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Correspondence Index, 1999

In 1999, I corresponded a lot with a friend. Partly for fun, and partly to satisfy my inner demons, I created an index of topics that my letters to her covered.

1

  • 100 Bones Examined
    • benefits of cystic fibrosis, May 10
    • frustrating sculpture, Oct 11
    • idea for, May 7
    • memory, May 16
    • music, May 10
    • perfect moments, May 11
    • redundancy of watches, May 11
    • sternum shape, Oct 11
    • teeth, May 10
    • wardrobe, May 10

9

  • 9/9/99
    • not likely to cause computer problems, Sep 15

A

  • Abortion
    • religious hypocrisy about, Sep 1
  • Advertising
  • Affect
    • change in, Jun 30
  • Agave
    • current shortage of, Dec 27
  • Ambigrams
  • Anagrams
    • "King Query", Nov 17
  • Anderson, Laurie
    • dream about, Aug 11
    • source of song lyric, Sep 21
  • Annoying people
    • go-getters, Aug 4
  • Ants
    • discovery of formic acid in space, Jul 8
  • Appetite
    • doubling for no apparent reason, Jan 28
    • no good stimulants for, Aug 3
    • seeking stimulants for, Jul 31
  • Arco, Bob
    • visit, Jun 23, 26
  • Art
    see Magritte, Rene
    • body/mind/psyche, Jun 24
    • face painting, Oct 30
    • Giacometti, Alberto, Oct 11
    • Rickey, George, Aug 28
  • Astronomical events
    • blue moon, Mar 31
  • Austin, Debbie
    • stealing folders, Sep 23
  • Author's Journal
    • lipstick-stained condom, Nov 2
  • A Void
    • and the Oulipo, Jul 11
    • delight in, Jul 5, 19; Dec 7
    • dissatisfaction with cover art, Jul 4
    • poems in, Jul 24
    • purchase of, Apr 18
  • Awards
    • Inappropriate Music Appropriation, Apr 12
    • Useless Product of the Season, Apr 17

B

C

  • Cairn
    • mysterious appearance of, Feb 19
  • Calligraphy
    • grandfather's, Jun 30
  • Car Talk
    • bad answer to puzzle, Feb 13
  • Cary (the Faerie)
    • picture of, Jun 30
    • introduction to, Jun 30
    • visit, Jun 29
  • Card, Orson Scott
  • Catalogs
    • Levenger's vs. stationery, Nov 16
  • CDs
    • database, Oct 11
    • inserts for, Dec 3
    • pondering "Words and Music 2", Jun 23
    • "The Look of Lurv" song list, Mar 25
  • Censorship
    • considered, Sep 8
  • Cereals
    • over-sugared, Sep 11
  • Charity
    • discussion of, Sep 15
  • Children
    • entering age of, Sep 20
    • forbidden topic, Sep 22
    • Gray, Spalding, on, Sep 22
    • Hicks, Bill, on, Aug 31
    • Lucas, George, on, Jun 8
    • reason for having considered, Nov 17
  • Christmas
    • deflating Santa & reindeer, Dec 21
    • depression during, Dec 22
    • hideous foam and pasta decoration, Jul 15
    • Holiday Charity Stalker, Nov 20, 26, 29; Dec 7, 10, 16
    • prematurely decorated stores, Sep 16
    • scary santas, Sep 16
  • Cleaning
    • as a way of avoiding other work, Jan 17
    • organizing computer data, Nov 28-29; Dec 1, 9
    • unexpected benefits of, Jan 17
  • Comics
    • Baby Sue: economy, Apr 29
    • Beanworld, Tales of the, Oct 11
    • Bloom County vs. Doonesbury, Mar 28
    • Cynicalman: real cynicalmans, May 27
    • Doonesbury: Archie award, Apr 2
    • Hepcats cancellation, Jan 22
    • Leonard and Larry, Jul 22; Oct 22
    • manga, Aug 6
    • reaction to The Boondocks, Jul 11
    • Sylvia: anthrax, Feb 27
    • Zippy the Pinhead: Symbol-minded, Nov 28
  • Coming out
  • Computers
    see Technology; Cooper, Alan
  • Concentration
    • lack of, Jul 19
  • Cooking
    see Grabbers, pickle
    • bought pressure cooker cookbook, Sep 16
    • egg custard, Dec 30
    • lemon pudding, Oct 2
    • missing pressure cooker rack, Jun 16; Oct 2, 28
    • pressure cooker blowout, Jun 14
    • search for dessert cups, Sep 27-28
    • search for pressure cooker plug, Jun 15
    • search for pressure cooker rack, Sep 28; Oct 2
    • trying new pressure cooker recipes, Jun 16
  • Cooper, Alan
  • Coöperation
    • building community, Dec 7
    • and computer interaction, Dec 26
    • gypsies and, Dec 7
    • in relationships, Dec 26
    • Internet and, Dec 7
  • Correspondence
    • alphabetic letter, Nov 11-23
    • anagrams, Nov 17
    • Bigg Letterr, Dec 3
    • converting to Word Pro, Jun 14
    • Dingleberry, Sep 30
    • enough to make a book, Oct 8
    • experiments in, May 16; Jul 11, 17, 19; Sep 26; Nov 16
    • filing, Jan 17
    • flexagons, Jul 11; Aug 25
    • guide to Star Wars cards, Dec 13
    • inconsiderateness in, Sep 7
    • indexed, May 16
    • indexing this year's, Dec 3, 9-11
    • joys of, Apr 6
    • lessons learned from Dec 30
    • letter-writing as marathon, Oct 2
    • mailing, Sep 27
    • meaning of handwritten, Jun 29
    • outgrows folder, May 17
    • poor proofreading, Dec 11
    • postage due, Jul 11
    • printing, Jan 9, 20; Feb 4-5, 16; Mar 31; Jun 26; Aug 16, 22, 28; Sep 15, 23
    • redesign considered, Dec 29
    • ruining lighters, Dec 13
    • superiority of your, Jun 29; Aug 29; Nov 16
  • Corvallis
    • murder in, Oct 20
    • population passes 50K, Aug 31
  • Court, U.S. Supreme
  • Cows
    • orking, Oct 11
  • Cuttler, Brian
    • "my hero" saying, Oct 14
  • Cystic fibrosis

