I had even weirder dreams than usual last night. Seriously. I think I forgot my Effexor yesterday (must refill the med box today). Some of Sam’s comments: “When you dream about guns, you’re really specific.” “You COUNT SHOTS in your…
Teen Sex
And no, it isn’t about porn spam! I’m trying to talk about this without embarrassing shadowkatt. I had something of a meltdown recently upon realizing that: 1) shadowkatt‘s beau is local now 2) He has a driver’s license. I had,…
Addendum About “Christian” Whatever
As far as I’m concerned, if it isn’t worth buying without being labeled/marketed as “Christian” (or pagan/Jewish/womyn-made/etc.), it’s not worth buying because of that label. If it sucks, it sucks. If it’s mediocre tripe, it’s going to be mediocre tripe…
Friday’s Miscellany
shadowkatt and mayremi, y’all might want to take a gander at WireTap Magazine. From breklor, posted here for the teen contingent in our home: And today I found a site for The Black Mages, a rock group fronted by the…
No, REALLY? I’m SHOCKED, I’m Telling You!
Unequivocal evidence’ media violence has negative impact on children A new report reviews the large body of research that has investigated the ways in which violent media influence behavior. Across all media genres, the authors found that the research consistently…
Me Speak Pretty
Edit/Warning: Posting when very sleepy can lead to “irreparable invalid markup” issues. It was a stray period. It looked fine in SEMagic’s preview, but LJ didn’t like it. Sorry! Should you need them, traditional Romanian vampire-slaying methods are related in…
Before I Go to Sleep…
Oooo! Putomayo has a singalong CD out now! Note to eBay sellers: “Victorian” and “tie-dyed” do NOT belong in the description of the same item. I just won my very first auction at eBay! Yes, this is dangerous. Really. But…
George Carlin on “Indecency”
Carlin’s Response? more than 7 dirty words “The whole problem with this idea of obscenity and indecency, and all of these things—bad language and whatever—it’s all caused by one basic thing, and that is: religious superstition. … There’s an idea…
Visual Difficulties & Fibromyalgia
I just came across this bit in Laugh at Your Muscles by Mark J. Pellegrino, MD. Now I don’t feel quite as alone with regards to my visual confusion issues this week (they haven’t just been while driving.) My fibromyalgia…
Miscellany
Today’s planned wiring has been canceled, due to me having a pain flare and curiousmay9 being indisposed, as well. I’m hoping I’ll get enough better to go to the PSE meet-n-greet tonight, though. We have to drive shadowkatt across town…