May 23, 2007 - If Chicago has the balls, why don't we?
May 22, 2007 - I don't speak cookie
May 22, 2007 - Baby, you can drive my car
May 21, 2007 - Questions I did not expect to have to field today from AJ, age 6, or, reasons why I am having second thoughts about my chosen career in the humanities.
May 21, 2007 - If a dissertation falls in the forest
May 20, 2007 - Start your own parade
May 19, 2007 - Field Day
May 18, 2007 - Neighborhood Girls
May 18, 2007 - I don't believe in Peter Pan, Frankenstein or Superman
May 17, 2007 - Beauty in the Breakdown
May 16, 2007 - Pack up all my cares and woes
May 15, 2007 - Move the world with the power of feeling
May 15, 2007 - Will you still need me? Will you still feed me?
May 14, 2007 - Oh, you young people are revolting
May 13, 2007 - Happy motrer's Day 2007!
May 12, 2007 - Going to the chapel
May 11, 2007 - Curse you, Miz Julia!
May 10, 2007 - I've been through the desert
May 10, 2007 - Cannot shuffle in this heat
May 09, 2007 - Maybe you will always be just a little out of reach
May 08, 2007 - The knave of hearts
May 07, 2007 - Disgruntled
May 05, 2007 - To the Moon, Alice!
May 04, 2007 - Just can't get my poor self together
May 03, 2007 - Call him Ishmael
May 02, 2007 - What's for lunch
May 01, 2007 - Whence this perfume floating everywhere
April 30, 2007 - Band on the run
April 29, 2007 - Memerific
April 27, 2007 - The question of ornament
April 26, 2007 - Domestic disturbance
April 25, 2007 - If I could I surely would
April 24, 2007 - Sick Day
April 23, 2007 - Hubi, frubiends!
April 23, 2007 - streptococcus
April 23, 2007 - Not an acid
April 22, 2007 - Scilla and Charybdis
April 21, 2007 - Saturday
April 20, 2007 - Midnight blues
April 19, 2007 - Running with lawn mowers
April 18, 2007 - The catch
April 17, 2007 - This one time Randy Beman said
April 17, 2007 - Listening
April 16, 2007 - Humble Pie
April 15, 2007 - Smells like Tori Amos
April 13, 2007 - April in Paris
April 12, 2007 - I've got another puzzle for you
April 11, 2007 - The Housebreaker of Shady Hill
April 11, 2007 - Whiteout
April 10, 2007 - Blank
April 09, 2007 - The bars and temples but the girls ain't free
April 09, 2007 - Easter Inventory
April 07, 2007 - The Bash
April 06, 2007 - Rent asunder
April 05, 2007 - Hopping down the bunny trail
April 04, 2007 - I've got a bitter pot of je ne sais quoi
April 03, 2007 - Leptocoris trivittatus
April 02, 2007 - You don't need a weather man to know which way the wind blows
April 01, 2007 - I want to fly like an eagle to the sea
March 31, 2007 - Home
March 29, 2007 - Flight
March 26, 2007 - Now We Are Six
March 23, 2007 - Squirrels Galore
March 22, 2007 - On the road again
March 21, 2007 - A Harold Robbins paperback
March 20, 2007 - Migration
March 19, 2007 - Today's Mail
March 19, 2007 - The Lost Weekend
March 19, 2007 - One chili pepper
March 17, 2007 - The cricket's march over the saltbox
March 16, 2007 - Everyday Mathematics
March 15, 2007 - as restless as a willow in a windstorm
March 14, 2007 - Everyday Mathematics
March 13, 2007 - Rose period
March 13, 2007 - More links than a barbecue at a golf course
March 12, 2007 - Thinking back on the roads I'd come
March 11, 2007 - Hey Chelle, we were wild then
March 10, 2007 - Signs
March 09, 2007 - Linus and Lucy are dancing
March 08, 2007 - Melting
March 07, 2007 - Over the rainbow
March 07, 2007 - Get off your ass and jam
March 06, 2007 - Mailbag roundup
March 05, 2007 - A short history of a large country
March 04, 2007 - zzzzzz
March 03, 2007 - Someone's in the kitchen cooking hearts over the stove
March 03, 2007 - Several gusts
March 02, 2007 - Conference blogging 3: Solid gold question mark twenty feet tall
March 02, 2007 - Conference blogging 2: Get in solid walls with the know-it-alls
March 01, 2007 - Conference blogging 1: In which I admit my extreme stupidity and let iTunes decide my fate. Sometimes.
