Category Archives: The Sunshine State

Where it’s too hot to think straight…

Rock n Roll Crossword Puzzle Solution

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso
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Free crossword puzzle!

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso

I’ve been having a lot of fun recently creating puzzle books. Right now I’m working on a book of crossword puzzles that should be published later this year. Here’s a downloadable freebie that’s not in the book. You can find … Continue reading →

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On Abortion

Posted on May 5, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso

Posted on March 22, 2022 by catspah This essay was originally posted on the old Atheist View website in 2014 or thereabouts and reposted to this new blog a couple of months ago. It bears repeating right now. So here it is again… … Continue reading →

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If I’m just a fictional character, can I be Elle Woods?

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso

According to Nick Chater, we know nothing about anything, even ourselves. I suppose that’s an oversimplification. But in an excerpt from his book The Mind is Flat* over at BigThink, he lays out the evidence to show that we make … Continue reading →

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Don’t sleep, there are roaches*

Posted on March 22, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso

Funnily enough, I recently heard a “did you know” kind of clip on the radio and one of the things they mentioned was that in a recent survey, 69% of responders said they couldn’t sleep if they knew there was … Continue reading →

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DIY home renovation: the hall bathroom

Posted on March 13, 2022 by Dianna Dann Narciso

 First, the movie: I did my best over the years to never go into the hall bathroom. I didn’t even want to clean it, because it never looked clean no matter what I did. It was just gross. Hubs and … Continue reading →

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Memories of 1979: The concerned racist…

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Dianna Dann Narciso

I was a dancerette in high school. Do they still have those? They’re performers–all girls back in my day–who do routines at halftime with the marching band. Left to right: Debra Propst, Me, and Alice McManus1979 I didn’t know such … Continue reading →

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As my mother lay dying…

Posted on August 26, 2020 by Dianna Dann Narciso

When I entered her hospital room in Cape Canaveral that day in mid July of 2020, I hadn’t seen my mother in over a year, and before that, rarely. I was going for estrangement; she was clawing for reconciliation. But … Continue reading →

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Chocolate ice cream is my drug of choice…

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Dianna Dann Narciso

  This is actually a picture of vegan ice cream. I’d like to go on record as never being a vegan and never considering eating vegan ice cream. I, frankly, don’t see the point. Nonetheless, this picture belongs to veganbaking.net … Continue reading →

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The two best quotes in Mary L. Trump’s book

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Dianna Dann Narciso

If you’re looking for a salacious exposé of Donald Trump in Mary L. Trump’s Too Much and Never Enough, you’ll be very disappointed. The book is part memoir, part history, never really succeeding at either. It does paint something of a … Continue reading →

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