We thought it had been eradicated. That nobody would ever consider bringing it back. That we had, as a society, learned something. Obviously not. I have just seen the infamous “avocado green” featured in a House Beautiful layout. The criminal…
Healing
I said this in a comment yesterday: I work through things by writing about them. I find that doing so with feedback from others works best. And hell, the only way that anything good can come of this nastiness is…
And Yet More Random Bits!
Atlantis discovered? “Scientists claim to have found the lost city of Atlantis, off the coast of Cyprus. They apparently have used sonar to detect the sunken landmass, and even identify geographical features. They seem confident, but all the same, I…
Nibble Nibble Nibble at the News
Have I mentioned praeternatural? I’m finding it fairly interesting. wordcandlemage, you in particular might like it. Cattiness from Mark Kleiman: Given the President’s documented capacity to pack enormous numbers of words into tiny amounts of meaning, he will probably have…
WebMD Bits
Thou shalt not heat intact eggs in the microwave. This was surprising to me: Most Child Drowning Victims Ignored: Nearly 9 in 10 Children Who Drowned Were Under Supervision Okay, well, it was surprising at first. Then I thought of…
Giggles
Swiped from thats_ms_dragon, who I don’t know but who someone on my friends’ list linked to today. You and Me, We’re Friends If you hurt, I hurt… If you fight, I fight… If you cry, I cry… If you jump…
Beauty!
Happy Birthday hopeevey!
Mine
My pain is mine. My process is mine. My grieving is not about anyone else. I have to process the grief and the pain and the nasty stuff that wells up from time to time. I know from experience that…
Infidelity
For some reason, I’m thinking about infidelity again. No, there hasn’t been any in our relationship recently—certainly not that I know of! But once it has happened, it isn’t possible to “forgive and forget.” Anybody who claims to have done…
Americans Torturing Iraqi Prisoners
Abuse Of Iraqi POWs By GIs Probed G.I.’s Are Accused of Abusing Iraqi Captives U.S. reservists accused of prisoner abuse: Six from Maryland unit are seen in photographs mistreating Iraqi detainees Please be aware that the pictures at the next…