February 28, 2007 - The voices low, slow down, bounce around
February 27, 2007 - Our love is not a victory march
February 26, 2007 - Imagine my surprise: all my life I've been so ordinary
February 25, 2007 - Shaping up
February 24, 2007 - I ate the lotus
February 23, 2007 - Research
February 22, 2007 - But father, I want to....SING!
February 21, 2007 - Magnetic field
February 20, 2007 - Listing dangerously
February 20, 2007 - Motley Krewe
February 19, 2007 - A Pineapple Under the Sea
February 18, 2007 - Walking on Water
February 17, 2007 - Under quarantine
February 16, 2007 - "experience captured"
February 15, 2007 - Bring in the Illinoise
February 14, 2007 - St. Valentine's Day Massacre Photoblog
February 13, 2007 - Robert Coover doesn't know me
February 12, 2007 - Beak click on beak clack
February 09, 2007 - They keep you regular, they're real good for ya
February 09, 2007 - Mailbag
February 08, 2007 - I walked across that burning bridge
February 07, 2007 - Airborne rodents
February 06, 2007 - Another perfect wonder
February 05, 2007 - My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends
February 04, 2007 - I give up
February 03, 2007 - Winter Blues
February 02, 2007 - Possibly the most boring entry I've ever written
February 01, 2007 - Fistful of Dollars
January 31, 2007 - Magical Mystery Disk [No peeking, freshhell!]
January 30, 2007 - Drown in my own tears
January 29, 2007 - Sad Mac
January 28, 2007 - Fancy Colors
January 28, 2007 - Vanishing
January 27, 2007 - Your face is a map of the world
January 26, 2007 - A map without a road or a road without a map
January 25, 2007 - Underinformed
January 24, 2007 - Mumblety Peg
January 23, 2007 - Homesick
January 22, 2007 - Cartography
January 21, 2007 - I've got some blood sausage here in the glove compartment
January 21, 2007 - More conceptual music
January 20, 2007 - I was meant for the stage
January 19, 2007 - Just like the queen of the trailer park
January 19, 2007 - I believe, I believe, it's silly, but I believe
January 18, 2007 - Drawn and quartered
January 17, 2007 - Even in his heart the Devil has to know the water level
January 16, 2007 - All in the family
January 15, 2007 - Cringe
January 15, 2007 - Liquefy
January 14, 2007 - Field Goal
January 13, 2007 - The big baboon, by the light of the moon, was combing his auburn hair
January 11, 2007 - Can't pin this butterfly down
January 10, 2007 - Science!
January 09, 2007 - Deadly gasses
January 09, 2007 - Weighted Down
January 08, 2007 - It's something unpredictable
January 08, 2007 - Sherman and Mr. Peabody
January 08, 2007 - Touch wood
January 07, 2007 - Stile antico
January 06, 2007 - Travelling
January 05, 2007 - See you in Hell, Pachelbel!
January 05, 2007 - Naked
January 04, 2007 - Cats on a plane
January 04, 2007 - Dragon's teeth
January 03, 2007 - Shilling for tunes
January 03, 2007 - Einstein and Mimi on the Beach
January 02, 2007 - Ricky Casso Wants to Drive
December 31, 2006 - Eve
December 30, 2006 - You're like Wild Bill De Kooning
December 30, 2006 - a flick of ash
December 29, 2006 - Slouching toward Bethlehem
December 28, 2006 - knitting
December 27, 2006 - Double dribble
December 26, 2006 - AJ's Christmas -- Part II
December 26, 2006 - AJ's Christmas - Part II
December 26, 2006 - AJ's Christmas - Part I
December 23, 2006 - holding pattern
December 22, 2006 - A train in front of the house
December 20, 2006 - Me and Bobby Magee Fischer
December 19, 2006 - Schadenfreude
December 19, 2006 - Hoedown
December 18, 2006 - Earth to Major Tom
December 17, 2006 - Cold snap
December 16, 2006 - I a child and thou a Lamb
December 15, 2006 - The principal is your pal
December 14, 2006 - What child is this?
