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…tell me, tell me which you prefer?

New York Times: Bancrofts Back Dow Jones Sale to Murdoch.

– When I got home from work yesterday, I found a couple of stowaways crashing my apartment. Fortunately, we’d cleaned the place the night before. Cody and Catherine hung out and talked for awhile, then went for a walk. We walked through Fort Greene Park, on up to Habana Outpost, up Fulton to the Downing Street cathedral, and through the Pratt campus on the way home.

– This week, in brief: Writing contest and short story submissions, Axis and Allies with Marco and Scott, the completion of Season Two of Lost, the Early Roman Empire, and getting ready for Cody and Catherine’s visit. On Sunday I went to the evening mass, and it was so dim and warm inside, that I almost fell asleep where I sat.

– Well, yesterday I received my first rejection notice in several years. It was for The Fifth, one of the Silurians stories. It was nice to receive this rejection letter. I’m sure it will lose its appeal soon enough, but right now it reminds me that I am “in” the game… that I’m sending out my writing as a valid product worthy of investment and distribution.

– I went to the Guerrilla reading last night, and got punchy and belligerant. But Yvonne read, and I really liked her work.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
Squirt fresh lemon juice on windowsills and the bottom of doors to keep ants from coming into the house.

– Yesterday I played Axis and Allies with Marco and Scott. I was the U.S.S.R.,

– ALMANAC SAYS –
You may travel abroad in a carriage whose name read backward or forward is always the same.

– HAPPY BIRTHDAY –
Cody!

– Last week was all rain and headaches.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
To prevent moss from forming on a roof, mix up a solution of 2 capfuls of bleach and 1 gallon of water. Apply it to the shingles with a sponge.

– On Friday at midnight, Jess and I went out and picked up Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. We stayed in pretty much all weekend, reading to each other and eating Indian food and tortilla soup. We finished up on Sunday night.

– I spent a few hours exploring and reading at the New York Public Library yesterday. I’m almost inclined to call it the awesomest library I’ve ever been in, but the fact that their literature and tour guide were so cocky in asserting their awesomeness cheapens it a bit.

– My, but yesterday was a crazy day for New York City. I didn’t do anything special, though.

– ALMANAC SAYS –
If you’re trying to stop smoking, try taking a teaspoon of lemon juice whenever you’re tempted.

– LINK OF THE WEEK –
The Cicero Homepage.