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    20 Jun, 2017
    Embrace the great YMMV
    artist's life, rants, writing

    I unfollowed a writer on twitter the other day, in an act of self-preservation. Not a bad guy in any way, but he kept tweeting a sentiment I found artistically

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    17 Jun, 2017
    Oh hey, Cuba’s in the news again
    rants, the latino thing, this I believe

    There’s a certain specific kind of cognitive dissonance I experience every time Cuba’s in the news: when [some] people who share my liberal views lose their ability to do nuance,

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    8 Jun, 2017
    Your AHCA Math Lesson
    math, rants

    Every year at some point I end up teaching about mean versus median as measures of central tendency. The mean has the advantage of representing all the data points, but

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    5 Oct, 2015
    New story: Cupid and Psyche at the Caffé Sol y Mar
    rants, writing

    My flash story “Cupid and Psyche at the Caffé Sol y Mar” is up at Fireside Fiction today! It was inspired by thinking about the myth of Cupid and Psyche,

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    17 Jun, 2014
    “My Writing Process” Blog Hop
    artist's life, bookish life, close to home, rants, storytelling, teen issues, the latino thing, writing

    YA writer and dear friend Marlana Antifit tagged me on the writing process blog hop that’s been going around, for which I’m so grateful—I genuinely love being tagged in things

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    21 Jan, 2012
    So you think you’ve defeated SOPA . . .
    rants, teaching, this I believe, tinfoil hat talk

    In the wake of Texas Representative Lamar Smith pulling the Stop Online Piracy Act from consideration yesterday(and Senator Harry Reid doing the same for the Protect IP Act), I saw

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    1 Nov, 2011
    Not As Many Hallows About, This Last Eve
    rants

    Looks like I’ve survived another Halloween. This was a quiet one compared to previous years. Maybe because it rained all day (though it was clear at night), or maybe because

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    5 Oct, 2011
    Banned Books
    books you might enjoy, rants, the latino thing

    Last week was Banned Books Week, so to celebrate I read as many banned/challenged books as I could. I spent a couple days sick in bed, so that gave me

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    1 Aug, 2011
    About a Town
    rants

    The town I live in has gotten a fair amount of notoriety over the years. It’s had more than its share of articles and even books written about it–even a

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    27 Jul, 2011
    Impossible Writing Prompt: Create a Believable Character Evil Enough to Pull Off the Writer House Hoax
    rants, writing

    I’ve seen several mentions this week, mostly over Twitter, of the vile hoax played by an individual posing as Jodi Reamer from Writers House. It sounded pretty crappy, but I

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