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2008-12-31 - The family business
2008-12-29 - Book review: Who Murdered Chaucer? A Medieval Mystery
2008-12-27 - Book review: Three Bags Full: A Sheep Detective Story
2008-12-24 - Lessons and carols for Christmas eve
2008-12-23 - Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
2008-12-22 - Parrot Cage
2008-12-22 - Dream: Birds and butterflies
2008-12-21 - Dream: Alpine journey
2008-12-20 - Dream: School, torture, sex, and marriage
2008-12-19 - Dream: Hodge and the caravan
2008-12-14 - And now let us pause for a moment of panic
2008-12-12 - Fun with mechanics: The wheel
2008-12-10 - Dream: Cannonball café
2008-12-09 - Dream: The treatment
2008-12-08 - Dream: The pulpit
2008-12-08 - Hibernation
2008-12-07 - Dream: The stairwell
2008-12-05 - A meme of months
2008-12-04 - Dream: Swimming in air
2008-12-03 - Rich at last
2008-12-01 - Dream: Dream of my parents
2008-11-30 - Today's time-wasting meme
2008-11-29 - Dream: Headlines
2008-11-28 - Review: Mansfield Park
2008-11-27 - The dead elder
2008-11-26 - The fall of an elder
2008-11-22 - Cooling lakes and hot spots
2008-11-22 - Dream: The vampire and the gargoyle
2008-11-19 - Torture!
2008-11-19 - Dream: Stop, thief!
2008-11-17 - Lights, camera, 911
2008-11-17 - "Purveyors of this sad story"
2008-11-14 - Dream: The wicked visit
2008-11-13 - You put your left knee in
2008-11-11 - Scattershot musings
2008-11-10 - Dream: Sleeping on the trailer train
2008-11-08 - Monifa, "I am lucky" pygmy hippopatomous
2008-11-08 - Dream: The money pit
2008-11-07 - Dream: The devil in the dark
2008-11-05 - Election day and Indian summer
2008-11-02 - Halloween with PuppetBike and eating with Obama
2008-11-02 - Dream: The slippery slope of education
2008-11-01 - Dream: Surreal snippets
2008-10-30 - Dream: Shelved
2008-10-30 - Woo is me
2008-10-29 - Autumn continued at the Morton Arboretum
2008-10-24 - Lost in the woods
2008-10-23 - Dream: The trailer park problem
2008-10-23 - Patrick Stewart and the idiot
2008-10-22 - Dream: Which witch?
2008-10-20 - Piqued about peak color
2008-10-19 - My new friend
2008-10-18 - Today at Promontory Point
2008-10-18 - Dream: The reunion train
2008-10-17 - Fall color at the Morton Arboretum
2008-10-14 - Our lady of October
2008-10-13 - I want to grow up—or do I?
2008-10-13 - Dream: Exotic Reno resort plus
2008-10-12 - Two kinds of autumn
2008-10-12 - A date with Dr. Knee
2008-10-10 - The Candidate
2008-10-09 - Creatures of habit
2008-10-07 - Dream: Witness to murder
2008-10-04 - Asymmetry
2008-09-28 - Fun on the run
2008-09-28 - Dream: Elevated to wisdom
2008-09-27 - That kind of a day
2008-09-25 - Picnic at Tampier Lake
2008-09-25 - Dream: Abandoned
2008-09-24 - Paradise tanager
2008-09-21 - The Berghoff Oktoberfest
2008-09-20 - Dream: The bridge to nowhere
2008-09-18 - Dream: The quest to be real
2008-09-15 - Dream: No walk in the woods
2008-09-11 - Dream: Urban barn and chute of doom
2008-09-10 - Dream: Pool in the grass
2008-09-10 - Farewell, fleecy green caterpillar
2008-09-07 - Farewell to Bristol Renaissance Faire
2008-09-07 - Dream: The trackless train
2008-09-05 - Andy M. Stewart: The Man in the Moon
2008-09-04 - Dream: The writing on the wall
2008-09-02 - Promontory Point drama
2008-09-02 - The grammar police, they live inside of my head
2008-08-31 - Art on Track
2008-08-31 - Back to school
2008-08-30 - Magnetic personality
2008-08-29 - Review: 365 Nights: A Memoir of Intimacy
2008-08-29 - There goes the sun
2008-08-28 - Review: The Other Woman: Stories of Two Women and a Man
2008-08-28 - Reach out and touch someone
2008-08-27 - Excuse me while I kiss the . . . ground?
