We’ll be at ChocoLatê Coffee in Decatur (N. Decatur & Clairmont) at 3 pm. Who else will be there? Current Music: Guns, Germs & Steel on the DVD playerCurrent Location: Living Room
Why have a web site at all?
Or at least, why put such personal information out there on the net for the world to see? I had previously said something on my main page about the net being the greatest vanity press ever invented, and I still…
In process
I’m going to be transferring all the pages from their current locations into the blog format while updating them. That means you’ll be seeing some old stuff and new stuff, a series of articles, and standalone pages. Depending on how…
How do you explain it?
How do you explain your illness to those who don’t have it? While I haven’t come up with a good way to explain chronic fatigue syndrome, I describe fibromyalgia as a full-body migraine. Anyone who has ever had a migraine…
Driving Lessons
So, for the past week or so, I’ve been taking driving lessons. First I had 30 hours (spread out over a week, of course) of in-class study, most of which was about the law. Then, yesterday I started on my…
Ohmigod
All my LJ comments since 6/2 have been in some cyberhole somewhere, and they just showed up. All 99 of them. I’m not ignoring anybody (except the silly flamers in the snark community). Sorry! Current Mood: 😴tired
My kind of holiday
International Cavorting Day is about acknowledging a moment of spontaneous joy, having freedom for random, senseless jolts of happiness. Since cavorting is a spontaneous expression of joy, it’s really not practical to set a date. When International Cavorting Day becomes…
Music ‘can reduce chronic pain’
While I doubt the IRS is going to let us claim iPods as medical equipment for tax deductions any time soon, it’s well worth experimenting to see what music soothes each of us. From BBC News via the Net-Gold list:…
I’m wheeled
For a time, at least. Sam picked up a wheelchair yesterday that I’ll be using for the next month (hopefully no more than that) while recovering from a hospital stay. No, I hadn’t imagined how much I dislike hospitals. The…
Busy Week!
Katie spent last week in school—an actual classroom. She was taking a week-long driver’s education course, partially to satisfy state requirements and improve our insurance rates, partially because we just thought it a good idea. This week she’s actually behind…