D

  • Dali, Salvador
    • paranoiac-critical method, Jul 5; Oct 9
  • Dan & Matthew
    • CDs from, Nov 26
    • picture of, Nov 26
    • visit, Jan 31
  • Dangerous visions
    • "The Day Charlie Brown Got Cancer", Dec 16
    • "Freebie", Sep 20
    • on writing, Sep 20; Nov 18
  • Databases
    • unusual behavior of, Dec 21
  • Dating
    • lack of local opportunity, Feb 9; Apr 22
  • Davies, Robertson
    • Cornish trilogy, Nov 16, 18; Dec 7
  • Death & dying
  • Deeds
    • good, Oct 14
  • Depression
    • around Christmas, Dec 22
    • concern about Bob's, Dec 3
    • reasons for, Oct 3, 14
    • strategies for coping, Feb 10
  • Design
    see Cooper, Alan
    • examples of poor, Sep 28; Oct 6
    • subculture of, Nov 27; Dec 2
  • DEVO
    • alleged origin of song lyrics, Jan 26
  • Diabetes
    • anagrammatic grooks, Apr 26
    • blood sugar numbers, Apr 25
    • other's misperceptions of, Apr 15-16
    • unexpected consequences of, Apr 25
    • worries about, Apr 13
  • Diary
    • definition of, Mar 28
    • entries, May 18; Sep 24; Oct 3
  • Dick, Philip K.
    see Babies, Brainie
    • hypergraphia, Sep 26
    • referred to in eXistenZ, Jun 4
    • referred to in Dr. Adder and Teranesia, Nov 17
    • Ubik and a dream, Jun 25
  • Dis···land
    • mixed feelings about trip, Oct 4, 25
  • Dogs
    • mandatory ownership in Missoula, Jul 15
    • thoughts on, Aug 10
  • Doubletalk
    see Phrase of the Day
    • "human resource endowments", Apr 25
    • "passed", May 11
  • Dream journal
    • abandoned seduction, Sep 23
    • ALASAKA criminals, Oct 12
    • alien slugs, Dec 9
    • Anderson, Laurie, on Saturday Night Live, Aug 11
    • apartment robbed, May 18
    • avoiding zombies, Dec 1
    • Ballardish crystallization, Nov 3
    • bank and mashed winged lizard, Jun 16
    • basement gay bar, Dec 31
    • big bunny, Sep 27
    • bridge over marsh, Nov 27
    • British royalty, Dec 18
    • burial on a gas giant's moon, Jun 25
    • coed college dorm, Nov 16
    • conducting "Harmonielehre", May 2
    • crossing Albany by car, Aug 26
    • crossing Albany on foot, Aug 12
    • cruising at a pot luck, Sep 24
    • "Deluthon", Dec 14
    • Dewar flask, Apr 27
    • DiFranco, Ani, kissed by, Oct 24
    • Dunnahoo, Wesley, discussing film script, Dec 5
    • dream within a dream, Apr 11
    • east coast visit with camouflage cats, Oct 27
    • Eno, Brian, Dec 28
    • faux postal worker punks, Dec 28
    • fighting everyone, Oct 25
    • fired from MS tech support, Feb 22
    • first day at community college, Aug 27
    • flattening metal hand, Dec 10
    • fragments, Aug 25
    • frustrating grade school, Dec 12
    • gallant kiss, Aug 14
    • gas leak, Dec 29
    • gay Southern farmer, Sep 8
    • Glacier's flattop, Jun 8
    • Goat as mayor, Mar 5
    • handgun?, Aug 29
    • high school classmate, Jun 25
    • horrifying animate objects, Jun 13
    • house of the dead, Feb 7
    • intimate Residents concert, Sep 14
    • Jedi knight in training, Dec 13
    • Karen's party, Oct 30
    • Kelly & Steve at my grandmother's, Sep 9
    • large lizards, Aug 30
    • lesbians, Feb 5
    • Le Guin mystic, Mar 7
    • Leonard and Larry, Jul 22
    • Little House on the Mall, Sep 22
    • Love and Rockets cartoons, Mar 1
    • manga editor, Aug 28
    • manifesting deer, Sep 11
    • moon falling, Aug 15; Sep 27
    • multiple replay film noir, Feb 24
    • music for Post Bros., Nov 17
    • naked on first day of job, Feb 22
    • Nazi vitamins, Nov 19
    • nursing home resident, Jun 25
    • parent's house sea-bound, May 23
    • Pope, seeing the, Nov 17
    • pre-WWII European servant, Apr 27
    • psychedelic stickers, Aug 26
    • Randi -- Love and Rockets/Christmas, Dec 5
    • Ravin, Ed, in Boston, Dec 14
    • reading Cordwainer Smith, Sep 1
    • renovated basement, Jun 25
    • returning a book, Sep 24
    • Reynolds, Burt, Dec 13
    • ride disappears, Dec 28
    • ride from Scott Thompson, Oct 18
    • sabretooth sponge, May 10
    • Scotland movie, Sep 6
    • scuba diving with Idi Amin, Apr 13
    • selling Titanic videos, May 10
    • sharing a bed, Jun 25
    • skull with tiny teeth, Dec 31
    • sloth, Feb 5
    • Spalding Gray story, Dec 3
    • spraying skunk, Jun 19
    • standardized tests, Dec 22
    • Star Wars: Death Star III, May 20
    • Star Wars: bazaar ship, Dec 9
    • state worker birthday, Sep 6
    • stuck in the Soviet Union, Apr 22
    • talk with Prof. Garvin, Nov 21
    • taking pothos cuttings, Oct 3
    • teal dog retrofuture, Aug 2
    • terrorist wedding, Nov 24
    • tiger, Feb 5
    • TOPS80, Jul 23
    • travel dreams, Sep 27
    • trying to get home, Dec 24
    • Vegas with family, Oct 30
    • visiting HS calculus teacher, Nov 2
    • volcano blocking road, Dec 30
    • waiting in airport, Aug 14
    • Westchester sights, Sep 6
    • "What Sucks in El Paso", Aug 2
    • work: NSA crossed with DSS, Jun 14
    • woodchuck with salmon, May 18
    • xenoanthropologist, Mar 24-25
    • xenocultural triumph, Jul 24
  • Drug testing
  • Dunnahoo, Wesley
    • film script dream, Dec 5
    • email from, Apr 20; May 2
    • picture of, Apr 20
  • Dykes, Ken
    • Web site update scripts, Dec 11