2008-08-26 - 18 August 2008: The day of reckoning for Ignatius
2008-08-24 - J.'s early morning visitor
2008-08-24 - Dream: Mysterious underwater realm
2008-08-23 - Dream: A watery sideshow in the present tense
2008-08-22 - Bristol Renaissance Faire, with rain
2008-08-16 - Random musings in B-flat, #1
2008-08-16 - PuppetBike on Chicago Tonight
2008-08-16 - Dream: The underground apartment
2008-08-14 - Jaunt to Bristol Renaissance Faire
2008-08-12 - Sand Ridge Nature Center
2008-08-10 - Jolted
2008-08-03 - At the Harold "Hal" Tyrell Trailside Museum
2008-08-01 - How many of me?
2008-07-29 - Dream: Escape from love
2008-07-27 - Dream: The accordion, the hero bird, and the lover
2008-07-26 - Ignatius, the friendless fibroid
2008-07-23 - Book review: Priestess of Avalon
2008-07-20 - At Morton Arboretum
2008-07-19 - Christmas in July
2008-07-19 - 19 July 2008: Miscellany
2008-07-15 - Dream: Identity crisis
2008-07-14 - Dream: Shaken, not stirred
2008-07-13 - The secret life of Peter Cottontail
2008-07-06 - A Prairie Home Companion at Ravinia
2008-07-11 - Dream: Full metal jaw
2008-07-10 - Storm coming
2008-07-05 - Dream: Alma mater again
2008-07-04 - Dream: The whipping boy (bonus: Viacom vs. Google)
2008-07-03 - Dream: Double jeopardy
2008-07-02 - Dream: The vampire betrothal and back to school
2008-07-02 - Catfight!
2008-07-01 - Giant pencil from Western Michigan University
2008-06-29 - Review: Lady of Avalon
2008-06-29 - Hyde Park's weak hippie
2008-06-28 - Wacky weather and dragonflies
2008-06-28 - Dream: Tests of fortitude
2008-06-26 - Time and relativity
2008-06-25 - Post-birthday blues
2008-06-24 - "I'll cry if I want to"
2008-06-23 - Dream: The lost pencils, and a "good tired"
2008-06-22 - Dream: The royal wedding, and all aboard
2008-06-16 - Nipples and nakedness: June 14, 2008
2008-06-15 - Dragonflies, catbirds, and dogs
2008-06-15 - The plot to murder Ignatius, part two
2008-06-14 - The plot to murder Ignatius, part one
2008-06-12 - Baby loves banjo
2008-06-09 - Dream: Möbius strip
2008-06-09 - Earth in perspective
2008-06-08 - Got milk?
2008-06-08 - Dinner with the University of Chicago Class of 1983
2008-06-08 - Male ruby-throated hummingbird
2008-06-06 - Dream: Splintered spying
2008-06-06 - PeekaBoo!!!
2008-06-05 - Dream: Fiery train apocalypse
2008-05-30 - Dream: Rocky Mountain high
2008-05-28 - Dream: At university with Todd Rundgren
2008-05-28 - An engineer's guide to cats
2008-05-26 - Reflections at sunset on Memorial Day
2008-05-26 - Memorial Day
2008-05-25 - Poked
2008-05-25 - Review: Encore Provence: New Adventures in the South of France
2008-05-24 - Dream: Blood and madness
2008-05-23 - Dream: Pudge and the dead people
2008-05-23 - Holiday fun: Cream the egg
2008-05-22 - Dream: Backyard birdwatching
2008-05-21 - Dream: Tripping the light fantastic
2008-05-20 - Dream: The castle, the lion, and the moat
2008-05-18 - Review: The Best of Slate
2008-05-17 - Harassed
2008-05-17 - Dream: Planes and trains
2008-05-15 - Dream: Hamster eyes
2008-05-13 - Dream: Murder at the infirmary
2008-05-13 - Boys will be boys
2008-05-08 - Pregnant and president
2008-05-06 - Indies: Visually speaking
2008-05-02 - Looptopia with PuppetBike
2008-04-29 - One or two thoughts?
2008-04-28 - Review: Toujours Provence
2008-04-28 - Review: Cousin Phillis
2008-04-27 - The change and The General
2008-04-26 - Dream: Zeus's one-night stand
2008-04-25 - Parabola monster
2008-04-24 - The land of the free
2008-04-23 - The dark side of the moon as a graph
2008-04-22 - (Almost) the lusty month of May
2008-04-20 - A walk in Swallow Cliff Woods and at Lake Katherine
2008-04-19 - Dream: The drive down Amsdell Road
2008-04-18 - I feel the earth move
2008-04-17 - Dream: My mountain, my story
2008-04-17 - Dream: "If nominated, I won't have a clue"
2008-04-16 - Dream: The treetop road
2008-04-14 - Theremin + cat = beautiful music
2008-04-13 - Today's experiment: A use for stale Peeps
2008-04-12 - Review: The Other Boleyn Girl
2008-04-09 - Magic: From faune to forest
2008-04-08 - Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland
2008-04-08 - Dream: House fires
2008-04-06 - Dream: Ruined
2008-04-04 - Ollie in Nepal
2008-04-04 - Coupledom
2008-04-03 - Dream: Duel
2008-04-02 - "I never drink . . . wine," or core antibodies
2008-04-01 - Dream: Lawn bowling for monster-gods
2008-04-01 - Gmail custom time
2008-03-31 - Dream: Cabin fever
2008-03-30 - Friday night at the emergency room
2008-03-28 - Does March snow bring April showers?
