Category Archives: Department of the Drama

Personal musings.

We’re back

Posted on September 24, 2007 by cicada

Apologies for the downtime. I had a bit of trouble getting it through to my web host that I needed to upgrade my bandwidth! Thanks for the love, y’all, but you just loved me into a hosting package upgrade – … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Department of the Drama | 3 Comments

A Different Kind of Asperger’s

Posted on August 31, 2007 by cicada

Tim Page has a remarkable essay in the August 20 New Yorker about his personal experience with Asperger’s syndrome: In the fall of 2000, in the course of what had become a protracted effort to identify—and, if possible, alleviate—my lifelong … Continue reading →

Posted in Biology, Department of the Drama | 3 Comments

Our minds and the universe – what else is there?

Posted on August 30, 2007 by cicada

From one of the most personally resonant essays I’ve read lately, by Mary Ruefle: I had recently one of the most astonishing experiences of my reading life. On page 248 in The Rings of Saturn, W. C. Sebald is recounting … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Department of the Drama, Poetry | 1 Comment

Let’s play some more!

Posted on August 28, 2007 by cicada

I was a little distracted, and completely missed my blogiversary on August 24. Bioephemera is one year (and four days) old! If you haven’t been around that long, you might be interested to see my very first post. Looking back, … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogs and Blogging, Department of the Drama | 7 Comments

But my neighbor is an anteater

Posted on August 21, 2007 by cicada

This is a good idea, but in practice it isn’t terribly accurate. The idea is to tell you whether the area in which you live is walker-friendly – how many stores, restaurants, bars, etc. are close to you? Unfortunately, Google’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of the Drama, Destinations, Frivolity | 5 Comments

Our country is large, but our Wal-Marts are larger

Posted on August 16, 2007 by cicada

I just finished driving from Seattle to Washington, DC, which explains my neglect of the blog. I’ve been more concerned with straightening out last-minute snafus via cell phone, than with posting here. And sadly, I was traveling alone, so I … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of the Drama, Destinations | 9 Comments

Neurotransmitter recharge

Posted on August 2, 2007 by cicada

A long daybreak jog around Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park, while listening to Scissors for Lefty: sufficient dopamine for at least 24 hours. Not to mention the serotonin.

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More Good Company

Posted on July 29, 2007 by cicada

I’m way behind on writing, my laptop power convertor blew, and I now have 3500 (!) unread posts on my feeds. Apologies, everyone! But this weekend I did get a blogger’s treat – a real-world visit with another blogger, the … Continue reading →

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Poem of the Week: Sonnet 116

Posted on July 29, 2007 by cicada

Ah, the British Library. In one room: Shakespeare’s First Folio, Thomas More’s last letter to Henry III, Lewis Carroll’s diary, the Gutenberg Bible, a letter from Darwin to Wallace, a letter from Newton to Hooke, Shakespeare’s mortgage, Magna Carta, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Department of the Drama, Littademia, Museum Lust, Poetry | 1 Comment

Good company

Posted on July 27, 2007 by cicada

Today I visited Darwin and Chaucer in Westminster Abbey. Newton was there too, but he was being all standoffish behind an iron railing (possibly to deter enthusiastic fans of The Da Vinci Code, but more likely for some liturgical reason). … Continue reading →

Posted in Department of the Drama, Destinations | 6 Comments