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 POSTS
- #*% SNATCH *@!
January 25, 2011 04:44PM - Yes, it's Fleet Week
October 07, 2010 04:43PM - Where, Indeed
May 14, 2010 05:40PM - Tribus Sentire
April 27, 2010 04:16PM - Dance Anywhere ! !
March 26, 2010 02:40PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “As I've learned, over
and over again, you can't
"make" them
tell
you.…”
May 16, 2013 01:44PM - “Adolescence is
incendiary. Thanks,
Gary.”
May 12, 2013 12:50AM - “Thank you for this
piece. I agree with almost all
of it. But
I don't really
see…”
April 17, 2013 07:19PM - “Love this story. Shinn
on.
Come on out to
Golden Gate Fields for Dollar
Sunday…”
March 24, 2013 04:03PM - “Alas, CNN has lost its
way.
And to think,
they were born in
Atlanta.
They should
be…”
August 29, 2012 06:42PM
ConnieMack's Links
#*% SNATCH *@!
Why the fock do I want a caravan it's got no fockin wheels?
http://wn.com/Snatch_Greatest_Quotes
The link above is a page that has compilations of great quot… Read full post »
Yes, it's Fleet Week
Tribus Sentire
Dance Anywhere ! !
Dance Anywhere....
I don't have time to write much or get all art-y. Just leave your computers, stand up at yo… Read full post »
Sue-Ann
Sue-Ann Pederson gave birth hard, on a cracked linoleum floor, beige and black. When her son popped out, the toaster oven on the counter by the fridge rang, indicating the bread was ready for its oleo-margarine, cinnamon not far behind. Sue-Ann sang out, … Read full post »
Ding
Ding had the white-blond hair of a forest elf, which lay across his brow like a dove's wing. He was constantly tossing his head to the right, flipping it out of his eyes, which were the pale blue of the melting ice shelves hanging over the turn of the creek… Read full post »
Playing With Fire - The Christmas Edition
So we went to The Crucible in Oakland the weekend before Christmas to take some classes.
The morning was spent doing glass flameworking. Basically, we were heating plexiglass 'blanks' and 'sticks' over a propane/oxy flame. First, we tried to make a basic marble. You oughta se… Read full post »
Spooning
Inspired by Pam Epstein, I was in a fun Antique store a couple weekends ago - in Santa Rosa, the railroad district, Stellaa! - and picked up this postcard:
Now, aside from the interesting context - we all know about spooning, I guess, it's Really interesting to me that it… Read full post »
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 »
ConnieMack's Favorites
Paul Nevins
Tommi Avicolli Mecca
Jaime Franchi
Jonathan Wolfman
Walter Blevins
asia reinUpdates
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Together in the Middle of the Circle of the Sky
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Magical Elves, sparkleponies and other assorted gay shit
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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Thank You Note
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After Monstrous Nature - Meditation
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Senators Inhofe and Coburn Voted Against Sandy Aid
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Voyeurism in Oklahoma
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Purgatory at Cumberland Farms
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A Weekend At the Movies
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