E

  • Easter eggs
    • millennial scale, Sep 21
  • Email
    • etiquette, Nov 19
  • Eno, Brian
    see Music
  • Enthusiasm
    • long-term waning of, Nov 1
  • Environment
    • overpackaging, Jan 12, 20
  • Envy
    • of Drum & his boyfriend, Feb 9
  • Erotic accouterments
    • must fit the person, Nov 17
  • Etymology of the Day
    • "Frankenstein", Aug 13, 15, 17
    • "mosquito", Jun 1
    • "short sharp shock", Dec 26
  • Euthanasia, voluntary

F

  • Fainting
    • in movie theaters, Jun 4; Sep 27
    • possible connection with illness, Jun 30
    • unexpectedly, Jan 29; Apr 15; Dec 26
  • Family
    see Genealogy
    • future of, Sep 7
    • informed about health worries, Nov 20
    • surprise at mother's reading, Aug 31
  • Farm, the
    • effects on dreams, Nov 16
    • grazing on, Sep 27
  • Fear
    • dealing with, Mar 18
    • mantras against, Mar 26
  • Fertility
  • Festival, Scandinavian
    • and Fudge Puppies, Aug 14
  • Film noir
    • The Case of the Big Letter, Jun 26; Jul 15
  • Fish
  • Fireworks
    • compared with stars, Jul 4
    • spinning demons, Jul 4
  • Folk music
    • heartbreak and, Dec 18
  • Fonts
    • dnomaraG typeface, Aug 23
    • halfhand typeface, Mar 28, 30-31
    • on the Web, May 8
  • Forbidden topics
    • children, Sep 22
    • printing correspondence, Sep 23
  • Fountain pens
    • generic holiday greeting from Levengers, Jan 11
    • Lamy replacement, Apr 2, 27
    • missing, Apr 19
  • Friends
    • lack of shared interests, Jan 28, 30; Mar 9; Jun 19
    • Moon Unit Zappa as peer group, Apr 2
    • moving away, Jun 26
    • talking late with Craig & Karen, May 23
  • From Oregon
    • complaint about, Jul 17
    • dedication of vol. 4 #1, Jul 5
    • inspiration of, Jul 5
    • posted to friends, Jul 6
    • posted to Web, Jul 5
    • proofreading Web version, Jul 6
    • writing vol. 4 #1, Jun 23; Jul 4-5

G

  • Games
    • computer pinball, Dec 2, 8
    • Grim Fandango, Feb 24; Nov 24; Dec 3, 8
    • improving strategy, Dec 5
    • karmic messages about, Dec 2
    • Neverhood, The, Oct 22-23; Nov 20; Dec 7
    • recommendations for computer, Dec 3
    • removed from computer, Jan 22; Jun 29; Dec 8
  • Gaming
    • meeting the gaming group, Jan 9
    • playing, Apr 4; Nov 21; Dec 12, 18
    • with the Zuckermans, Feb 15
  • Gay
    see Coming Out
    • conflicting gaydar, Oct 3
    • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", Dec 13
    • illicit thrills from Omni, Nov 17
    • legalization of marriage, Jun 30; Dec 13, 20
    • stereotypes in fiction, Oct 4
    • "straightening up", Jul 8, 15
  • Genealogy
    • and my father, Jan 25-6, 29
  • Generation W
    • chart, Jun 22; Nov 1
    • definition of, Jun 22
  • GIS
    • use of, Dec 3
  • Glacier
    • almost fausted by, Jul 30-31
    • cat paints, Nov 21
    • kindness of, Jul 30
    • opinion of bears, Aug 27
    • pH of, Aug 13
  • Glass, Philip
    • analysis of, Mar 23
  • Goat
    • and Bill-bill, Dec 24
    • changing feelings for, Mar 10; Sep 30; Dec 8
    • cynicism about, Dec 13
    • difficulty contacting, Jul 30
    • health problems, Apr 19; Jun 22-23; Jul 8
    • informed about health worries, Nov 20
    • and high school reunion, Jun 26
    • and Lang Havey, Dec 5, 8-9, 13-14, 18-24, 26, 28
    • meaning of satyr necklace, Dec 18
    • relationship to Gwyddon, Jul 15; Sep 23, 30; Oct 14
    • relation web, Dec 24
    • and Short Mt. Sanctuary, Aug 30
    • similarity to guy in The Book of Buckskinning, Aug 28
    • visit, Feb 17, 27; Mar 1
    • worries about, Jan 19, 27; Jul 8
  • Goats
    • Thor's, Jun 29-30
  • Grabber, pickle
    • acquisition of, Jul 15
    • uselessness of, May 18
  • Grammar peeves
    • "hear back from", Jun 29
    • "react" as a verb that takes a direct object, Oct 25
  • Grandfather
    • calligraphy, Jun 30
    • wondering about, Dec 18
  • Gray, Spalding
    • paraphrased, Dec 22
  • Gremlins
    • possible infestation of, May 24
  • Grooks
  • Gwyddon
    • and Goat, Sep 30; Oct 14
    • images of, Jul 16
    • possibility of meeting, Jun 23, 29
    • visit, Jul 8, 11, 15-16
  • Gutter
    • picture of, Jun 30
    • struggle to get fixed, Feb 17; Apr 1; May 3; Jun 26, 30; Jul 1, 6, 11, 15

