ConnieMack
- Location
- San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA
- Birthday
- August 15
- Bio
- A "writer" in that I transmit others' words, all the time, on a huge variety of subjects. A professional observer; a silent listener. I nonetheless have a voice, which I like to let out once in awhile (nice doggie). Owner of children and cats and one puppy. Standing still, battling fight or flight syndrome.
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “oh, so complicated, the
byzantine workings of a
woman's
mind
oh,
so”
November 19, 2009 08:20PM - “OH ME OH
my.
I'm
breathless.”
November 19, 2009 07:17PM - “My little fantasy is to
own a place like that Book
Cellar
someday. Good
coffee,…”
November 19, 2009 05:01PM - “Unfortunately
or
not
the Moon don't
sing.
She
moans.”
November 19, 2009 04:56PM - “I love you, Art
[or
should I say
'Arthur'?]
You make me
smile
and
think
In dodging
th…”
November 19, 2009 04:49PM
ConnieMack's Links
- New list
- One Spirit
- USA Together
- Operation AC
Waiting
It's typical morning rush hour on 101 Southbound. Four lanes, one for carpools and buses. Me trying to maneuver over to the second from the left, a calculated guess as to which will be the "good" lane.
Also typical: Bright sunshine overhead, this far north, rockin' the… Read full post »
Hey, I Almost Died!
So, yeah, that line ain't working for me now. The girls just roll their eyes and say, Mmm-hmmmm.....
Nutshell:
Went home to Kansas weekend before last for my Dad's 80th Birthday Party, which I was hosting. My girls and I flew in Thursday afternoon. The party was Friday e… Read full post »
Goin' to Kansas City!
Shopping for Verbal
"For what can be more beautiful than the heavens, which contain all beautiful things."
&nbs… Read full post »
Am I Going Crazy or...
Theodora, Like Butter on Your Corn, May You Feel Love

Happy Birthday, Dear T'eo, Happy Birthday to You! Read full post »
Come and See!
My local movie house is doing a film series called "The Films of My Life", ala François Truffaut's "The Films in My Life". To quote the cinema's website: "This series emphasizes the emotional connection between the participants and the works they select."
&n… Read full post »
Truthiness - It's a Gas! - Truth Revealed
I'm all for the Truthiness Doctrine.
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However....
Two Truths/One Lie:
1. I first flew a plane at age 18.
2. I had a small character based on me in a mystery novel set in Key West.
3. I was once clinically dead for 3.7 minutes. Read full post »
"Earth" - The Movie (Part 1 - "The Families")
Well, last night we went to see "Earth", the 99-minute pseudo compilation via Disney of an epic BBC work called Planet Earth from… Read full post »
so, do, la, ti, do, re, do !!!
I. Like. Sky.
I like Sky. Always have. Everwhere I go, I'm shooting the sky, for one reason or another.
Big ol' comforting mountains, north of Durango, last July.
&nbs… Read full post »
Where Should I Take the Tweens - ** Updated!
As you may remember, I traveled to Vegas Alone in February because the Children would not behave. http://open.salon.com/blog/conniemack/2009/02/25/its_vegas_baby
They're again off in April (why don't the teachers want to Teach?) and I'm torn. Should I re-do the Vegas route - w… Read full post »
Stop Smiling - Deux
For those of you in the ShiKaGo (Chicago) area a couple of days after St. Pat's Day, here's a cool party. Free drinks! Complimentary copies of the new issue! 7 - 9 p.m. To attend, email: rsvp@stopsmilingonline.com.
I dunno if that rsvp thingie a… Read full post »
Mayor Newsom - Come on Down!
So, I'm over to the Farmer's Market - you know the one a couple of blocks behind your office,
Get me some wasabi almonds, some hickory almonds, some… Read full post »
Open Call - Poems and the Movies and Me
I grew up reading the classics. Ma made sure of that. Well, she had them on her bookshelf. And thence I trod. But when poetry is twined with music or movies or both - then I really feel it.
Who can forget the end of Sophie's Choice? That poem by… Read full post »
Paper-Based Evaluation Module
Yeah, it's the old P-BEM!
&n… Read full post »
It's Vegas, Baby!
Escape from Mundanity
So it's a Beauty day on the Bay, after multiple days of pounding rain. I figure, Gee, it's going to be easy to get to Las Vegas!
I w… Read full post »
Stop Smiling!
Stop Smiling is this wonderful magazine I've been hooked up with for a couple years now.
I couldn't figure out how to insert a doc or a .pdf or any damn thing into email, so I'll post this for/to the Chicagoans who might be able to attend:
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Offenses in suits


or...

So I'm reading some tax code junk, some policy behind the Investment Company Act (I swear, it's for work; Updike this is not... and yet....) and I have to go t0:
§ 80a–43. Jurisdiction of offenses and suits
and I… Read full post »
Squirrel's Obstacle Course

SO, this is the kinda fun you're having when not running a restaurant (or terrorizing Glens)?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWU0bfo-bSY Read full post »
Cacao Me
Cacao (Theobroma cacao) (Mayan: kakaw, Nahuatl: Cacahuatl), or the cocoa plant, is a small (4–8 m or 15–26 ft tall) evergreen tree in the family Sterculiaceae (alternatively Malvaceae), native to the deep tropical region of the Americas. [source - Wiki]
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All's… Read full post »
Umbie in Carson City!
I Completely friggin forgot, but I was driving the girls to their dad's in Carson City and found this bead store in a strip mall:

Look, it's Umber!

They have a Plethora of Beads!
My oldest: "What?"
I said, Oh, her handle is Umbrellakinesis. You know. And… Read full post »
Late to the Dance - 25 Thangz
1. I love music.
2. I love writing, reading, and, hopefully, creating, via the written word.
3. Law, Politics - and, within them, the everpresent Words - are seminal to my existence.
4. I love to play. I love… Read full post »
I Just Wanna F*n Dance
Inspired by Hyblaean earlier today, I must share something a supervisor shared with me (it's gonna be on a Big screen at his retirement party). The song is from "Jerry Springer, The Opera" (who knew?), and the vidmix is exhilarating:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cMD4p2HfEo&fe… Read full post »
Smell Taste
I'm not Happy! (There's a joke I'll tell another time) I turned on the lamp last night and wrote this poem that's in my head and it can't come out and I scribbled it down, and scratched some out, scribbled some more. This morning, I put it (I thought) in my… Read full post »


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