http://www.cynthiabarnes.com Words In Motion: writer at cynthiabarnes dot com Thu, 19 Oct 2006 13:02:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Moves to Thailand: 1 Military coups in same: 1 Number of "Coup, schmoo" utterances: 40-11 Spam name o' the month: Deaden K. Meatiest http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/september-2006 Average daily highs: 98° F Preachy movies about global warming seen in air-conditioned theaters: 1 Family beach vacations: 1 Ice cream cones with The World's Greatest Nephew™: 4 Birthdays celebrated: 1 The answer to The Meaning of Life, The Universe, and Everything: 42 Friends who didn't make it this month: 1 RIP Lin Dyer http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/july-2006 Connecting flights from Lhasa to Bangkok missed: 1 Amount Northwest charged to reticket: US$380 Number of falls resulting in a black eye: 1 Number of calls trying to locate leeches: 17 Leeches procured: 0 Update: Friends who died while I was out of touch: 2 RIP Kinga Freespirit & Philip Butler Smith http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/june-2006 Number of months since last news update: 4 New passport stamps: 1 (Vietnam) New favorite city: Tie between Hanoi and Lhasa Number of days in Tibet: 7 Number of arrests in same: 1 http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/may-2006-2 Refreshing adult beverages consumed: 0 Days until next adult beverage: 1 Slate assignments scored: 2 http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/january-2006 German cities visited: 6 Sausages consumed: 11 Holiday Party attendees: 70(ish) Date cat died: December 14 Age of cat: 22 Number of tears shed: Countless http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/december-2005 People fed at Thanksgiving: 14 Weight of turkey, in pounds: 22 Proper temperature for Chocolate Pecan Tart, in degrees fahrenheit: 350 Temperature at which I baked it: 450 Other culinary disasters: 0 http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/november-2005 Major remodeling projects started: 1 New assignments: 3 Manuscripts procrastinated: 1 Halloween parties attended: 2 Slick gadgets succumbed to: 1 Young wannabe writers mentored: 2 Number of above who said "Thanks": 1 (a well-raised Mizzou student, naturally) Bush administration members indicted: 1 Bush cronies scared away from Supreme Court: 1 Spam name of the month: Tie between "Vindictiveness P. Sundries" ... http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/october-2005 Days in September: 30 Nights in own bed: 2 Chivas Regal consumed: ... http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/september-2005 The Slate stories appeared on August 1, the day after my birthday, and the hoopla began. Hooplah? We'll go with 'hoopla.' No, we're obsessive-compulsive so we'll look it up. Hoopla it is. On the whole, the series was well-received. My editors were happy, I got some lovely emails from readers, ... http://www.cynthiabarnes.com/august-2005