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Author. 2 SF novels, 50+ sh. stories, most in Analog, forced to Kindle. Live on island. Married to herbalist, we do wildlife rehab. Old Geek, jack of all trades. Malcontent. Books on Kindle: FESTAVEL, ZERO DAY BABY, Blood and Bread, and NAKED HUNCH.
Real Name: Stephen L. Burns
Gender: male
Groups: Sunday Puzzle, Daily Kos Weather Center, Movie Review Group
Diaries published: 112 (42 days since last diary on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 05:12 PM PDT)
Comments posted: 759 (17 days since last comment on Mon Nov 20, 2023 at 05:17 PM PST)
Diary frequency: often
Comment frequency: frequent
Total Recommends: 61125
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Most Recommended Diary: Fishbreath, and dodging a cardiac event, 194 comments, 466 recommends
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The good news is that I didn't have a heart attack. So I came home from work early a few days ago, mid-afternoon, thinking I could put in yet another hour on the woodpile. We had a 7 face-cord load delivered late last week, and had stacked maybe three...
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 05:12 PM PDT
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I got a notification this evening that some kind, generous soul donated a gift subscription to me, perhaps in response to yesterday’s post about the strange ‘You have exceeded your quota’ message I was getting—and which seems to be gone, at least for...
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on Tue Aug 08, 2023 at 05:42 PM PDT
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I don’t consider myself too profligate with my recs, but neither am I stingy with them. I know what sort of work goes into writing something coherent, readable, and useful—I’ve done it once or twice myself. New posters often get one, and a lot of the...
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on Mon Aug 07, 2023 at 05:42 PM PDT
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According to the information I have seen, penicillin is four times more likely to lead to death than mifepristone. Interesting, but not an issue for me, I’m allergic to it. One other drug cited as being ten time more dangerous is, yes boys and girls,...
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on Sat Apr 15, 2023 at 06:01 PM PDT
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I don’t remember learning to read. I was always told that I picked up reading early and easily, and that must be so because I can’t remember not being able to read. I was a voracious reader when I was young, one of those kids repeatedly told to get...
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on Sun Mar 12, 2023 at 04:09 PM PDT
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So there I was, holding bulging garbage bags up against our car door. Why? Well . . . Where and how we live makes a car--cars--a necessity. We live on an island in the St. Lawrence River, reachable by a very long bridge that rises 150 feet over the...
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on Sun Jan 15, 2023 at 05:44 PM PST
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- Ok, it’s time to address the Republicans and their relationship to sexuality. In other words, it’s time to have the talk. Every time you turn around the Republicans are getting mired in many things sexual. Amsterdam has their famous red light district,...16 comments 35 Recs
- Well, last week I had a minor financial crisis that is eminently survivable but also very unsettling and a super-duper pain in the neck. It centered on losing a nice part-time job when the home health agency I was working for closed down. The owner was...18 comments 34 Recs
- The fourth GOP primary debate was as stupid as the others. The debate, hosted by NewsNation and moderated by Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Vargas and Eliana Johnson, devolved into conspiracy theories and confusing personal attacks. Sartorial splendor included...190 comments 286 Recs
- A new report from progressive UK.-based think-tanks IPPR and Common Wealth says profiteering played a major role in jacking up prices far above the rise in costs, reinforcing a previous but narrower study showing such an impact. Among other things, the...132 comments 422 Recs
- So we decided to flee Indiana. For background, my name is Alexis, I'm a nonbinary trans person, married to my trans husband Ian, and we have 2 kids, Felix, aged 12, and Zinnia age 9. Indiana is currently attempting the "Florida Speedrun" insofar as it...92 comments 287 Recs
- Pop the cork gang—Kevin McCarthy has decided to take his toys and go home by the end of the year! Democrats are glad, Republicans are mad, but guess who is pissed off the most: Gaetz! That’s right, the guy with the massive eight-head (yah know, as...120 comments 373 Recs
- The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg recalls a short-lived period when it seemed impossible to imagine that Donald Trump would once again be a candidate for president. That moment lasted from the night of Jan. 6, 2021, after the attack on...55 comments 114 Recs
- While most U.S. media has its international news attention trained on events taking place in the Middle East and Ukraine, President Mohamed Irfaan Ali of Guyana is making Caribbean and South American headlines. I doubt that most Americans would...206 comments 289 Recs
- Breaking News House Republicans said Wednesday they've uncovered fresh evidence of corruption by President Biden, inching them closer to launching a formal impeachment inquiry. According to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), the president was seen...72 comments 99 Recs
- Kevin McCarthy bids Congress adieu Less than three months after Rep. Kevin McCarthy brashly told reporters that he would “never quit,” the former speaker announced that he is, in fact, quitting. This is a stunning development from the man who was...27 comments 69 Recs
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