H

  • Hats
    • in Jane Siberry's lyrics, Nov 17
    • list of, Dec 10
    • trying on various, May 13
  • Havey, Lang
    • and Goat, Dec 5, 8-9
    • awkwardness speaking to, Dec 9
    • meeting, Jun 20-22
    • picture of, Jun 30
    • place in beardom's history, Sep 24
  • Health
    see Appetite, Cystic fibrosis, Fainting, Illness
    • auditory oddity, Aug 5; Sep 20
    • blood testing, Aug 18
    • Catalog of Coughs, A, Nov 17
    • COBRA expires, Oct 28
    • compressor, Aug 18-19
    • considering going on disability, Nov 16
    • effects of overdose, Aug 26
    • Go Lightly, Aug 18
    • good days and bad days, Apr 20; Aug 3
    • HIV testing, Jun 14, 29; Jul 22
    • hospitalization for intestinal pain, Mar 17, 20
    • informed people about worries, Nov 16, 20
    • neutron gut-bomb, Mar 18
    • Oregon Health Plan, Oct 30
    • problems with clean-out, Nov 16
    • worries about, Nov 11, 16
  • Hicks, Bill
    • on advertising, Apr 15
    • on children, Aug 31
    • on guns, Oct 6
  • Hoaxes
    • annoyance with email, Aug 24
  • Hobbies
    • natural radio, Mar 26
    • personal train cars, Sep 3
  • Hofstadter, Douglas R.
    • email to, Apr 11, 18
    • translation of Eugene Onegin, Sep 19, 30
    • and whirly art, Aug 22
  • Holidays
    • Anti-Valentine's Day, Dec 18
    • Buy Nothing Day, Nov 26
    • Independence Day celebration, Jul 4
    • National Masturbation Day, May 7
    • National Tap Dance Day, May 24
  • Homeless
  • Horns
    • at the Oregon Country Fair, Jul 15
    • made of Fimo, Jul 5
  • Horror
    • natural vs. supernatural, Oct 4
  • Horticulture
    • clue-free moment, Jun 29
  • Hubbard, Elbert