December 13, 2006 - I know that she is made of smoke
December 12, 2006 - Fun with Physics
December 12, 2006 - Better than a doorstop
December 11, 2006 - You will get a sentimental feeling when you hear
December 11, 2006 - Bullet points
December 10, 2006 - It's raining all the time
December 09, 2006 - Here comes Suzy Snowflake
December 08, 2006 - Golden factories
December 07, 2006 - Vodka Gibson, very dry
December 06, 2006 - Interlude
December 05, 2006 - A witches tit, a welldiggers ass
December 04, 2006 - The gift that lasts a lifetime
December 03, 2006 - Dulce domum
December 02, 2006 - Greatly Exaggerated
December 01, 2006 - Snow Day!
November 30, 2006 - Urdhva Dhanurasana
November 29, 2006 - I will be your Tootsie-Wootsie
November 28, 2006 - Defense against the dark arts
November 27, 2006 - Move to the Music
November 26, 2006 - Unschooled
November 25, 2006 - There's a tree in the Grand Hotel, one in the park as well
November 24, 2006 - 1:2
November 24, 2006 - The Day of Onerous Tasks
November 22, 2006 - Cogito ergo sum
November 21, 2006 - I believe in pie, the whole pie and nothing but the pie, so help me God.
November 20, 2006 - Promises to keep
November 19, 2006 - In which I consider never leaving the house again
November 18, 2006 - Pumpkin, not mince
November 17, 2006 - On the curve
November 16, 2006 - Ham and Swiss or Liverwurst
November 15, 2006 - There's got to be a morning after
November 14, 2006 - 4:59
November 13, 2006 - The fat lady
November 12, 2006 - Bragging rights and lefts
November 11, 2006 - Tenpins
November 10, 2006 - If not for Gregor Samsa
November 09, 2006 - Bi-polar parade
November 08, 2006 - Practical advice from the grumpy
November 07, 2006 - Tell me which way the wind blows
November 07, 2006 - Fade to Blue
November 06, 2006 - Space Oddity
November 05, 2006 - The force goes into the flow
November 04, 2006 - Such a blue you've never seen
November 03, 2006 - Fickle fingers
November 03, 2006 - Someone will set the spark off
November 02, 2006 - Afloat
November 01, 2006 - Fairy tales
October 31, 2006 - Tricks and Treats
October 31, 2006 - Continental Drift
October 29, 2006 - Out of this world
October 29, 2006 - Honey, does this costume make me look like a sumo wrestler?
October 28, 2006 - It's a long way to Tipperary
October 27, 2006 - Got a hi-fi chassis
October 26, 2006 - Hannibal crosses the Alps
October 25, 2006 - Gazing at Delta
October 24, 2006 - Promise carved in stone
October 22, 2006 - Bare bones
October 21, 2006 - The Good Life
October 19, 2006 - Splat
October 19, 2006 - Horse Face Ethel and her marvelous pigs in satin
October 18, 2006 - Chopper
October 17, 2006 - Chirologia, or the natural language of the hand
October 16, 2006 - Pictures of you
October 16, 2006 - The ruin of many a poor girl
October 15, 2006 - In thoughts and dreams
October 13, 2006 - Domestic disturbances
October 12, 2006 - If I were any closer, I'd be in back of you
October 12, 2006 - Musica ficta
October 10, 2006 - Emergency!
