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Pam: Atypical
  Detail, titlepage, The Yellow Book, Volume 1, April 1894Devoted to the truth as I am, no matter how unsavory or difficult, and since she will play a not insignificant role in the coming story, I feel I must clarify certain aspects of the portrait I have thus far crafted for you of the young lady Pam.  I admit that I may have possibly (inadvertently) given you the impression that she is nothing more than your average self-absorbed, sassy, clever but shallow teenaged girl, disturbingly worldly for her age, dismissive of authority, irreverent and cynical and even heartless as only the young can

Palms and Tudor
 Not Grandmother's House But Something Like It"You're an arsonist wannabe," Pam hissed, referencing something I may possibly have said in passing yesterday (see below)."I was making a literary allusion," I retorted and snatched up my copy of Rebecca in what must have appeared a fairly defensive gesture.  Turning quickly to the last page, I read: "I went on watching the sky.  It seemed to get lighter even as I stared.  Like the first red streaks of sunrise...'That's Manderley.'I glanced at him and saw his face.  I

L'Education Sentimentale
 Detail, "L'Education Sentimentale"                                                                                                 &n

The Yellow Book
 The Yellow Book, Volume I, April 1894                                                                                               &n

Future
 Broadway, Los Angeles, 09/08/09Sometimes you get stuck and you do wonder where you're headed and you think you wouldn't mind maybe having your cards read or fortune told, your future foretold (bold strokes, general outline), get a handle on what's going on, what to look out for and what to look forward to.But don't call that number.  Maybe not this one specifically, of course, but as you might imagine, there are one, possibly two really shrewd card reader-psychics out there who know how to scare you half to death with a story that will get you to b