For years, I’ve been telling people that I was - hmm, I believe the phrase I used when I was middle-school-aged was “math retarded.” My mom told me many times over the years, sometim… more →
Cocking A Snook Too!penguindust wrote 6 months ago: For years, I’ve been telling people that I was - hmm, I believe the phrase I used when I was m … more →
penguindust wrote 9 months ago: As I texted Calvin during the dinner I spent the other evening with work people, there’s nothi … more →
penguindust wrote 11 months ago: Every so often, one just builds up a surplus of ideas about a number of things, and, odds are, none … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: There’s a little girl who lives next door to me, about 5, and fully capable of walking and tal … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: Taken with the title - from an e.e. cummings poem - another literary/music reference will make this … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: I don’t try to be brilliant, it just comes to me. So I wasn’t surprised when, without e … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: The sense of accomplishment is really quite draining. I recently had a poem published in my school … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: I purchased a wig. I bought it for a roaring 20s dance, but I’ve become quite fond of it, and … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: Children love symmetry, adore things in pairs. Anything good can automatically be made (in a mathema … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: Standing in line at a fancy grocery store, I spotted a display (among many). EXTRA EXTRA VIRGIN OLIV … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: I’m done. I’m just done. It’s not that I don’t like history. History is fascinating. But not … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: So, it’s time to come clean. Several people, recently, have used me as an example to illust … more →
penguindust wrote 1 year ago: Growing up female at the tail end of the 20th century, I hear a lot about the way the media unfairl … more →