I

  • Ideas
    • accurate horoscopes, Nov 17
    • ages of life, Oct 8
    • alien responsibility for M&M color distribution, Jun 22
    • Average Day, Apr 30
    • brainwashing detergent, Feb 3
    • candy dish of Creon, May 8
    • cat Ouija boards, Oct 23
    • children allowed to sue irresponsible parents, Oct 8
    • God as an obscene phone caller, Sep 24
    • Guardian Angle, Aug 18
    • High Road/Low Road people, Dec 20
    • humor in pornography, Sep 29
    • "is that napkin sanitary?", Sep 14
    • Jesus & Al Franken, Dec 26
    • mandatory drug testing of parents, Oct 6
    • moods and ages, Jan 17
    • names for residents of different states, Jul 15
    • "the other 50 states", Aug 7
    • infertility treatment insurance gedankenexperiment, Mar 24
    • radio cassette recorders, Aug 29
    • religion vs. science, Dec 11
    • replaying one's life, Sep 28
    • reversible cerebral microlesions, Apr 19
    • Sage's Day, Apr 30
    • "save the electrons" campaign, Mar 22
    • self-reading room, Mar 2
    • "The LAX Files", Apr 26
    • vibrating showers, Oct 11
    • vida lo-cal, la, Dec 6
    • video for Crash Test Dummies' "I'm a Dog", Aug 22
    • women priests, Dec 11
    • Y2K compliant friends and memories, Sep 19
    • Y2K compliant guardian angel, Sep 21
  • Identity
    • essay on the basis of, Aug 23
    • "Mark Half" Freudian slip, May 25
  • Idioms
    see Word of the Day
    • "have a bowl", Apr 15
    • "scruffian", Apr 22
    • "spamanoia", Dec 7
  • Illness
    see Health
    • recovering from, Jan 9; Nov 16
    • sick, Nov 11, 17
    • soreness from coughing, Nov 17
  • Images
    see Whirly Art
    • 4-coloring puzzle, May 12
    • American Bikers: Boss Hogg & Mong, Jun 25
    • American Bikers: Mike Smith, Jun 23
    • A Void cover art, Jul 4
    • Baby Sue: economy, Apr 29
    • Barden, Paul, Jun 30
    • Beanworld flip-flop tool, Aug 30
    • Bear Purity Test logos, Sep 15
    • body/mind/psyche, Jun 24
    • Buchanan, Jim, Oct 22
    • Cary, Jun 30
    • chub, Jan 18
    • coming out anniversary logo, Mar 7
    • Cynicalman: real cynicalmans, May 27
    • Dan & Matthew, Nov 26
    • dancing Kokopeli, Feb 11
    • The Doctors plate, Jul 15
    • Doonesbury: Archie award, Apr 2
    • drop-down box, Dec 13
    • Dunnahoo, Wesley, Apr 20
    • flying kite, Mar 7
    • Frank on Manhog, Jun 24; Dec 20
    • freehand vs. precise knots, Apr 14
    • gay/bi longhairs, Dec 11
    • Generation W chart, Jun 22
    • Goat-like buckskinner, Dec 11
    • Goat's relation web, Dec 24
    • grandfather's calligraphy, Jun 30
    • Grossman, Steve, Oct 21
    • gutter, Jun 30
    • Gwyddon, Jul 16
    • "Half" ambigram, Mar 9
    • Half black and white mask, Nov 3
    • Havey, Lang, Jun 30
    • house of the dead, Feb 7
    • "Joan, Come Kiss Me Now", May 29
    • knotted ring, Aug 23
    • letter printing diagram, large, Sep 23
    • letter printing diagram, small, Sep 15
    • M-for-Mardi graphic, Nov 3
    • "Mardi" ambigrams, Mar 20, 22-23
    • melted knot, Apr 19
    • mole, Jan 18
    • New Carissa bow, Mar 7
    • psychedelic Half photo, May 5
    • relation inclination triangle, Oct 19
    • relation web, Oct 17
    • revision history, linear, Dec 25
    • revision history, tree, Dec 25
    • Ryland's ring knot, Mar 31
    • Schwartz, Paul, Sep 14
    • simple tutorial knot, Mar 24
    • spin and gravity, Nov 21
    • Star Wars model builders, May 17
    • Sylvia: anthrax, Feb 27
    • timestamp, Aug 28
    • triangle proof diagrams, Oct 27
    • "Les Vacances de Hegel", Jun 5
    • Voluntary Human Extinction Movement logo, Sep 24
    • Will Work for Fools, Apr 13
  • Infertility
  • Internet
    • as a danger to self-esteem, Aug 18
    • New York Times' negative coverage of, Aug 29
    • realization of non-addiction to, Jul 30
  • Itch
    • feeling, Dec 30

J

  • Jarry, Alfred
    • "The Passion Considered as an Uphill Bicycle Race", Feb 16
  • Job hunting
    • interviews, Sep 29; Nov 1, 22; Dec 7
    • mental tricks for, Aug 28
    • not moving for, Aug 31
    • refusing drug test, Sep 16
    • uselessness of résumés, Sep 7
  • Journal writing
    • and hypergraphia, Sep 26
    • importance of, Sep 14
    • miscellaneous life documentation, Sep 14
    • related reading, Sep 14
    • and the Web, Nov 17
  • Journeys
    • aborted Atlanta trip, Jun 29
    • aborted Portland trip, Oct 18
    • aborted Seattle trip, Oct 6-7, 18, 20-21
    • Alsea Falls with Glacier, Paul, and Wulf, Aug 5
    • Bend to rescue Glacier, Aug 10
    • coast with Torsten, Mar 7
    • Crater Lake with Torsten, Jun 1
    • Montana with Glacier, Jul 11, 15
    • Portland with Randi, Apr 2
  • Junk mail

K

  • Kites
    • Bad Boy broken, May 24; Aug 15; Sep 7; Dec 26
    • flying Cody, Aug 18
    • flying Revolution, May 24
    • flying Skynasaur, Aug 18
  • Knots
  • Korzybski, Alfred
    • and SF, Oct 3

L

  • Lamp, lava
    • strange behavior, Apr 30; May 1-3
  • Language
    see Grammar peeves
    • -ical words, Apr 12
    • adding -able to words, Aug 28
    • Christian Preposition Malformation Syndrome, Sep 14
    • "killer" as a positive word, Sep 15
    • mangling, Jan 17
    • missing word, Dec 10
    • pronouncing written words, Dec 3
    • rhetoric, Oct 17
    • use of doubled single quotes, Jan 28
  • Leaks
    • spontaneous development in cola cans, Mar 28
  • Library
    • appreciation of, Sep 22; Oct 1
    • interlibrary loan books, Dec 22
    • temporary closing of, Dec 13
  • Lindbergh kidnapping
    • discovery of files on, Jul 15
  • Lists
    • hats, Dec 10
    • inspiring things, Jan 27
    • overused advertising ideas, Nov 1
    • things I like and dislike, Dec 7
    • things to despise, May 23
    • types of software, Nov 17
    • unfinished tasks, Apr 13
  • Literature
  • Long Now
    • description of, Sep 21
  • Los Angeles
    • full name of, Nov 19
  • Lost
    • picture of Goat, Dec 11
    • Thrint gloves, Dec 8
    • tie-dye hat, Dec 10
  • Love
    • bad handling of its end, Dec 31
    • destructive, as a literary subject, Dec 30
    • questioning search for, Jul 22
    • rules for dealing with loss of, Dec 26
  • Lucas, George
    • on rearing children, Jun 8