October 09, 2006 - In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue
October 08, 2006 - More
October 06, 2006 - Beware of geeks bearing jokes
October 05, 2006 - Surreal and the City
October 05, 2006 - Medievalism
October 04, 2006 - Tropical depression
October 03, 2006 - Whirlwind
October 02, 2006 - Synonymous
October 01, 2006 - Quirky
September 29, 2006 - How many days
September 28, 2006 - Glimmering
September 27, 2006 - Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun
September 26, 2006 - It is 5 a.m. and you are listening to Los Angeles
September 25, 2006 - Two true and one mostly true emails from students-to-be
September 24, 2006 - Coda
September 24, 2006 - In the balance
September 23, 2006 - When it rains
September 22, 2006 - Jack's feeling dull
September 21, 2006 - Shofar so good
September 20, 2006 - Dem bones
September 20, 2006 - We've got five years, my brain hurts a lot
September 19, 2006 - Look at the choo-choo
September 18, 2006 - Walking with Ezekial
September 17, 2006 - Set the dial for 1000 AD in the Scottish highlands
September 16, 2006 - Signs point to yes
September 15, 2006 - Home of the Brave
September 14, 2006 - Phobic
September 13, 2006 - 10 things I hope my students don't know about me
September 13, 2006 - Buenas Dias
September 12, 2006 - Out of orbit
September 11, 2006 - Today it rained
September 10, 2006 - I'm soaked to the skin with the pain of my unease
September 09, 2006 - How I learned to swim
September 08, 2006 - No idea
September 07, 2006 - I'm out in the jungle. I'm hungry to hear you.
September 06, 2006 - The first third degree
September 05, 2006 - Stars upon thars
September 04, 2006 - Pining for the fjords
September 02, 2006 - Character in search of an author
August 31, 2006 - Grumpy
August 30, 2006 - K-2
August 29, 2006 - I hear the bells
August 28, 2006 - Look upon me! I'll show you the life of the mind!
August 26, 2006 - The Orient Express
August 26, 2006 - Pink ribbons
August 24, 2006 - Metamorphosis
August 23, 2006 - Glimmer, glimmer
August 22, 2006 - From AJ to Zucchini
August 21, 2006 - Thou watchest the last oozings hour by hours
August 19, 2006 - Moo
August 18, 2006 - Expiration date
August 17, 2006 - Captain of Industry
August 16, 2006 - She drove a Plymouth Satellite faster than the speed of light
August 15, 2006 - Mailbag
August 14, 2006 - Pink Life
August 13, 2006 - To the bone for deepness
August 11, 2006 - Out where a friend is a friend
August 10, 2006 - Idle hands are the devil's playground
August 09, 2006 - 2x4
August 08, 2006 - Your mother wears combat boots.
August 07, 2006 - Second drafts
August 07, 2006 - 3x3
August 06, 2006 - Are you being served?
August 05, 2006 - What's the buzz
August 04, 2006 - it's love alone that makes this light, and gives us wings and takes us through the night
August 03, 2006 - Love flies out the door when money comes innuendo
August 02, 2006 - fado no go
August 01, 2006 - My life is living itself
July 31, 2006 - Book of Pi
July 30, 2006 - One may as well begin with Helen's letters to her sister
July 29, 2006 - Let him eat cake
July 29, 2006 - Wear your rue with a difference
July 28, 2006 - She says that morning sun sure does get her down
July 27, 2006 - You have to eat the cake you have
July 26, 2006 - The drill sergeant
July 25, 2006 - Pedalling
July 23, 2006 - Lhude sing cuckoo
July 21, 2006 - Reduxion
July 20, 2006 - I'm gonna steal her eye
July 19, 2006 - You've got mail
July 18, 2006 - The further I go, the behinder I get
July 17, 2006 - I feel the summer creepin' in
July 15, 2006 - T-ball (again)
July 14, 2006 - State of Grace
July 13, 2006 - In threes
July 13, 2006 - Hold on
July 11, 2006 - Satyagraha
July 10, 2006 - The first law of motion
July 09, 2006 - A million little pieces
July 08, 2006 - Up, up and away
July 07, 2006 - Deep in my heart, I do believe
July 06, 2006 - It's a nice day to start again.
July 05, 2006 - One marble short
July 05, 2006 - It seems like years since you've been here
July 03, 2006 - Frosting on the Cake
July 02, 2006 - One-eyed, one-horned, flying purple people eater
July 02, 2006 - The Places I Go are Never There
June 30, 2006 - Horticulture
June 29, 2006 - Da Bomb
June 28, 2006 - Opposites attract
June 27, 2006 - Floating
June 26, 2006 - Leaving on a jet plane
June 25, 2006 - Talking of Michelangelo
June 23, 2006 - The eagle has landed
June 22, 2006 - Fin
June 21, 2006 - Your glockenspiel! It�s sprung to life!
