
Occasional thoughts from my porch. Or sofa, when it’s too chilly.
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I have gotten to prepositions in my TEFL course. These are a bit of a sticky wicket. The course is, from what I can gather, originally British, but adapted for Americans. Sort of.
The folks that pop up in the little intro and explanation...
Every day, LinkedIn sends me job alerts. All of them are to train AI to write like a human. I don’t apply for these jobs.
I did click on one alert, thinking it might be something else. It wasn’t something else, but it did lead me to disco...
I applied for emergency SNAP benefits today. Food stamps, by the name I know them. Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program is a better name, but my brain has its habits.
Applying for government benefits is always humiliating for me, ev...
I took some kids to the beach in Worcester yesterday. I was in a bleak mood when I left the house, and then driving on the Pike made it worse, but hanging out with them cheered me up. It usually does.
I drove back on Route 9, which is spec...
I am wearing form-fitting pants today, and so got checked out a bit downtown. Subtly, of course, because this is a town where men know women are more likely to yell at them for being creepy.
It was nice to be checked out a little. Lately,...
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DED-er-ick. Author SHE THE PEOPLE, an illustrated history of gender + US citizenship. Founder facebook.com/ERAusa. Conceited.
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