Tag: astrogirl
member name: Laura Serena aka AstroGirl
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May 27, 2006 12:21 PM EDT --
This is an herbal tea, made with herbs you can get from a health food store. I find that it starts to gently elevate your mood if you drink several cups of it a day for about a week. Many of the herbs . . .
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May 28, 2006 08:40 PM EDT --
Function takes the time
in all seasons to do what
Purpose thinks it ought.
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May 21, 2006 07:20 PM EDT --
A hedgehog is a spiny critter.
They never sing.
They seldom twitter.
But though you'll think it way too long
come sing my prickly hedgehog song!
A sticky-backed insectivore
may . . .
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November 27, 2006 04:51 PM EST --
I have been inspired by the genius of Edward Nudelman's endless comment receiving progressive haiku. Call me a shameless copycat, but I thought I'd try a silly progressive story.
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May 21, 2006 10:47 AM EDT --
Hey! What do you know?
My haikus are terrible.
Why do I bother?
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May 25, 2006 09:16 PM EDT --
Lips press your head.
A whisper tells my love.
Your claws squeeze my fingers
just to show you're there,
holding my hand.
Memory floods
my eyes. I gasp my sobs
to breathe you in and hold . . .
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December 18, 2006 03:33 PM EST --
I'd like to be the first to coin a new word. I can't believe nobody's thought of this before, so if you've heard it, let me know.
Repoublespeak /rih-PUB-uhl-speek/ -- the use . . .
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August 30, 2008 05:29 PM EDT --
Hey Gather Friends,
If you've known me for a while, you may notice that I'm no longer in orbit. Yes, I've come down to earth a bit. I've decided that, as heavenly as it might be, the . . .
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September 06, 2008 09:48 AM EDT --
I've just published a list of my top ten favorite video blogs on Associated Content. I submitted this in response to one of their Calls for Content, which means I had a contract with them to write . . .
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August 30, 2008 09:03 PM EDT --
River Tam's mind has been stolen from her and locked behind closed doors in her brain. It's guarded by the assassin she has become, trained to kill at a word. Her brother, Simon, has freed her . . .
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May 24, 2006 07:03 PM EDT --
The two word challenge needs a challenger for next week. The deadline to send me a message if you want to do this was supposed to be 12 pm eastern today, but apparently everyone liked "hedgehog song" . . .
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September 27, 2008 04:58 PM EDT --
I'll just say it: I didn't sleep a wink after watching this movie. It was that disturbing, and without any visible violence. Grace Is Gone is a story about a man who learns that his wife, . . .
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May 21, 2006 11:52 AM EDT --
(Part 1 is here.)
Getting Started
Tip: Before you start, turn off the sound effects your computer usually makes. If your computer is like mine, any sound that goes through the sound card will end . . .
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August 22, 2006 11:43 AM EDT --
In the past several years, I've become very skeptical about the integrity of our democratic process. Increasingly, blogs, followed by traditional media, have revealed instances of voting machine . . .
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May 23, 2006 08:28 PM EDT --
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Part 2
Part 3
Burning your music to CD:
You can use any CD burning software, but I use iTunes.
1. Open iTunes.
2. . . .
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May 07, 2006 02:15 PM EDT --
(Updated 8/8/06)
My writing on Gather thus far falls into roughly four categories, I think. You might think of a few more, such as, "writing I want to print out and wallpaper my bathroom with." . . .
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May 22, 2006 01:54 PM EDT --
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Editing the tracks:
Open the music file you want to edit in the PolderBits Sound Editor. If you just finished recording a file in the Sound Recorder and pressed the stop button, the . . .
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May 21, 2006 12:08 PM EDT --
This week's elegant, poetic, and profound Two Word Challenge is... drum roll, please...
Hedgehog Song
Well, if Gisela could get her Two Word Challenge from James Joyce two weeks ago, . . .
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May 28, 2006 04:21 PM EDT --
That is the question. Whether tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous rejection slips, or to write checks unto a sea of PODs and by self-publishing spend them.
Self-publishing . . .
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June 10, 2006 12:49 PM EDT --
They say it's almost impossible to get published until you have an agent, but it's almost impossible to get an agent until you've been published. Have you solved this quandary? What are your . . .
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