June 20, 2006 - Roll film
June 20, 2006 - Homesick for Eden
June 19, 2006 - Gentlemen, start your engines.
June 18, 2006 - 3 guineas
June 17, 2006 - The boys (and girl) of summer
June 16, 2006 - Stand in the light
June 15, 2006 - I want you
June 14, 2006 - Deluxe apartment in the sky
June 13, 2006 - The incredible edible egg
June 12, 2006 - Flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze
June 11, 2006 - I've been to a marvelous party
June 10, 2006 - AJ at the bat
June 09, 2006 - Unschooled
June 08, 2006 - Spirited away
June 07, 2006 - Silence is golden (but diamonds are forever)
June 06, 2006 - If I were in charge of the world, I'd cancel oatmeal, Monday mornings, allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.
June 06, 2006 - Play ball!
June 05, 2006 - I remember the thirty-five sweet goodbyes
June 04, 2006 - Veni, vidi, googli
June 02, 2006 - The sounds of the city sifting through the trees
June 02, 2006 - Pictures of you
May 31, 2006 - Shuffle
May 30, 2006 - Nostalgia isn't what it used to be
May 29, 2006 - Airborne
May 28, 2006 - Poor Richard
May 27, 2006 - Back of my neck gettin' dirty and gritty
May 26, 2006 - I see dead people.
May 26, 2006 - This is the time and this is the record of the time.
May 25, 2006 - Jolly Roger
May 24, 2006 - Pomp and Circumstance
May 23, 2006 - A long time ago, we used to be friends.
May 22, 2006 - Maybe we've all heard it all before
May 20, 2006 - Pomp and Circumstance
May 19, 2006 - I hear the bells -- they are like emeralds
May 18, 2006 - Man Friday
May 17, 2006 - This Wild Life
May 16, 2006 - Elegy
May 16, 2006 - To Hell and back
May 15, 2006 - Weekend Update
May 13, 2006 - Tres chic
May 12, 2006 - Heart half full
May 11, 2006 - Typography
May 10, 2006 - Back in the arms of a good friend
May 09, 2006 - Copycat.
May 09, 2006 - 3x3
May 08, 2006 - We dressed up and fought, then thought: Make amends.
May 07, 2006 - in Just- spring
May 05, 2006 - kakasana
May 04, 2006 - Baseball mad
May 03, 2006 - Taboo
May 02, 2006 - This might be a little cold
May 01, 2006 - D-Day
April 30, 2006 - Everything I say is false
April 29, 2006 - Golden factories
April 28, 2006 - Driven to drink
April 27, 2006 - My music
April 26, 2006 - Stretching thin
April 25, 2006 - Votre Faust
April 24, 2006 - Dear Applicant
April 23, 2006 - O Superman
April 21, 2006 - Phrenology
April 20, 2006 - Ten
April 18, 2006 - This is the place
April 17, 2006 - The zookeeper is very fond of rum
April 15, 2006 - Action is his reward
April 14, 2006 - My Huckleberry Friend
April 13, 2006 - The Rainbow Connection
April 12, 2006 - Birthday Party, cheesecake, jelly bean, BOOM
April 11, 2006 - If you skate, you would be great if you could make a figure eight
April 10, 2006 - I swear, Sister Sarah, I will reform!
April 09, 2006 - The moon a pail of milk spilled down black in the night (or, Death by Karaoke)
April 08, 2006 - Hippity Hoppity
April 07, 2006 - Chase all the clouds from the sky
April 06, 2006 - I'm the luckiest by far
April 05, 2006 - She feeds me love and macaroons
April 04, 2006 - Would you like to buy a bridge?