M

  • Magritte, Rene
    • relation to The Body Project, Jul 5
    • similarity of name to "Margrite", Mar 20
  • Mardi
    • origin of name, Jun 30
  • Marketing
    • lack of ethics in, Mar 25
  • Mathematics
    see Relation Inclination Triangle
  • Media
    • television compared to real life, Apr 6
    • thoughts about Time, Feb 16
  • Memory
    • failures of, Dec 19, 21
    • techniques for dealing with, Dec 23
    • tricks of, Dec 3, 27
  • Microsoft
    • at last judgment, Jul 6
    • findings in antitrust case, Nov 16
  • Missing Persons
    • anagrams of, Feb 23
    • on One Way Records, Feb 17
  • Movies
    see Star Wars
    • Army of Darkness, Jan 15
    • Being John Malkovich, Nov 24, 27; Dec 1, 10, 15
    • Bug's Life, A, Aug 22
    • Deep Impact, Mar 6
    • Election, Aug 4
    • eXistenZ, Jun 4, 29
    • Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Feb 6
    • Groundhog Day, Feb 24
    • Haunting, The, Nov 27
    • horror in, Jun 29
    • Matrix, The, May 23, 25; Jun 4, 29; Jul 11
    • meaning of James Bond titles, Oct 7
    • Natural Born Killers, Jul 1
    • Plan 9 from Outer Space, Dec 2-3
    • Reform School Girls, Sep 5
    • Simple Plan, A, May 5
    • Spike & Mike's Animation Celebration, Jun 23
    • Starship Troopers, Sep 27-28
    • South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut, Sep 27-28
    • Tea with Mussolini, Nov 26
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, Sep 8
    • Thirteenth Warrior, The, Sep 14; Nov 19, 24
    • Touch of Evil, Jan 13
    • Tron, Mar 6
    • Twelve Monkeys, Jan 9
    • Waking Ned Devine, May 13
    • Yellow Submarine, Sep 14
  • Moving
    • no plans to, Jan 17; Aug 31
    • thoughts about, Jun 16
  • Mnemonic
    • for my phone number, May 2
  • Music
    • aging gracefully, Aug 16
    • Bach, P.D.Q.'s "Prelude to Einstein on the Fritz", Oct 11
    • Blotto on the Web, Sep 14
    • buying classical music, Sep 5; Oct 25
    • CDs from Dan & Matthew, Nov 26
    • Costello, Elvis & The Brodsky Quartet's The Juliet Letters, Feb 16
    • Cramps, The's Bad Music for Bad People, Jul 16
    • Crash Test Dummies' A Worm's Life, Jun 30; Aug 20
    • Doors, The's "Light My Fire", Sep 6; Dec 7
    • Eno, Brian's, "The River", Nov 17
    • Eno, Brian & Jon Hassell's Fourth World volume 1: Possible Musics, Mar 20
    • King Missile, "The Commercial", Dec 13
    • King Missile, "Detachable Penis", Dec 16
    • Resident, The, "Shorty's Lament", Jan 18; Dec 30
    • Riley, Terry's The Harp of New Albion, Oct 25
    • rounds, May 29
    • They Might Be Giants' surrealist imagery, Mar 23
    • XTC's Apple Venus Volume 1, Mar 31; Jun 23
  • Musicals
    • Webber & Rice vs. Sondheim, Jan 17

N

  • Names
    • mistaken, Sep 27
    • oddity of personal associations, Jun 17; Oct 18
    • of days of the week, Sep 14; Nov 16
  • Neighbors
    • change of, Aug 8; Nov 16; Dec 31
    • lady and cynicalman friend, May 27
    • meeting new, Sep 23
    • moving out, Aug 4; Dec 31
    • mistaken names of, Sep 27
    • radio interference from, Nov 17
  • Neighborhood
    • association, Sep 29
    • condominium plans, Jul 17-18; Aug 13; Sep 29
    • Mr. Bun, Apr 25; May 3
    • mysteries of, Aug 24, 26
    • on knowing people, Jun 26
    • police, Dec 16
    • railroad tracks, Jun 23
    • similarity to River City, Jun 22
    • street repair, Oct 22
  • Nespeco, Tom
  • NPR
    • deception by, Oct 6
    • pledge week, Oct 5
    • Residents music heard on, Dec 10
    • silliness of New Dimensions, Dec 3
    • useless breaks during Fresh Air, Jul 31

O

  • Objects
    see Pack rat syndrome
  • Old News
    • strangeness of, Jun 30
  • Omni
    • memories of, Nov 17
  • One Way Records
    • rescues artists from oblivion, Feb 17
  • Oregon
    • "kicker" refund, Nov 20
  • Oregon Country Fair
    • description of, Jul 15
    • upcoming, Jul 5
  • Oregon Folk Life Festival
    • hanging out at, Jun 19
  • Oulipo
    • lipogrammatic writing, Jul 5, 19; Dec 2
    • text manipulation methods, Jul 11

