I’ve just rebuilt this machine, wasn’t online at all yesterday, and haven’t really read many emails lately. If I’ve read anything on LiveJournal, it’s been a fluke. The fact that I’ve read two different posts today about child molesters is,…
Random Resource Post
Looks like it might be helpful to some: T.E.A.R – Teens Experiencing Abusive Relationships That’s from the most recent free e-newsletter from Daughters, a marvelous publication/organization. Read the whole issue here (warning: PDF). You can get a free copy of…
Fibro/CFS Book Recommendation
Reminder to myself, for when I have $ for books—as well as passing the recommendation to others. During my visit with him this week, my pain specialist strongly recommended Jay Goldstein’s book, Betrayal by the Brain: The Neurologic Basis of…
More Miscellany
Because it fits my current short attention span We have TEN planets! ToxTown Have any of you read Last Child in the Woods : Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder? I have Louv’s earlier book, The Web of Life: Weaving…
Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will be at Dragon Con!
Hot damn! I have a REAL reason to go now! I’m so excited! I wonder if I could rent a scooter for that weekend if I don’t have mine by then?
Reading
I read Ill Wind by Rachel Caine last night. It was pretty good, and I hope to read the others in the series soon. I’m still slogging through The Assassin’s Edge: The Fifth and Final Tale of Einarinn. The fourth…
What’s Wrong With Fan Fic
Robin Hobb hit most of the things I hate it about it here. Thanks for the link, rolanni!
Yes!
After many years, articles from the Journal of Polymorphous Perversity have been collected in a new volume! The first volume, which I’ve owned for years, proved its worth (beyond the fact that it’s good reading), when a prospective beau wanted…
So What Do They Learn From a Sleep Study if You Don’t Sleep?
I got *maybe* two hours of sleep all Thursday night. That was verified by the monitoring tech. In fact, he came into the room around 3:30 and said, “Are you ever going to go to sleep?” Of course, I was…
Whoops
You know that manicure I got a few weeks back? Now I’m trying to get the acrylic overlay off my nails. Ick. Katie and I have sleep studies tonight. I just got around to really reading some of the instructions,…