHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified When I reached the beach on my walk two Sundays ago, I saw a large black body out in [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/10/24/killer-whales-and-the-end-of-the-universe/ Now the Danged Comics Are Making Me Paranoid!

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Now the Danged Comics Are Making Me Paranoid!Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified I was reading the paper today, and when I got to the funny papers (comics), I found an odd [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/10/23/curious-things-make-me-paranoid/ Rain and the Imagination

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Rain and the ImaginationHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      It has been a dry summer here in the Pacific Northwest.  On my walks the voice of the small brook has gradually gotten quieter [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/09/06/rain-and-the-imagination/ Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Lots of Westerners it Appears.

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Who is Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Lots of Westerners it Appears.Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified    The Grey Wolf (Canis lupus), almost hunted to near extinction in the lower [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/09/01/who-is-afraid-of-the-big-bad-wolf-lots-of-westerners-it-appears/ Black Hole Blues

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Black Hole BluesHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified     I was recently watching this TV program on black holes.  As usual when I contemplate such things, I became slightly depressed.     When a star [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/08/31/black-hole-blues/ Small Triumphs

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Small TriumphsHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified        I had an unusually uplifting experience yesterday–I was able to repair a defective coffee maker!   I purchased the Mr. Coffee back in June, and [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/08/18/small-triumphs/ Tim Powers–Read His Books!

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Tim Powers–Read His Books!Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      I am reading The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers for the second time and have been struck again by just how [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/07/12/tim-powers-read-his-books/ In Search of Small Gods

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In Search of Small GodsHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      When mankind contemplates the infinite, and ponders upon origins, he is often led to the conclusion, or hope, that there is [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/07/11/in-search-of-small-gods/ Unkind and Hurtful Words

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Unkind and Hurtful WordsHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified      Unkind words once uttered can never be retrieved.  I’m sure that everybody has heard this before.  Everybody knows that words can leave [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/07/10/unkind-and-hurtful-words/ Birds Seen in Panama

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Birds Seen in PanamaHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified   Here’s some birds I saw in Panama.  The page and plate numbers refer to the Birds of Panama. Common Name Scientific Name Panama Area (P=Panama City; [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/07/01/birds-seen-in-panama/ Fujiwara Teika

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Fujiwara TeikaHello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified Fujiwara Teika (1162-1241)  is considered by many to be the preeminent Japanese poet.  As a poet, diarist and critic, his influence on premodern Japanese poetry is unsurpasssed. His poetry [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/06/30/fujiwara-teika/ Diversity…Can There Be Too Much?

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Diversity…Can There Be Too Much?Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified I have just begun reading a book called The Last Theorem (2009) by Arthur C. Clark and Poul Anderson, the famous [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/05/13/diversitycan-there-be-too-much/ Book Buying, How Do I Kick the Habit?

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Book Buying, How Do I Kick the Habit?Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified I have a bad habit of buying books.  Really it is the only bad habit that of mine that [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/05/07/book-buying-how-do-i-kick-the-habit/ The City…a Dreamscape.

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The City…a Dreamscape.Hello there! If you are new here, you might want to subscribe to the RSS feed to make sure you don't miss a thing on texified! Post from: texified       I just call it the City.  It is a place that I have dreamed about for many years.   Recently the dreams have increased [...]]]> http://texafied.com/blog/2009/05/04/the-citya-dreamscape/