P

  • Pac-man
    • perfect game of, Jul 8
  • Pack rat syndrome
    • and the deceased, Jul 15
    • Martha Stewart and, Apr 15
  • Party
    • Halloween potluck, Oct 30
  • Patience
    • lack of, Oct 27
  • Phrase of the Day
    see Doubletalk
    • "chromatically enhanced", Sep 23
    • "the highbrains, drybrains", Dec 7
  • Phrases
    • "Alice blue", Oct 3
    • "that would be sad", Nov 18
    • "The map is not the territory", Oct 3
  • Physics
    • spin and gravity, Nov 21
  • Ping, the
  • Pirates
    • glamorization of, Nov 17
    • and postmodernism, Nov 17
  • Pizza
  • Poetry
  • Politics
    • anti-flag-burning amendment, Jun 24
    • called legislators about anti-flag-burning amendment, May 7
    • cynicism about contradictions in Oregon legislature, May 18
    • impeachment, Jan 19; Feb 8, 12
    • mushroom bill, Jun 21
    • Oregon definition of marriage, May 25
    • Supreme Court strangeness, Jun 24
    • Watergate memories, Apr 2
  • Postmodernism
    • incomprehensibility of, Jul 5
    • and pirates, Nov 17
    • satirized in Teranesia, Nov 17
  • Programming
    • annoyed with, Jul 20
    • annoying Javascript redirect, May 17
    • for Glacier, Dec 13
    • interface design, Dec 13
    • Java fortune cookie, Apr 4
    • many approaches to, Oct 8
    • shipping rate calculator, May 3-5
    • WebCapture, Jul 1-2, 6; Oct 11, 14; Dec 11
  • Projects
    • scanning Hippie Dick!, Apr 27-30
    • list of unfinished, Apr 13
  • Protocols
    • cryptographic, Aug 27
    • key exchange, Aug 27
    • timestamping, Aug 27-28; Sep 6, 8, 10
  • Proverbs
    • "Allah may love...", May 6
    • "The best fighting...", Apr 22
    • "Every knot...", May 12
    • "Few desires...", Aug 23
    • from Moon over Morocco, Apr 4
    • "He who eats...", May 7
    • "Often the best way...", Aug 18
    • "A strainer is...", Jun 15
  • Proustian madeleines
    • Brian Eno's Before and after Science recalls ham radio interference, Mar 23
  • Pudding
    • am I missing, Jun 16
    • appeal to, Jun 22
    • code word for adventure, Jun 1
  • Puzzles
    • locked box, Aug 27

Q

  • Questions
    • existence of exsulation, Oct 8
    • most important event in last year, Jan 24; Nov 21
    • noise during sex, Nov 16
    • reason for brain convolutions, Jul 23
    • soil of wit, Dec 16

R

  • Reading
    • giving up on boring books, Aug 6
    • Heinlein and parentheses, Sep 14
    • passing last year's amount of, Nov 20
    • Shakespeare, Jan 14; Feb 12; Jul 28; Dec 1
    • size of pending book queue, Jul 29
    • trickiness of semi-autobiography, Sep 30
  • Reagan, Ronald
    • significance of, Oct 5
  • Receipt
    • for test strips found, Aug 31
  • Reflections
    • on giving unwanted advice, Apr 19
  • Relation web
    • creation of, Oct 17
    • incompleteness of, Oct 18
  • Relation Inclination Triangle
  • Residents, The
    • concert in Portland, Apr 18
    • heard on NPR, Dec 10
    • ideal prop for concert, Jul 15
    • intimate dream concert, Sep 14
    • mole and chub, Jan 18
  • Resolutions
    • 1997's, Dec 31
    • focus on reading, Dec 30
    • for next year, Dec 30
    • New Year's, Jan 11-12, 14, 18-19, Jul 17; Aug 25; Dec 22, 26
    • year end evaluation, Dec 30-31
  • Restaurants
    • barbecue place, Jul 4
  • Revenge
    • for delicata seeding, Feb 4
    • practical joke escalation, Jun 3; Sep 16; Dec 11
  • Riddles
    • "I laugh, but...", Jul 5
  • Roses
    • petals in envelope, Jun 25
  • Routine
    • typical daily, Jun 17

S

  • Santa
    • see Christmas
  • Sap
    • satisfactory luncheon, Dec 16
  • Satisfaction
    • with my life, Nov 18
  • Schwartz, Paul
    • picture of, Sep 14
    • trip to Alaska, May 25, 29; Sep 14
  • Science fiction
  • Scientific American
    • Damasio's book reviewed, Nov 1
    • future of intelligence, Nov 1
  • Secrets
    • problems keeping, Apr 30; Sep 30
  • Separation, degrees of
    • among gay longhairs, Jul 15
    • from Tim Barela, Jul 22
  • Sex
    • definition of cruising, Jun 20
    • mapping locations of, Dec 22
    • three month cycle, May 16; Dec 28
  • Shakespeare, William
    see Reading
    • staged plays, Dec 26
  • Shoes
    • women and, Oct 1
  • Single
    • friends who are happy being, Dec 18
  • Sleep
    • desire to shift schedule, Dec 10
  • Slime mold
    • disappointed by, Dec 23
    • discovery of, Dec 15
    • identification of, Dec 26-27
  • Smith, Jim (a.k.a. Myth)
    • relationship with, Jun 18
    • scent of, Aug 5
  • Software
    • bloatware, Nov 19
    • list of types, Nov 17
    • restrictive license agreements, Nov 17
    • surreptitious information leaks, Nov 2
    • version control problems, Dec 25
  • Sonnets
    • Shakespeare's 51st, Jun 20, 26
  • Speculations
    • on creativity, Jul 15
    • on cystic fibrosis and teeth, Dec 27
    • on journal writing, Apr 26
    • on my potential weirdness, Mar 10, 28
    • random, Jan 17
  • Spoonerisms
    • numberals, Mar 2
    • glandular intimacy, Apr 1
  • Squeeze
    • finally re-released on CD, Feb 18
  • Stalking
    • proposed guide for confused romantics, Feb 4
  • Star Trek
    • new animated series proposal, Dec 18
  • Star Wars
    see Lucas, George
    • affect on answering phone, Jul 6
    • cards, Dec 13
    • cynical thought about timing, May 2
    • Death Star III dream, May 20
    • growing disappointment with series, May 12; Jul 11
    • Jedi knight dream, Dec 13
    • Phantom Menace hoopla, May 12; Jun 15
    • planets seen in, Aug 30
    • thoughts on Phantom Menace, Jul 11
    • royalty payments for dreams, May 20
    • using stickers, Aug 29
    • woofy men on trading card, May 17
  • Statistics
    • meaningless, Dec 22
  • Stewart, Martha
  • Sweeney, Julia
    • God Said Ha!, Jul 2; Aug 7; Dec 25
    • on Clinton impeachment, Feb 12
    • Web site, Jul 2

