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Talk Thursday: We are glass

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Dec 4, 2009, 4:26 pm
Maybe that image of glass being so delicate and fragile stays with us from our childhood, becoming part of our collective experience the first time we drop a glass or break a window.  When we’r...
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Catching Up and Double-Post

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 30, 2009, 12:44 am
TWO Talk Thursdays Today was my writing catch-up day, and it didn’t happen as planned because I was unpacking boxes of holiday decorations and putting lights around the rim of the house.  Me, ...
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Lady Gaga love

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 27, 2009, 5:27 pm
From her looks to her sounds – I love this woman’s music and over-the-top theatrics, immensely.  Several moments in this video grab me – the floating diamonds, the huge eyes, and th...
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Can't Help Myself, part II

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 24, 2009, 6:08 pm
Care of Betty Bowers:  Less is Mormon! “Being lectured about what constitutes a traditional marriage by a Mormon is a bit like being scolded for loitering — by a crack whore.”
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Oopsie

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 20, 2009, 1:18 am
Long ass day of all-work-related stuff.  I didn’t get my Talk Thursday topic done this evening because my one brain cell rebelled and said ’stop it, you’re hurting me.’ I did...
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One more wee little itsy bitsy bash

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 19, 2009, 1:18 am
I loves me some Famous Dead Mormons.  I love the blog by-line:  “saved after death, whether willing or not.” Karl Marx? Lucille Balle? Nat King Cole? Vlad the Impaler? Are you fucki...
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Life Altering Truths

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 15, 2009, 1:13 am
When my high school BFF and I fought over the same girl, it wasn’t out of jealousy of him, it was jealousy for him.  It wasn’t about the girl, it was about him wanting the girl and not me...
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Congratulations to a fellow writer

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 11, 2009, 12:20 am
I made a few friends at the Big Sur writing conference and I found out tonight that one of them got an agent with the Andrea Brown Literary team.  I’m so excited for her and her first young adu...
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On Healthcare

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 10, 2009, 1:22 am
WWJD
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Talk Thursday: Mea Culpa

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Nov 5, 2009, 11:45 pm
Apologies are cyclical and transactional.  Action means reaction and a round of apologies.  Emotions get tossed like coins at a wishing well, wishing away the circumstances.  It’s when the co...
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Talk Thursday: Semi-True Stories

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 11:46 pm
My grandma told the story to my father (he said), who told the story to me when I was growing up.  My grandparents had gone on vacation to Mexico and came home with souvenirs and knick-knacks of thei...
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Red Leaves

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 29, 2009, 12:37 am
The redbud tree in the front yard is dropping leaves.  The heart-shaped leaves crinkle and fold and fall to the ground and when the wind blows they scatter across the yard.  The oak tree across the ...
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Alanis Morissette: Crazy

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 27, 2009, 12:30 am
I love this woman, and this is one of my all-time favorite songs.
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Talk Thursday: Fabric of Connection

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 23, 2009, 1:14 am
(Fair warning:  this is incredibly fractured and I’m tired and irritable.) My role in the space I’ve created here this past year has been more of an unraveller than a weaver.  Negligenc...
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Music and Tastes

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 21, 2009, 11:56 pm
I’m “stuck” in the Eighties in the sense that the music was so entwined with personal growth and self discovery.  I’m not apologizing for my musical tastes – I’m p...
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Fischerspooner: Never Win

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 15, 2009, 11:38 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRsb7rA2uUs I loves this song, and the singer is over-the-top intriguing. **update**  Direct embedding disabled for the song – sorry.  I tried to find an alter...
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Talk Thursday: Life

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 13, 2009, 12:58 am
Most couples have their code words or gestures for wanting to leave a social gathering, but we read each other so well we’ve rarely had to use them.  Saturday, we were both dreading a certain p...
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Talk Thursday: Two Late Topics

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 7, 2009, 1:04 am
For Talk Thursday, I’m behind a few weeks with “Milestones and Mortality,” and my own topic of “Castaways.”  I’ll think of some suitable self-torture in another ve...
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Rep. Alan Grayson

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Oct 1, 2009, 12:35 am
It’s not too often that I’m moved positively by political behavior.  Most of the time I feel downright postal, especially when it comes to Utah politicians. The national “debate...
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Traveling and Why I've Been Absent

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 28, 2009, 11:45 pm
We’ve been in Chicago since last Thursday and the internets here have been intermittent and sometimes completely absent.  There’s something funny about being subject to the rules of natur...
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Neil Patrick Harris

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 21, 2009, 1:26 am
No, I didn’t watch the Emmy’s, but I would have had I known this guy was hosting. He’s fookin’ adorable.
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Talk Thursday: Self-Deprivation

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 18, 2009, 1:03 am
Restraint has limited meaning in my life’s vocabulary.  I like to think restraint has limited meaning in my life, considering my archetype of gluttony and penchant for exuberance, but the reali...
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The Road Too Fast

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 14, 2009, 9:22 pm
On my daily commute, I go with the flow of traffic, which is roughly between 70 and 82 mph, depending on the congestion and slow-down areas.  Thanks to Federal funds, many interstates are getting a m...
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Talk Thursday: How Does Your Garden Grow

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 11:17 pm
(As seen through the skewed lens of an English nursery rhyme.) Horny, horny, hormones quite thorny, How does your libido grow? With blood lust, and taught skin and wanting you more than you know. ...
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Sex and Politics

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 10, 2009, 12:35 am
Quid pro quo.  Something for something.  It’s the nature of negotiations and compromise.  It’s human nature and we want, and we give. But it’s deliciously entertaining when my fa...
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Overdue Pics

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Sep 7, 2009, 10:07 pm
A few pics from our trip.  Long overdue.  Sue me.  Or substitute a few spankings. Swaying Bridge in Thermopolis Glacier near the Continental Divide With Midas on our way out of Glacier I Loves m...
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We Be in SLC

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Aug 28, 2009, 7:02 pm
Our roadtrip has taken us through all the western states except AZ, CO, and NM.  As of this afternoon, we landed in Salt Lake City, Utah.   Internet experiences from each of our stays have ranged f...
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Menu Addendum

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Aug 23, 2009, 8:48 am
As seen on a menu’s addendum in Kalispell:  the Senility Prayer Grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight t...
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Roadtrip 2009 Day 1

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Aug 21, 2009, 12:23 am
Wednesday was a packed day at work – doing a two hour training, department meetings, different department meeting, crazy phones/messages and cranking out a multitude of email before heading home...
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Netbook

Sideon Sanctuary posted an article on - Aug 17, 2009, 10:33 pm
What might possibly turn the head of a dedicated size queen, something that flies in the face of the credo that ‘bigger is better’?  I’m glad you asked.  A new netbook. We went ...
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