2008-03-27 - Dream: Batgirl
2008-03-25 - Dream: Sensitive plants, broken glasses, and nude nurses
2008-03-24 - A visit to the Harold Washington Library Center
2008-03-23 - The omnipresent evil hand performs a demonstration
2008-03-23 - Review: A Year in Provence
2008-03-23 - Dream: The spiral staircase
2008-03-22 - The omnipresent hand of evil
2008-03-22 - Happy birthday
2008-03-21 - Dream: Undercurrents underground
2008-03-18 - 18 March 2008: Miscellany
2008-03-16 - Overheard: Sexual fantasies
2008-03-16 - Review: The Portable Dorothy Parker
2008-03-15 - Dream: The virgin spy
2008-03-15 - Ethics
2008-03-12 - Dream: Headed nowhere, with threats and warnings
2008-03-11 - Presidential candidates implicit association test
2008-03-09 - Review: St. Mawr and The Man Who Died
2008-03-08 - A week to forget
2008-03-06 - Dream: The asylum
2008-03-05 - Rebel without a cause
2008-03-01 - Party with the puppets
2008-02-27 - That rules the night
2008-02-24 - After the party
2008-02-23 - Dream: Torso terror
2008-02-23 - Melting ice, freezing heart
2008-02-18 - Quotations from D. H. Lawrence
2008-02-17 - Dream: Danger from the robot siblings
2008-02-14 - Happy Valentine's Day
2008-02-12 - Valentine's Day preview
2008-02-12 - Three days, three falls
2008-02-12 - Dream: Sickening anguish
2008-02-12 - Yesterday's mixed bag
2008-02-11 - Dream: The meeting of the mountains
2008-02-10 - Happy anniversary to me!
2008-02-10 - Dream: Dad and the snow glass
2008-02-10 - Toes, tourniquets, and imagination
2008-02-09 - Dream: Subterranean house maze danger
2008-02-08 - Dream: The eerie banquet hall
2008-02-08 - Johnny and Phil Cunningham
2008-02-07 - In today's mail
2008-02-05 - Dream: The demon lover
2008-02-04 - My aunt Dorothy
2008-02-04 - Harbingers of spring
2008-02-04 - This weekend's acquisitions
2008-02-03 - Temptation
2008-02-03 - Review: The Black Arrow
2008-02-02 - Dream: Transparent pregnancy
2008-02-02 - The campaign playground
2008-01-30 - Very, very cold
2008-01-28 - A blizzard, a birthday, and awareness
2008-01-28 - Dream: Dangerous feelings
2008-01-27 - Review: The Literary Lover
2008-01-27 - Witches and diver scallops
2008-01-27 - Dream: Labyrinthine locker room and reunion
2008-01-26 - Puppet Bike and people watching
2008-01-25 - Not quite toothless yet
2008-01-24 - Dream: The surreal move
2008-01-23 - One more thing to worry about
2008-01-22 - 22 January 2008: Miscellany
2008-01-20 - "Flowers for me?"
2008-01-19 - Not a choice, but a certainty
2008-01-18 - Dream: Nowhere to go
2008-01-17 - Woe is me, or is 2008 over yet?
2008-01-16 - From the would-be whimsical to the grating: A few comments on architecture
2008-01-16 - Just for fun: Which Simon and Garfunkel album am I?
2008-01-15 - Dream: Locked out
2008-01-14 - Two tigers: More Puppet Bike
2008-01-13 - Dream: The magic bus (and lawn ornaments)
2008-01-13 - Laughter is the best medicine
2008-01-12 - Doctor Atomic—my first opera
2008-01-12 - Puppet Bike photo, 11 January 2008
2008-01-11 - Puppet Bike video
2008-01-10 - Wacky winter weather
2008-01-07 - Precious Bane (the movie)
2008-01-06 - "A face only a mother could love"
2008-01-06 - Steiff tiger
2008-01-06 - Hodge says, "Let me at 'em!"
2008-01-05 - Review: The Collected Stories by Paul Theroux
2008-01-01 - Cat behavior, or Hodge and the fleecy green caterpillar

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