T

  • Tattoos
    • ridiculousness on me, Sep 21
    • rules for, Jul 5
  • Taxes
    • doing, Apr 1, 5
  • Technology
    see Software
    • benefits of Amishness, Nov 17
    • dangers of, Mar 29
    • delightful moments with, Sep 14
    • inevitability of errors in, Oct 3
    • lack of patience with, Aug 7
    • new PC, Sep 20, 24
    • problems with, Jul 24-5, 28-31; Aug 3-8, 11, 15-18, 20, 22, 26; Sep 2, 5; Oct 2, 6, 20-22, 26-27; Dec 2
    • questionable reliability of time-shifted warnings, Aug 4
    • transferring Windows screen savers, Nov 17
    • virus, Apr 2
  • Teeth
    • monogrammed, Dec 3
  • Telephone
    • answering with random greetings, Jul 6; Nov 2
    • confusing surveyors, Sep 15
    • crossed call, Sep 18
    • interest in vintage, Jun 19
  • Tequila
    see Agave
    • and songs about alcohol, Dec 27
  • This American Life
    • "Fatty Suit", May 12
    • "Hands on a Hard Body", Sep 8
    • Infiltration 'zine, Oct 3
    • selling, Jun 30
    • "The Test", Sep 8
    • allegedly "very special" episode, Oct 6
  • Thunder
    • rarity in Willamette Valley, Feb 7
  • Tiresias
    • horror of being like, 21 Feb
  • Translation
    • anachronisms in, Apr 15
  • Trespassing
    • true story about, Oct 3

V

  • Vegetarianism
    • lack of meat-based soy substitutes, Aug 6
  • Vocabulary
    • advantage of having a good, Dec 12
    • "aporetic", Jul 23
    • "blandishment", Nov 16
    • "conduce", Nov 16
    • "darling", May 16
    • "detent", Mar 5
    • "exiguous", Nov 16
    • "fall", Jul 4
    • "feculence", Mar 5
    • "minatory", Nov 16
    • "naif", Mar 5
    • "palimpsest", Nov 17
    • "parvenu", Mar 5
    • "perfervid", Jun 14
    • "picaresque", Nov 17
    • "Pythic", Mar 6
    • "sesquipedalian", Apr 22
    • "slattern", Apr 1
    • "ye", Nov 17
  • Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
    • agreement with goals of, Sep 24

W

  • Waitress
    • strange behavior of in truck stop, Jun 20
  • Waters, Roger
    • intense dislike for Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jan 17
  • Web site
  • Weight
    see Appetite
    • see Appetite
    • reconciliation to, Aug 3
  • Wharton, Edith
    • disagreements with, Dec 27
    • on Joyce & Eliot, Dec 27
  • Whirly art
    • examples of, Aug 19, 22-23, 28
    • list of qualities, Aug 22
  • Word Abuse of the Day
    • "certificated", Dec 27
    • "human capital", Dec 20
    • "not best business practice", Dec 16
    • "passifying", Aug 25
    • "signalization", Dec 27
    • "under-resourced", Dec 16
  • Word of the Day
    see Idioms, Questions, Spoonerisms, Vocabulary, Word Abuse of the Day, Ghost words, Questions
    • "abjective", May 1
    • "animus", Dec 13
    • "begaconcert", Oct 11
    • "brainworm", Oct 7
    • "bureaucrap", May 20
    • "decapritation", Dec 27
    • "ecommunist", Aug 13
    • "inaggeration", Oct 23
    • "lootbeg", Jul 2
    • "manic-aggressive", Jul 2
    • "retroherence", Oct 9
    • "retrohesive", Oct 9
  • Word Pro
    • divisions, Jun 23
    • clipbook, Jun 3
    • converting correspondence to, Jun 14
    • creating flexagons in, Aug 25
    • dictionaries, Dec 13
    • em and en dashes, Feb 13
    • frames, Sep 14; Oct 25
    • macros, Jul 18; Dec 26
    • power fields, Aug 31
    • spell checker, Jul 4
    • wrapping text around graphics, Aug 19
  • Words, ghost
    see Spoonerisms
    • definition of, Oct 6
    • "confectious disease", Oct 6
  • Workshops
    • music improv, Apr 2
    • ontological, announcement of, Feb 20
  • Writing
    see 100 Bones Examined, Author's Journal

X

  • X-Files, The
    • annoyance with Scully, Dec 5

Z

  • ZBS
    • listening to, Nov 11
    • Mr. Majestic quoted, Sep 27
    • new catalog, Dec 10
    • Saratoga Springs unreleased, Jun 29
  • Zodiac, Chinese
    • Fire Horse, May 2
  • Zuckerman
    • confused by Mysterious SF Shirt, Sep 14
    • visit, Feb 12-15

þ

  • þ
    • evolution of in the word "the", Nov 23

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