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Not-a-Fortune: September 2012
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Friday, September 14, 2012. I had the great fortune (ha! To attend Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey's inaugural reading last night at the Library of Congress. I was there on behalf of my employer, but it was such fun that I'm having trouble defining it as "work." Poet Sandra Beasley. Was among the many literary luminaries I met, and she told me about a project she did in celebration of 2010's National Poetry Month. "The Ways of Poetry". I am a thirty-s...
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Not-a-Fortune: Revisiting Elephant Kissing
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Thursday, March 3, 2011. Do you remember when my friend. Guest blogged about elephant kissing. If not, follow that link and read. Her original guest post. Readers, I give you an update on elephant kissing:. I know typically this is where we insert a photograph of the actual fortunes, but I am not going to do so. Instead, I will add special photographs of something else with the fortunes printed underneath. My husband's fortune read thusly:. 8211; just...
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Not-a-Fortune: Funky Hyphens and Not-a-Fortune Poetry
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Thursday, August 16, 2012. Funky Hyphens and Not-a-Fortune Poetry. Remember the colleague I described in my last post. The one who edited his cookie insert as he read it aloud? An angry man opens his mou(-)th and shuts up his eyes.". You have an usually magnetic personality.". In other news, I have an unusually magnetic personality. I can't decide if this is a good thing. Those smiley faces look menacing to me. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Not-a-Fortune: I Love It When They Come True
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Thursday, January 6, 2011. I Love It When They Come True. In the post where I chronicled my holiday fun. I noted the fortune I received at lunch with my parents:. You will be reunited with old friends before the month is out.". Back in August of 2010 I blogged about a childhood friend of mine. And that is how I came to have three fortune cookies in my purse when Erin and I were at Apothecary the other night. Thanks for making time to see me, JMac!
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Not-a-Fortune: Elephant Kissing & Defying the Stars: Not-a-Fortune's First Ever Guest Post
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Friday, September 24, 2010. Elephant Kissing and Defying the Stars: Not-a-Fortune's First Ever Guest Post. In lieu of the usual Friday post - don't worry, I'll be back tomorrow with a weekend update - I have a special treat for you: a guest post by the charming Cristina. 8220;Then I defy you stars…”. Act 5, sc. 1). Let’s admit it. We sometimes eat Chinese food just to get to the good stuff – the fortune cookies. I must select my own. Until, that is, I...
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Not-a-Fortune: Two of My Favorite Things
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Friday, January 25, 2013. Two of My Favorite Things. I love love love the Modern Love column in the New York Times. Eve Pell's essay "The Race Grows Sweeter Near Its Final Lap," posted online Thursday, January 24, 2013, and appearing in the Sunday print edition on January 27th, is an affecting portrait of late-in-life love.with fortune cookies! Comments are always appreciated. Please share your thoughts here:. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). 3 Mar...
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Not-a-Fortune: August 2012
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Thursday, August 16, 2012. Funky Hyphens and Not-a-Fortune Poetry. Remember the colleague I described in my last post. The one who edited his cookie insert as he read it aloud? An angry man opens his mou(-)th and shuts up his eyes.". You have an usually magnetic personality.". In other news, I have an unusually magnetic personality. I can't decide if this is a good thing. Those smiley faces look menacing to me. Links to this post. Below, fortune cooki...
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Not-a-Fortune: Thoughts?
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Tuesday, July 13, 2010. My friend JR emailed me today: "So I got this not-a-fortune. And I hate it.". Love is the triumph of imagination over intelligence.". I agree with her that this does not qualify as a fortune. I also don't like it all that much. Both of us would like your input, though. What do you think? July 13, 2010 at 9:31 PM. July 13, 2010 at 9:37 PM. How about.love is the triumph of trust over fear? Still not a fortune, though. I am a thir...
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Not-a-Fortune: Fortune Cookie Mad Libs
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Thursday, August 9, 2012. Fortune Cookie Mad Libs. Taiwan Garden has an extensive (and inexpensive) lunch menu, and the server brought three fortune cookies with the check. When my colleague began to read his insert aloud and said, "I think they meant to add 'the' here, so I'm just going to do it for them," I interjected, "You know you're having lunch with an editor when. Dissatisfied with our not-a-fortunes (and who could blame him? July 29, 2016.
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Not-a-Fortune: You Can't Force the Fortune
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Ruminations on cookie inserts, both fortunes and not. Tuesday, May 15, 2012. You Can't Force the Fortune. My abandoned search for a fortune cookie reminded me of this year's Chinese New Year, which was in January, and which Myrtle and I celebrated, but about which I never blogged. We went to one of our favorite Austin Chinese restaurants, Chinatown on Mopac. Determined to mark the occasion. It's been so long now that I can't be certain about our entrees but I think she ordered the duck. (I recall...When ...