April 03, 2006 - In the think
April 01, 2006 - April Fools
March 31, 2006 - If I stop and listen I'm afraid I'll hear too much
March 30, 2006 - Bless the beasts and the children
March 29, 2006 - Namaste, CPA (or IRSasana)
March 28, 2006 - Another year older
March 27, 2006 - Happy Birthday
March 23, 2006 - Littlebig
March 22, 2006 - It's based on a novel by a man named Lear
March 21, 2006 - Vote Ron for a more confused Illinois!
March 20, 2006 - Braaaaaiiiinnns!
March 17, 2006 - Conferencing part 2
March 16, 2006 - From the road
March 15, 2006 - Triptych
March 14, 2006 - And the Stating The Obvious in Journalism Award goes to �
March 13, 2006 - Bookends
March 12, 2006 - Communication intensive
March 11, 2006 - Superlative
March 10, 2006 - Slippery slope
March 09, 2006 - Resolution
March 09, 2006 - The loathly lady
March 08, 2006 - Lotus
March 08, 2006 - Downward facing dog
March 07, 2006 - Lexicon
March 06, 2006 - Prufrock
March 05, 2006 - Make a ring of love around the baby!
March 04, 2006 - The way to a man's heart
March 03, 2006 - And then there were none
March 02, 2006 - Dona nobis pacem
March 01, 2006 - FOUND
February 28, 2006 - Swindon eternal
February 27, 2006 - Binx
February 26, 2006 - Run serpentine!
February 24, 2006 - Film at eleven
February 23, 2006 - Jeopardy
February 22, 2006 - Chamber music
February 21, 2006 - In a heartbeat
February 21, 2006 - Lucky
February 20, 2006 - How AJ spent President's Day 2006
February 20, 2006 - Heart to heart
February 19, 2006 - Well, out of the mountain came fire an' smoke
February 18, 2006 - The skies are not cloudy all day
February 17, 2006 - I'm a roaming cowboy, riding all day long
February 16, 2006 - Snowsick
February 16, 2006 - Onions
February 15, 2006 - WAKE UP, MOMMY!
February 14, 2006 - My funny valentine
February 13, 2006 - Meeting Adjourned
February 13, 2006 - Be Mine
February 12, 2006 - The Sleepover
February 11, 2006 - There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear.
February 10, 2006 - Beep Beep
February 09, 2006 - If I only had a brain
February 08, 2006 - Sock it to me, sock it to me, sock it to me
February 07, 2006 - Like lemming(s) to the sea
February 06, 2006 - You won't see nothing like me if you look around the world
February 05, 2006 - Mighty Butt
February 04, 2006 - I got the ebb, I got the flow
February 03, 2006 - Calling Mrs. Frumble
February 02, 2006 - Heavenly bodies
February 01, 2006 - I got you babe
January 31, 2006 - Books by the foot
January 30, 2006 - The way you wear your hat
January 29, 2006 - Crabs
January 27, 2006 - 50 percent healthy
January 26, 2006 - The Plague
January 25, 2006 - And your neighborhood girl seems to have resigned
January 24, 2006 - Liar, liar, pants on fire
January 23, 2006 - True or false
January 22, 2006 - The secret chord
January 21, 2006 - Pillow hill
January 20, 2006 - Whiteout
January 20, 2006 - In which I confess that I am an unsuccessful Dolly Parton imitator
January 20, 2006 - Back of the Yards
January 19, 2006 - K-Day
January 18, 2006 - Revisionist history
January 17, 2006 - Round and round
January 16, 2006 - Deep in my heart I do believe
January 15, 2006 - Good Night
January 14, 2006 - What's up, doc?
January 13, 2006 - Behold the hippopotamus!
January 12, 2006 - It's something unpredictable, but in the end it's right
January 11, 2006 - Fish on a bicycle
January 10, 2006 - Something familiar, something peculiar
January 09, 2006 - Birthday
January 08, 2006 - Multiple Choice
January 07, 2006 - And why the sea is boiling hot and whether pigs have wings
January 06, 2006 - In and out of the closet
January 05, 2006 - The one with the waggling tail
January 04, 2006 - No sir, I don't mean maybe
January 04, 2006 - Pong
January 03, 2006 - And then came the locusts
January 02, 2006 - Sous le d�me �pais o� le blanc jasmin

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