http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/posts/2008/02/page/1/ en Vox Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:10:18 -0500 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/book-tag.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/book-tag.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/book-tag.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:10:18 -0500 I couldn't resist. Rules as I learned them from Crimsonsilk 1. Pick up the nearest book (of at least 123 pages). 2. Open the book to page 123. 3. Find the fifth sentence. 4. Post the next 3 sentences. 1. White Night by Jim Butcher 4. There was ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/book-tag.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398e056f50005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> jim butcher harry dresden dresden files white night book tag http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-on-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-on-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-on-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 25 Feb 2008 21:43:03 -0500 What inspires you to blog? This is my third attempt at having a blog. I can vouch for that cliche now. Like many of us I blog for a number of reasons. 1. I'm an out-of-practice writer, still victim to the call of the craft. For all that any in... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-on-blogging.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500f48cdeaf290002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd writing writer on blogging http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/its-not-going-to-be-okay-but-thats-okay.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/its-not-going-to-be-okay-but-thats-okay.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/its-not-going-to-be-okay-but-thats-okay.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 20:04:16 -0500 I have spent most of my life waiting for that unspecific moment in the indeterminate future when 'everything' is going to be 'all right'. By 'all right' I mean 100 percent to my liking, not morally improved. And by 'everything' I mean having enoug... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/its-not-going-to-be-okay-but-thats-okay.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500f48cde60d70003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> values self-actualization life philosophy realization http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-today-is-the-greatest.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-today-is-the-greatest.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-today-is-the-greatest.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 08:55:26 -0500 What's the best thing about today? Thanks VOX! I wanted to do a positive 'sunny day' post and here it is, your QotD. Yahoo! I woke up this morning and the sun was shining brilliantly. There's still some snow on the ground from a recent storm an... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-today-is-the-greatest.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500f48cde28720002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd smile sun sad joy blue sky ee cummings rejoice today's best http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/the-tragedy-of-the-working-person.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/the-tragedy-of-the-working-person.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/the-tragedy-of-the-working-person.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 24 Feb 2008 03:08:28 -0500 This past week I took time off from work to help my brother and sister-in-law care for my sick, new nephew. He is healthy now. Hallelujah. During my time at their house I came to reflect on the incredible devaluation of the American Worker. Busin... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/the-tragedy-of-the-working-person.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398dfbc4f0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> work labor values american dream studs terkel http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-your-last-twenty-bucks.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-your-last-twenty-bucks.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-your-last-twenty-bucks.html?_c=feed-rss Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:57:21 -0500 List three things you'd buy with your last $20. One practical, one frivolous and one of your choosing. My last $20 because I'm about to die or my last $20 because I lost my job kind of B-R-O-K-E? I am assuming the latter. I would buy as much pu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-your-last-twenty-bucks.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398de72410005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd money ice cream public transit last $20 http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/stumped.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/stumped.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/stumped.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 17 Feb 2008 23:14:20 -0500 "Ooh Baby, what I couldn't do. With plenty of money and you. In spite of the worry that money brings, just a little filthy lucre buys a lot of things...It's the root of all evil, of strife and upheaval, but I'm certain honey, that life would be su... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/stumped.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500f48cfadbf00001?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> money career gold diggers harry warren al dubin watch battery pajama game http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-3.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-3.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-3.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:40:31 -0500 Who or what do you really love? Humanity - A whole world is available to you in an instant, just by smiling at someone or striking up a conversation. Maybe this new person speaks your language. Maybe they don't. Maybe he is your age. Maybe she i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/qotd-my-3.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398dcc07e0005?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> qotd loveisvox2008 http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/vitriolic.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/vitriolic.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/vitriolic.html?_c=feed-rss Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:57:19 -0500 I was crying, alone, in my room today about something I refuse to let matter. There are not enough hours in the day for that kind of insipid madness. I could have at the unknowing wench. Bury a smart six-inch steel between two ribs while she smir... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/vitriolic.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398dc56330002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> anger poem parent vitriol argument http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/worried.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Elyse) http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/worried.html?_c=feed-rss http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/worried.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 10 Feb 2008 22:01:03 -0500 My new little nephew is in the hospital with RSV. As I can't do anything to help, I want to hide. Sleep is a favorite cloak. But I didn't work out today. I'm not tired like I am when I do. And I'm worried. Sleep might not be available. So a prayer... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://houseofwords.vox.com/library/post/worried.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989ed699000500e398db54570002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> sick baby prayer worry