At the Children’s Violin Concert –Susan Cataldo From drenched: Selected Poems of Susan Cataldo Firmly bowed strands of horse hair tightened or gathered up by a small hand to play a piece by J.S. Bach who…
Another Day, Another Doctor
I haven’t been posting a lot of personal stuff lately, largely hoping to avoid whinging too much about pain and such. I saw the new pain doc today, though, and I really like this practice much better than the first…
There Is a Word for It!
Funktionslust My thanks to ladytabitha for leading me (indirectly) to it.
Woot!
I have the whole first season of Wonder Woman. I love my library! I need to contact Bryan, as this really makes me think of him.
Misia and Size Acceptance
misia, aka Hanne Blank, is featured answering Big Fat Blog’s “Three Quick Questions” this week. How did you come to fat acceptance and fat rights? I’m fat, smart, opinionated, and politically active, and have been all these things since I…
Is There Some Other Planet With a Shortage of Idiots?
Excerpt from a letter to my pain management doc’s office: On each of my last three visits to your office, your receptionist has informed me that my insurance was “invalid.” On each occasion, I explained, again, that I am a…
And We’re in a Landlocked Area?
The flooding and such from various hurricanes hasn’t really affected me directly in the past – not in any significant way. I knew that it was real, and a problem for many people, but that’s different from really seeing the…
Ouch!
“Rather like watching someone acting as their own cover band.” —mrpsyklops
Note to CuriousMay9
Since it’s strictly LJ-related, so the only way it’ll do any good is to put it here where she’ll see it next time she gets around to reading LJ: I think you and reginod would enjoy conversing with each other,…
That’s It
From http://www.hhv6.freeservers.com/cartoon23.htm : Q: “How has CFS affected your intelligence?” A: “Before I got it I used to always win at Scrabble. Now I lose at Candyland.” (Although I have more trouble with FMS than CFS, I’ve been diagnosed with…